Word: jaggedness
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Musically too the band is an amalgam. Its music at points has the emotional delicacy of art-rock bands such as Radiohead; at other times the group's sound has the jagged intensity of punk rockers such as Nirvana. Deejay Delgado's hip-hoppy contributions are often more atmospheric than...
On other tracks, Eminem goes after gays with a fervor that would shame Dr. Laura. On one song, he raps: "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge/That'll stab you in the head whether you're a fag or lez," and then goes on to make fun...
If I was guilty of flouting convention, so is Rei Kawakubo. Since 1981, when she made her first Paris showing, the creative force behind Comme des Garons has taken avant-garde fashion to evermore jaw-dropping levels. Jagged ruffles, tattered plaid and wads of foam creating Quasimodo-like lumps are...
In every other way, though, Get Happy is an exemplary attempt to answer the unanswerable question: Why could she never plug the jagged hole in her heart? Much of her appeal lies in our inability to explain away her bottomless neediness. "You can write down everything Lana Turner ever thought...
Despite its preordained finale, Carolina Moon builds a commendably brisk narrative energy and pace. Roberts' prose does not invite lingering. In fact, reading fast is the best way to get past such locutions as "Her breath came in pants" or this anatomically puzzling account of Tory and Cade together in...