Search Details

Word: jamming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...house without a book--ever--even if you think you're just going to the grocery store to pick up a carton of milk or you're driving. I'm not suggesting that people should read while they're driving, but if you're stuck in a traffic jam or get a flat tire and you're waiting for someone to come and help you, there are all kinds of moments in the day that are reading moments. I actually prefer to take the bus to work rather than the subway because it's a much more pleasant experience. People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conversation: Marathon for a Reader | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

Harvard came out of the locker room and extended its halftime lead with a steal and two-handed, backboard-rocking jam by sophomore forward Matt Stehle 1:07 into the half that made the score 38-33 before the Crimson began to self-destruct...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Collapse Wastes Rogus’ 29 | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...Isley's standards album - Here I Am: Isley Meets Bacharach - succeeds for the very reason Stewart's and Moore's fail. Rather than fit his classic R.-and-B. voice into the dull formalism of Burt Bacharach's songs, Isley spirits away the songwriter's greatest hits to slow-jam land. On Close to You, he plays endlessly with single words like "why" and "close," seducing them until he decides they have had enough. His quasi-religious version of Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head is the album's signature triumph. It's not just that Isley invents powerful high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Industry Standards | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...seems to have become de rigeur for rock bands that have released more than three albums to cobble together a Best Of, no matter how unnecessary or patchy they look, perhaps in an attempt to head off bootleg downloads. Trust Pearl Jam to approach the situation differently...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: New Music | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...whom the joy of greater quantity is sufficient to outweigh the standard dearth of quality. After all, the songs were presumably left off the albums for a reason, and really really good songs don’t stay rare for long. Unless, it would seem, you are Pearl Jam. For example, Lost Dogs heralds the first official release of the studio take of “Yellow Ledbetter,” the meandering sunshiney song that is such a fan favorite it is on roughly half of Pearl Jam’s legendary live discs...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: New Music | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

Previous | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | Next