Word: languid
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...last song, “Ain’t Gonna Lose You,” has a mellow humility that goes a long way toward making you forget some of the things that came before. Oh, but “San Francisco.” His voice has that languid indie raspiness perfected by acts such as Regina Spektor and Arcade Fire, which lays on a coat of artificiality right from the get-go. After complaining about life at home, he proceeds to describe San Francisco in the way that same seven-year-old might describe the circus?...
...feel extraordinarily good about where we are," he said over and over, in different iterations, as Giuliani's languid campaign performance turned off voters in state after state. DuHaime called certain New England states "momentum-proof," while saying he felt "very good" about other states, like Florida, that Giuliani would eventually lose. At some point, reporters covering the race could no longer handle it all with a straight face...
When bassist Dimas Anindityo, drummer Mulyadi Triharsono, guitarist Yudhi Arfani and keyboard player Aulia Naratama began jamming with singer Irene Yohanna almost 10 years ago, they were so impressed with her languid vocals that they agreed to name their band Everybody Loves Irene. But of course, not everybody loves her - in fact, in their native Jakarta nobody beyond a tight circle of alternative-music fans has even heard...
Cassandra Wilson Loverly; out now Wilson, a distinctively dusky-voiced singer who can work jazz's boundaries with pop, avant-garde and blues, here assembles an album of standards echoing her breakthrough Blue Skies (1988). A few tracks are a little too standard, but more often a languid beat kicks in, and Wilson's subtle phrasing, filled with cunning pauses, casts its steamy spell...
...luminous, against the hay bales. Neither spoke.He lowered himself upon her. It had begun. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *It had finished. The rain drummed steadily on the roof of the stable as Felicity lay there, her body sweaty and sticky and utterly satiated. She pushed her hair back from her face with a languid hand and rolled over toward The Stable Boy. A piece of hay dangled between his lips. He was chewing on it slowly and contentedly.With a sigh, Felicity draped herself over The Stable Boy’s magnificent chest and snuggled closer. She was aching in muscles she hadn?...