Word: mayhemic
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From the medium's infancy, when the Keystone Kops commandeered the streets of Los Angeles, car chases provided the purest vicarious thrill. Silent stars Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd raised vehicular mayhem to comic art. Alfred Hitchcock fashioned suspenseful laughs by letting an inebriated Cary Grant try driving down a windy road in North by Northwest--and predatory poignancy when James Stewart obsessively tails Kim Novak in Vertigo...
...Karachi become a megalopolis of mayhem? In 1947, when Britain spilt the Raj into India and Pakistan, modern Karachi, more than any other city, was a by-product of this upheaval. Before partition, its inhabitants included Hindus, Parsis, Muslim traders, Goans, and Sheedis, descendants of African slaves shipped over in chains during the 18th century. An illustration of Karachi's surviving cultural diversity: at a one-room shrine that has more to do with African tribalism than Islam, women flock to see Mushkan, a male Sheedi medium in white, womanly robes. When he goes into a trance, he says...
...which have more twists than most Super Ape (1976) Arguably Perry's finest hour, this album carries dub over the line to a white prog-rock audience. Having earlier stripped reggae back to its basics, Perry piles on layers of vocals and effects Black Ark Experryments (1995) Perry raps mayhem and madness (Poop Song?) into the electro-dub mixing of London's Mad Professor, his touring partner and friend of the past few years Arkology (1997) A superb, three-CD review of Perry's Black Ark output in the '70's: A-grade classics, dub versions and outtakes...
...know what else they would do." The riots escalated nightly until May 5, when as many as 1,000 villagers swarmed the premises and overturned the sedans of several local cadres. More than a dozen people were arrested. The official take in the Taizhou Daily summed up the mayhem thusly: "A handful of people who didn't know the truth assembled at the quarantine station to make trouble...
...policy changes that then seem unwise to undergraduate observers. But it is only fair to expect Kirby to pay attention when those observers make common-sense objections that have simple solutions. As a result of a foolish, avoidable mistake, a perfectly good policy will be overshadowed by the practical mayhem it produces. Too many professors taking leave are going to rain on next year’s parade—and it’s hard not to blame Kirby for ignoring the forecast...