Word: mellowing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...parking lot outside my health club is, as always, dog eat dog, and by the time I find a spot, I'm sure I've lost out on prime classroom positioning. I may end up next to the Grunter, which would, I have to say, harsh my mellow. But in the spirit of the yogic tradition I choose not to view my exasperated state as a negative thing. Instead, I congratulate myself for my good judgment in getting to this yoga class on a Sunday morning at the godless hour...
...Everywhere else, Americans rush from their high-pressure jobs and tune in to the authoritatively mellow voice of an instructor, gently urging them to solder a union (the literal translation of the Sanskrit word yoga) between mind and body. These Type A strivers want to become Type B seekers, to lose their blues in an asana (pose), to graduate from distress to de-stress. Fifteen million Americans include some form of yoga in their fitness regimen - twice as many as did five years ago; 75% of all U.S. health clubs offer yoga classes. Many in those classes are looking...
Revelling is balanced by the more mellow and poignant lineup on Reckoning, whose songs are more melancholic and conducive to introspection. Acoustic guitar and the piano combines to create appropriate accompaniment. The highlight of the second album is a track titled “Imagine That,” during which the narrator describes how she can not control the overpowering emotions and conditions that she encounters. Not only are the metaphors clear and powerful, but the acoustic guitar merges with DiFranco’s voice to invoke a more painful and melancholy feeling. Another high point...
...Paul Reubens, though, the guy is within driving distance of normal. He's not the greasy, bearded freak from the infamous mug shot or the manic wad of frustration that is Pee-wee but a mellow, slyly funny 48-year-old whose oddest obvious quirk is that he's trying--and succeeding--at coming off like a 30-year-old. He has shaggy, jet-black hair with bangs, wears a horseshoe-embroidered black Guyabara and jeans and has a freakishly creaseless complexion. And he has proved his ability to pull off non-Pee-wee characters over the past few years...
...soar over the melody, as he engaged in touching introspective moments in the middle register and soaring to plaintive highs in upper octaves. As such, work provided a fitting counterpoint to the previous “Chicken Dog.” While the former relieved tension by closing with mellow, mellifluous chords, “Mrs. Scofield’s Waltz”was rudely interrupted at the end by piercing dissonances, the heart-rending tribute rendered barren by coarse and interruptive cacophony. It merely serves to demonstrate how Scofield refused to let his audience become complacent with the music...