Word: minimalist
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Glass, Wilson, Byrne, Anderson and others had their consciousnesses forged in the '60s, when formal artistic boundaries were as inviting a target as the windows in a college dean's office. Their minimalist spirit was a reaction to the arid formalism that dominated the postwar period, particularly in music. But the rebellion is over, the insurgents have won, and they now find themselves in the unexpected -- and sometimes uneasy -- position of having become the Establishment. Notes the Next Wave's Roger W. Oliver: "All these artists started in opposition to what was being done at the time. But as they...
...fusion of Oriental and Occidental music has been under way since Composer Lou Harrison experimented with the Balinese gamelan orchestra before World War II. And the healthy interaction between the rock and "classical" avant-gardes, which bore fruit a decade ago in the creative synergy between Tangerine Dream and minimalist composers like Philip Glass, may produce more music of lasting value, just as when jazz first captured the imaginations of composers like Ravel and Gershwin. Whatever happens, it will be a step up from Wham! and Ozzy Osbourne. "New Age fans don't want to feel they are mellowing...
...answers to those last four questions are: yes, yes, that's an - understatement and de gustibus. And they all hinge on the fact that the trouble Ripley has found this time is exponentially bigger and scarier than anything she encountered in Ridley Scott's memorably minimalist, eerily elegant 1979 film...
...beyond the titillating personal tidbits, Stockman is arguing a serious point, as indicated by his title, The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed. The revolution, in his view, was intended to dismantle the welfare state and replace it with a minimalist Government that would do little more than keep law-and-order. Capitalism, freed of wasteful spending schemes and pepped up by tax cuts, would go on to produce prosperity for all. But his colleagues, up to and including the President, had only the dimmest idea of what it was they were supposed to be doing. They would...
...could be called minimalist or slipshod, depending on your distance from theater lingo. There's a blue curtain backdrop that came Federal Express through the local time warp from an elementary school somewhere in your past; there's a yellow bench with paint drippings down the side; and there's the now-classic red doghouse spoiled by the addition of green pine trees on the side...