Word: non-sequitur
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...Non-sequitur, much...
...writing about myself, a man with the same initials.” Yet for self-reflection, the narrator’s description of his life’s events is notably disjointed. “Morris” hears a radio presenter pronounce the non-sequitur “Beethoven was one-sixteenth black” while introducing the musicians who will be performing a selection from the composer’s oeuvre. He is caught in the gaze of a framed portrait of his great-grandfather, a diamond prospector. He then sets off for a black township...
...away with. I wish I had a dime for every time I saw a TF’s flaccid, feigned smile of approbation, that muttering of “good” or “interesting” every time another student weighs in with a complete non-sequitur...
...thing and one thing only, let it be this: never follow a man wearing impeccable eyeliner. 30 Seconds to Mars’ “From Yesterday” places thoroughly made-up Jared Leto and his three companions in ancient China, complete with a child emperor and a non-sequitur samurai. There’s some plot about time travel and lost love and a treasure map, but it’s only a weak set up for some amazingly incongruous scenes: four pale, emo-uniformed men walking in the midst of samurai. Leto wields a katana while wearing...
...Editors are masters of the non-sequitur. While it’s no surprise that their video for “Munich” is unrelated to the song—they do, after all, try painfully hard to be arty—nothing seems to be related to anything else at all here. The title and the visuals seem to be totally unrelated to the lyrics, which are a fairly standard sub-Interpol: elliptical and dark...