Word: odd
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...Times Arts and Leisure section) but the argument only grows stranger. "Other mainstream rock bands are taking similar approaches, succeeding by embracing new or unusual styles," writes Sanneh, citing Incubus, "another D.J.-enhanced band," and Tool, who last fall put on "an impressive show that included lots of odd time signatures and a long interpretive dance interlude...
...First of all, interpretive dance is never okay, and the dudes in Tool, of all people, should not receive encouragement in that field. Second, it's unclear what is new or unusual about DJs, ambient electronic sounds, or odd time signatures. The first two items on that list were fresh in the early '90s, when U2 mixed rock with techno sounds on their "Achtung Baby" album, and The Beastie Boys interspersed DJ scratches and rapping with heavy guitars on their hit song "Sabotage." By the turn of the century, both tricks were de rigeur among hard rock bands...
...sounding “Urban Tumbleweed,” with guest MC Barron Ricks. Female guest vocalists also give the album a couple of more radio-friendly tracks. The woozy, shuffling “Dream Girl,” featuring Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori, is appropriately odd, but it is “Deep Down” that seduces with its lush vocals and easy backbeat: “What’s the matter/ You seem so low down?/ But that?...
...organizations, on teams, in friendships and in relationships. That, and not how we perform in sophomore tutorial, is what we will remember when we graduate. Our extra-curriculars are so much of a better account of our selves than our classes are that, stepping back, it seems odd that anyone would attempt to define so much of our character by sheer academic performance. What, exactly, can you tell about a person with a 15.0 GPA? That they have a strong work ethic and an uncanny ability to absorb facts...
...gone from the silent and scary monster we saw in When We Were Kings to the cuddly teddy bear on infomercials. The Shakespeare-spewing Don King may be evil, but I bet he’s always the life of the party. Mike Tyson may have odd eating habits, but he is not boring...