Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skunk and hawk remind me of how odd our college life is. We religiously obey our codes of dress and comportment, worry about social dynamics too subtle for any sociologist, as though the laws that govern our behavior here were binding in every possible universe. We become completely blind to the nature that teems around us, our eyes glued to the narrow path ahead...
...theme of innovation came clear from the start with Daniel Pelzig's "Nine Lives: Songs of Lyle Lovett." The odd juxtaposition of ballet with Lovett's mellow country blues and twangy tunes created a comic atmosphere that was magnified by the black leatherish pants worn by the men and the attitudes adopted by the dancers in their dramatization of the lyrics. Whether pretending to light a cigarette or making an appropriate facial expression, the performers were certainly into the piece. Classical ballet seemed to become one with line dancing in the livelier segments, and interspersed throughout the piece were beautiful...
...that provides a place from which to grow. Snakefarm's Songs from My Funeral is not an instant hit but is promising. The lyrics are repetitive and the music rarely has any build. The combination of techno and hip hop bass sounds and weak, yearning vocals create an odd combination of folk and pop that, although successful at moments, mostly put a listener to sleep. The inability to commit to one genre even within each song leaves the listener feeling unbalanced and bored. Songs from My Funeral works well as chilled background music, but because of the lack of variety...
...short, as the millennium elections approach, Democrats represent the party of degradation, double talk, double standards and political destruction. Buoyed by their odd conception of victory, they are launching Operation Perpetual Impeachment, targeting outspoken presidential critics for political extinction in 2000. For Republicans the temptation to do battle with them--for retribution, validation, vindication--will be enormous. But the G.O.P. needs to resist taking this bait and return to fighting over big issues, not small...
...genius on towns and villages. Bruno Monsaingeon, who has made several films about musicians, got the wary pianist to open up. Blending Richter's observations with marvelous archival footage spanning much of his life, Monsaingeon's documentary so generously displays the pianist's gifts and so vividly limns his odd, isolated life that it is both exhilarating and haunting...