Word: poeticisms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Taking an extremely caustic and poetic approach to portray the life of barhopping young professionals in his hometown, he experiments here with prose and narrative form to push the boundaries of what we call the “essay...
...looming large in Philadelphia's neo-soul scene. Both graduates of the Brits Performing Arts School, Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart had a Top 20 album, wrote for Michael Jackson and were nominated for three Grammys. They fuse spoken poetry to a soulful groove, which the pair describe as "poetic delivery with musical intent." Overall, though, pessimism reigns, especially for Ms. Dynamite and the other U.K. urban contenders. Says Jamieson, "The exportability [to the U.S.] of black, urban, U.K. street music has always been hard. You need the clout of a major [label] to get somewhere and even then...
...forms contained in a panel to mimic those of its predecessor. A fallen ice-cream cone transposes into an eye and a nose; the fluttering wings of a bug cut to a matching close-up of the ears of the jackass. These visual puns are the equivalent of clever poetic wordplay, but unique to comix. Herpich, who's pen and ink drawings are otherwise fairly simple, has a gift for the infinitely variable patterns of comix. Through repetition and pauses, panels that repeat something from before or else contain nothing at all, Herpich bounces the reader along. Combined with...
...Screw You” and “Romance is Dead,” alongside stuffed black body bags. The movement is strongest in New York City, though Boston has its fans as well. This year the Bukowski Tavern—named after Charles Bukowski, that poetic champion of healthy relationships—is hosting its annual “F—k Valentine’s Day” night, which bans such Valentine’s standbys as hearts, chocolate, sappy music, displays of affection and any other signs of healthy relations...
Where to find you on a Saturday night: In my room with a Milwaukee’s Best and a severe depressive longing for poetic words to ease the pain. Listening...