Word: pureness
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...Scratchy started showing up on "The Simpsons." I think they were saying, "Forget about propriety. Forget about meaning. Forget about what music is supposed to be. Lose yourself. Bang your head into the wall." Is this a significant message? I don't know, I just loved it. It was pure sensation, a two-and-a-half-minute kick-ass blowout with hooks and a catchy melody, too! (Did I mention how utterly melodic the Ramones were? How the tunes stay with you for years? How "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," one of the great car-radio anthems, ranks with...
...like the movie either. Said the Cuban state news agency about Thirteen Days, “The North Americans are presented yet again as the saviors of the world, while Cuba appears in the film, according to some critics, as mere decoration in a sugary film of pure Hollywood style. With more dialogue than action, the film tends to send the spectator to sleep.” Looking back, the Elian Gonzalez brouhaha would have been a lot simpler if we had just traded Kevin for Elian. (Wouldn’t I make a great Attorney General...
...watch him do it without somehow aiding and abetting and then trying to make up for it with such phoniness that only Barney Frank is fooled. Her latest endeavor was to support a bill that sets limits on lobbying for presidential pardon. This is absurdity in such a pure state that nobody except the New York Post has even bothered to touch it, instead choosing to marvel at such a rare gem with Bill O’Reilly-esque glee...
...drug policy and rampant violations around the league certainly raised a few eyebrows from fans and commentators. Ultimately, though, the news was rather un-newsworthy. But the veteran power forward has seen a lot in his career, and as one of the last of a dying breed of pure hustle, minimally talented players in the NBA, there may be some sage-like wisdom in his rather nonchalant assessment of recreational drug use among professional athletes...
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