Word: purist
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...what is becoming a political war over the economy, Bush's army is filled with pacifists. His chief economist, Larry Lindsey, is a laissez-faire purist who views most government regulation of the marketplace as futile, even harmful. Bush's Veep is mute in public and argues vehemently inside the White House against any overreaction to the recent series of corporate scandals. The Secretary of the Treasury, the gaffe-a-minute Paul O'Neill, was off in Ukraine last week. No matter. Wall Street has not found any solace in O'Neill, a former CEO without a gut feel...
...crowd went on to watch the Crimson lose in extra innings, which may partially explain why the musical experiment ended after one game. But the day the music died was probably the doing of Harvard Coach Joe Walsh, baseball purist...
Many of Lord’s fans view the live album as a refreshing follow-up to her major label debut in 1998, which was produced in a studio with a band. One purist commented, “Mary Lou Lord is best just stripped down to an acoustic guitar. You can’t get any closer to real sound than that. Overproduction ruins music.” The intimate street performances allow Lord’s audience to connect with her on a level that other venues do not permit. To know the effect of her playing...
Long Beach’s Ugly Duckling, who opened the show, only managed to worsen my expectations. These guys exemplified purist hip-hop’s worst qualities—a formulaic, unexciting musical aesthetic of mediocre loops and scratches, paired with uncharismatic M.C.s who, with their “clever” yet predictable punchline lyrics, ended up saying as little as any “thug kna’a mean?” gangsta rapper. Occasionally taking breaks from their set for some rather awkward sketches, lame jokes and clichéd sermons on the real meaning...
Rasoanaivo seems loath to make any further concessions to foreign ways, at least when it comes to her band. The purist aesthetic of Tarika's music--"It's 90% Madagascar," she says--testifies to her deep suspicion of globalization. "No one knows the good and bad any longer/The target becomes only to participate/No one fights for the differences," she sings on Disease, a track from Tarika's most recent CD, Soul Makassar (Triloka). Rasoanaivo draws a distinction between what she calls "roots music" and everything else. "Roots music," she explains, "means doing something you really feel in your blood rather...