Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last of the Independents, the Pretenders' first new album in four years, has a relaxed, familiar feel. With jangling guitars, stomping drums and Hynde's voice -- soft one moment, steely the next -- it is assured, bare-knuckle rock 'n' roll. Part of the credit goes to the sturdy rhythm work of returning drummer Martin Chambers, an original Pretender who left the band in 1986 (the other two charter bandmates, James Honeyman Scott and Pete Farndon, died of drug overdoses...
...Breyer's freshman performance is less than stellar, he will have the opportunity to improve. Time moves differently where he is going. Estimates Kathleen Sullivan, a professor at Stanford Law School: "It takes about a year to get into the rhythm of the court and probably a decade to figure out where your place in history is going...
...started off well," Burroughs said. "I got into a rhythm early but I just got flat later on. I don't know...
...coaching can inculcate. When Mandela speaks at banquets, he makes a point of going into the kitchen and shaking hands with every dishwasher and busboy. On countless occasions, he will stop in the middle of a street or hallway to talk with a little boy; his questioning has the rhythm of a catechism. "How old are you?" he will say. "Four," the boy might whisper. "Ah, you're a big man, man!" he will reply with a smile. "And what did you have for breakfast today...
...stage and in the recording studio. Throughout his search for technical perfection, he hummed along audibly and slightly off-key. In many ways the odd combination of musical precision with his discordant vocal impromptus characterized much of Gould's personality: his music reflected a purist's sensitivity to rhythm, tone and order, while his words and actions remained erratic and undecipherable. A recluse who eventually gave up live performances, he soon found other means of communication through his writing, recordings, and radio shows. Director Francois Girard transposes Gould's contradictions into another medium in his film, "Thirty Two short Films...