Word: righteously
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There are a few exceptions. Ian MacKaye, who fronted Minor Threat and is arguably the godfather of Hardcore, is an articulate (if self-righteous) interview subject. Dr. Know of the Bad Brains, who is charismatic and probably crazy, also entertains...
...Liam Lynch Even the most diehard fans of Tenacious D (otherwise known as Jack Black and Kyle Gass)—i.e. those who have been wailing “You broke the rules and now I’ll pull out all your pubic hair” in righteous two-part harmony for upwards of five years now—have been compelled to lower my, err, their expectations a little for the upcoming feature film “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.” Given the near-100 percent awfulness rate of Black?...
...tell you things you didn’t know about the school you’re going to.” The Guide opens with an extraordinary vision of Harvard’s past, depicting it as an epic war between the College’s self-righteous left wing and the wicked tyranny of the Harvard administration.From its introduction, it would almost be easy to mistake the Guide for an odd exercise in irony—it is, after all, hosted at the site “badideafactory.com.” But its implausibility, even its surreal absurdity...
...also benefit the givers themselves. As strange as it may sound, by giving money to all of these causes, these celebrities will more than likely get more money back.I like to call this the “Bono effect.” Named after the granddaddy of all self-righteous entertainers who have melded promotion with selflessness, the “Bono effect” tells us that if you give away enough money in a highly visible manner, you will get back even more money through the magic of publicity. You might say that this “Bono...
...Paris/London/Bilbao—why must Nicholas Ouroussoff tempt me so? Like the unnaturally blue bagels left beside the toaster, so too is the Times’ Arts section rejected when they insist on publishing about inaccessible European shows. But you, my reader beleaguered by that meandering and self-righteous introduction, are in for a treat. This review of an overseas exhibit does contain some of the smugness of the jet-setting art critics I previously scorned—but, with the caveat that all but one of the artists I tout have works that can be seen without leaving...