Word: roughness
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...used to in movies (This Book could pass for a loose novelization of the Haley Joel Osment confection Pay It Forward, without even the saving grace of an unhappy ending). But from you, literature, old friend? Novels are a place where we exfoliate our souls with the rough edges of life, not pamper ourselves with fantasies that don't seem to know they're fantasies or confuse ourselves with imitation insights ("That's the thing about L.A.--you can freeze to death under a rosebush") and limp stand-up gotchas ("Driving a Bentley to Target--only in L.A. does this...
...Fooled Again. To most in my generation, the song conveyed a sense of betrayal by the nation's leaders, who had led our country into a costly and unnecessary war in Vietnam. To those of us who were truly counterculture--who became career members of the military during those rough times--the song conveyed a very different message. To us, its lyrics evoked a feeling that we must never again stand by quietly while those ignorant of and casual about war lead us into another one and then mismanage the conduct of it. Never again, we thought, would our military...
Pratt agreed with Pertile that the rough conditions made the day less than ideal for canoeing...
Before Luny Tunes, reggaeton artists laced gritty Spanish-language raps over rough beats sampled from Jamaican dancehall reggae—a far cry from the pop pulse that fills clubs today. Saldana and Cabrera changed the genre forever, with reggaeton’s most popular artists rushing to associate themselves with the sleek, radio-friendly Luny Tunes brand...
Yellowcard “Rough Landing, Holly” Dir. Marc Webb Three years ago, Yellowcard became famous when MTV decided to rotate heavily the video for their single “Ocean Avenue.” With their infectious pop hooks, pint-size bleached-blond frontman, and kooky rock violinist (isn’t that just so original?), the song and the band became bona fide emo gods to legions of equally pint-sized girls. The band’s new video, “Rough Landing, Holly,” is kind of like...