Word: roughness
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Absolutely. If you've seen the trailer, there are a couple of images in there that are exactly the composition I drew on the page. And to actually see the movie-and I've seen a rough cut- is bizarre, because it's like seeing the movie that I was running in my head...
...frets and strings, creating a polyphony of rhythm and melody that would put all but the most accomplished fingerpickers to shame. While his instrumentals are undeniable, the vocal accompaniment he provides on songs like “Corrina, Corrina” is pleasant, even moving, if not a little rough around the edges. About a quarter of the way through the show, Kottke actually began to speak—first about how he never knows what to say to his audience, then about the ideal acoustics and intimidating decor of Sanders Theatre. Every digression or anecdote evoked a strange...
...Missing is the sense of reckless misadventure that had even a purportedly over-the-hill Keith brawling in bars and taking on two girls at once, ensuring listeners he hadn’t lost a step even when he said he had. In place of the old, rough-edged attitude is a set of wistful regrets—mostly about relationships gone bad. Keith finds a striking number of ways to summon sorrows about women: in “Missing Me Some You,” it’s the pains of separation; in “She Never...
...Islam is concerned, Benedict also felt an urgency, as the first post-Sep. 11 pontiff, to wade into rough theological and historical waters in the face of fundamentalist violence. In the Regensburg speech, which was delivered the day after the fifth anniversary of 9/11, he wondered aloud whether the Islamic conception of absolute submission to God might preclude reason, and even help explain why today a disproportionate number of Muslims are killing in the name of religion. Most explosive was a reference in the speech to a 15th-century Christian Byzantine emperor who said: "Show me just what Mohammed brought...
...really, really excited for the co-eds and it was great that both teams did so well at home,” sophomore Meghan Wareham said. Meanwhile, a contingent of Crimson freshmen sailed at the Nickerson Trophy, finishing ninth overall. WOMEN’S VICTORIAN COFFEE URNAfter an uncharacteristically rough finish two weekends ago, the Harvard women made the most of their last chance to qualify for ACCs at home. The Crimson, led by the A-division team of captain Megan Watson and Wareham, finished 13 points ahead of Ivy rivals Yale and Brown to win the regatta...