Word: scissor
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...promote democracy in Iran, he gives money to these outside groups, and we’re in here suffering. The pressure is on people who are trying to promote human rights inside the country. I feel [Iranian President] Ahmadinejad and President Bush are like two blades of a scissor.”Given the U.S. government’s ability to ignore the abuses of its allies, writes Shirin Ebadi, Nobel laureate and human rights activist, “It is hard not to see the Bush administration’s focus on human rights violations in Iran...
...theme to a Game Boy advertisement. Supernature is even more varied. An epic in synthesizer sounds, it reveals hints of '60s movie themes, chunks of '70s Eno-era Roxy Music, Donna Summer disco, '90s trip-hop - all with a knowing 21st century pop take. Like the magpie Scissor Sisters and other light-fingered musicians, Goldfrapp shamelessly borrows past pop genres, playing to an audience too enthralled to obsess about originality. And yet there is something unique about her trips to the past: Supernature shimmers along with an electric buzz like a dangerously overloaded socket, enlivening the edge between human voice...
...Sumner and his colleagues from that fate. This spring and summer, New Order top festival bills across Europe and the U.S., playing alongside young American bands like Interpol and the Killers, and British newcomers Bloc Party - all of whom are clearly influenced by Joy Division and New Order. The Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic can be heard lending vocals to the New Order track Jetstream on Sirens' Call, while British music mag NME, a champion of young bands, this year honored the New Order veterans with a Godlike Genius Award for their career achievements...
...MUSIC: The Scissor Sisters...
...Scissor Sisters still have a few things to work on. The production is less than imaginative, and the album is heavily front-loaded; the last 20 minutes sag. The band generates so much goodwill, though, that it's hard to hold much against them. But they still don't get a pass on Supertramp. --By Josh Tyrangiel