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Metalheads almost never allow folk flavors to impinge on their wrathful pounding, so System of a Down, an Armenian-American metal band, is as refreshing as a whiff of shish kebab in a Burger King. Its music has a near Eastern feel, a sound akin to what Metallica might produce in a revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Moreover, the band knows raunchy from bad: drug dealers and groupies get their due tongue lashings. Best of all, the group keeps most songs under three minutes, a suitable dose of new metal for ears still traumatized by old metal's five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Toxicity | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

This I buy. Gage, by dint of significant trauma to his frontal lobes, did actually become a different person. But short of being shish-kebabbed on a tamping iron, I'm skeptical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Changed Man? No Such Animal | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...prevent crowds from gathering happily on the River's banks to cheer a random boat while munching on overpriced fried dough. Many decide to ignore the race altogether, choosing instead to peruse the booths lining the streets, picking up everything from free corporate paraphernalia to sample sticks of shish kabob...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Behind the Hoopla | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...exhilaration of stalking beasts of horn and claw, the Big Game firearm license is $27.50 (unfortunately, out-of-state hunters have to shell out almost 100 smackeroos). Alongside the usual fare of black bear, white-tailed deer and quail, a multitude of neighborhood critters can be turned into shish-kabobs. However, the crow, opossum, bullfrog and snapping turtle might provide scant amusement for marksmen of considerable moose hunting prowess. Aspiring trophy hunters and greenhorns of Harvard Yard, take note: Grey squirrel season opened October 17, with a bag limit of five. In addition, legal hunting hours commence 30 minutes before...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: The Deer Hunter | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

QUENTIN TARANTINO Bad boy actor-director is shish kebabbed by Broadway critics for his thug role in Wait Until Dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 20, 1998 | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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