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Yeah. That's actually [Sandler] throwing the ball, taking snaps. He worked it. In the original, Burt Reynolds was one of those slick quarterbacks with pizazz who all the girls loved, like a Joe Montana. When Adam played it, he reminded me of a blue-collar, scrappy type like Brett Favre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Rapper Nelly | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

When pressed for musical and lyrical influences, Aesop doesn’t spout off references to Yeats or Ashbery, but instead constructs a veritable Who’s Who of classic rap lyricists, including Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, and his mentor El-P. Instead of spending hours on end fine-tuning his rhyme scheme to match some stifled polyameter, Aesop’s main concern has always been to find “something I can work with, [...] then to assemble it over a beat...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Aesop Rock, King Poetic? | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...Bicyclette but boasts flavors that are more complex and reflect the Rhône terroir. Da Vinci, a new Chianti that Gallo produced with Cantine de Leonardo Da Vinci's Alberto Antinoni, hit stores last year and is similarly higher priced. Like Pont d'Avignon, Da Vinci has the slick packaging of Gallo's other imports. Here too the taste is fruity, but with the tannins and acidity one should expect in an authentic Tuscan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: Gallo Says Bonjour | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

When pressed for musical and lyrical influences, Aesop doesn’t spout off references to Yeats or Ashbery, but instead constructs a veritable Who’s Who of classic rap lyricists, including Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, and his mentor El-P. Instead of spending hours on end fine-tuning his rhyme scheme to match some stifled polyameter, Aesop’s main concern has always been to find “something I can work with, [...] then to assemble it over a beat...

Author: By Will B. Payne, | Title: Aesop Rock, King Poetic? | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

Branding, like ballet, becomes poetry in motion, a slick sequence of moves that turn a mere job into an art form. Whether breaking broncs or chasing wild cows across cedar-infested slopes, punching cows demands courage, precision and a certain élan. Ross Knox understands the cowboy's art. So does fellow Poet Georgie Sicking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: Cowboy Poets | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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