Word: sonic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kinmans' rather dry and often cryptic lyrics don't do much to relieve the tedium, although some of the songs are lively and short enough so that they don't have to. "Unlucky in Love," for example, doesn't say much of anything, but its sonic-boom noise and punk/polka rhythm make it great fun. Otherwise, the new Rank and File's hybrid of nasal vocals and buzzsaw guitars sound like uniform drone. Rank and File may catapult the band to MTV stardom (and Rhino Records out from the novelty and oldies bins in record stores), but such success will...
...Wolfensohn: "It's not that we wanted to change it because we had the money and thought it would be fun. There simply was no alternative." Under the supervision of Acoustician Abe Melzer, the old materials were replaced as much as possible with new ones possessing the same sonic properties. Notes Lawrence Goldman, the hall's director of real estate planning and development: "Each element was tested...
...that lasts almost ten minutes. That afternoon, when the daughter playfully balances a pear on the doctor's knee, it seems a daring bit of coquetry; nothing more need be revealed. Then at night Alexander hears a radio report of an imminent World War III. He rushes downstairs; a sonic burst sets the house reverberating; a pitcher of milk tumbles slowly from its cabinet and breaks on the floor. Alexander snaps...
Divinity School Dean of Students Guy V. Martin sent a bulletin to the Divinity School students, notifying them of the incident. The bulletin also said that sonic whistles were available "at a reasonable price" at the Divinity School Bookstore on Francis...
Many People have purchased sonic whistles, said Kuk-Won Bae, a bookstore employee and teaching fellow at the Divinity School. "The whistles seem pretty well designed," Bae said...