Word: sparely
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...female solo, so his Mellencamp-loving, flamethrower-toting dad steps in to fight the school. After a mysterious and harassing phone call, though, Burt Hummel has to face his own discomfort with his son, and Kurt decides to sabotage himself, allowing Rachel to score the solo in order to spare his father more grief. “I love you more than I love being the star,” says the divo...
...When he told you a story, he told it with so much love, you could imagine yourself being there,” said Gregory H. Daugherty, a vendor for Spare Change News, who met Hill 15 years ago. “He was a great person, and he had a great love of people...
...This spare, minimalist approach to the music creates a bare, autumnal album that’s at once soothing, depressing and—unfortunately—less than gripping. Johnson’s husky growl reverberates around Molina’s baleful, tremulous cry and the two voices combine to nice effect, presenting two different sides to the classic American man: bruised and tough, soulful and exposed. The duo exhibits an effortless mastery of many classic tropes, employed without pretense to keep the album engaging and honest. Unfortunately the album’s traditional song structures and generally unremarkable music...
...there are generations of American songwriters and miles of frontier. Both singers have explored a similar fascination with American themes in their other bands. Here, these traditional themes and sounds are omnipresent, and something about Molina & Johnson’s minimalist approach makes them feel better developed. Many similarly spare acts craft their natural sounds. They record separate tracks for fretboard squeaks, chair cricks, and the sound of a thumb dully thumping against the guitar’s body. Here, the sounds feel like natural parts of the recording. You can almost hear the whiskey being poured in between takes...
...even now it's not clear that the issue has been fully resolved. Part of the problem is there has not been a general announcement to the intelligence community about Biden's decision. Some experts surmise that this is to spare Blair's feelings. But intelligence insiders say the DNI is taking the view that the matter is still being adjudicated. And indeed, Blair has not rescinded his directive, leaving room for continuing ambiguity...