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...their video. Then again, bands who actually achieve artistic integrity in their videos tend to hire professional directors. Instead of viewing the video itself, simply visualize the aforementioned freeze-frames and digitally mastered crowd surfing to the following lyrics: “There’s a smell of stale fear that’s reeking from our skins / The drinking never stops because the drinks absolve our sins / We sit and grow our roots into the floor / But what are we waiting for?” Clearly, we’re waiting for you, Sir Endicott, as you falsely...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: The Bravery | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...Socialist Carmen Calvó, a former minister of culture, was blunt: "I don't like them at all. They're antiquated." United Left leader Gaspar Llamazares, objecting in particular to the Franco-esque ring of that "Viva España!," called them "stale." Artur Mas, leader of the Catalan party Convergence I Unio, sniped, "With words like this, I don't think you'll see me singing it much." Even the conservative Popular Party, which has made the addition of anthem lyrics part of its campaign platform, could manage only a tepid response. "They don't seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain Unstirred By New Anthem | 1/15/2008 | See Source »

...movie is less ho-ho-ho than uh-oh, or oh-no. Emitting a stale odor from the first reel, Fred never engaged the audience of kids and adults that I saw it with. There were neither big laughs nor the kind of warmth you can feel when moviegoers are connecting with the stuff on-screen. And if early indications hold, the opening weekend will be a box office disappointment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Claus That Won't Fly | 11/11/2007 | See Source »

...hotels to long bus rides, and all the stuff in between,” he says. “I think it’s one of those things where if you’re making progress, it stays fun. If you start to stagnate, it can get very stale in a hurry...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Basepaths to Bookshelves | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...movie, and there wouldn't be one if the characters didn't do implausible things. Hence the creakiest gimmick in all of fiction, the HIBK (Had I But Known) ploy. It worked in Oedipus Rex, but in the intervening 2,500 years the trope has got a bit stale. Here it's applied so that the movie can be 98 mins. instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve Carell in Reel Life | 10/28/2007 | See Source »

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