Word: stingingly
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...Whether the Coen Brothers' whimsical Appalachian "Odyssey" becomes the catalyst for a folk revival the way "The Sting" did for ragtime remains to be seen, but at the very least this fascinating collection gives a welcome airing to some of American music's most seminal components, from prison-gang hollers to children's sing-alongs. Although it's dominated by artists mostly associated with bluegrass, the "O Brother" soundtrack covers an era that slightly predates that style, as befits a movie...
...Sting brought his A-game to the Big Show's pre-game performance. His voice sounds exactly the same as The Police recordings twenty years...
ROGER CLINTON President's prodigal half-brother gets last-minute pardon for a 1985 drug conviction. As Governor, Bill Clinton had to authorize the sting operation that sent Roger to prison...
...Ritchie had filmed his own wedding, it might have looked like this: rapid cuts of swank guests and strewn rose petals, 360[degrees] swirls as the bride descends the staircase, a low-angle shot of the groom in his kilt, a killer closeup of Sting's molars as he sings Ave Maria and--big finish--a plateful of haggis thrown at the camera. The whole film would be very loud and would last about six seconds...
...adding hip-hop, trip-hop, and electronica to samba, bossa nova and Tropicalia. They are drawing from abroad but creating something Brazilian. After all, as Max de Castro points out, some of the foreign music that younger Brazilian so admire was inspired, in part, by Brazil to begin with. Sting gets a Grammy nod for singing the music of Ivan Lins, Beck draws from Tropicalia. So why not take it back? Why not create a new Brazilian music for the people of Brazil...