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Word: strobes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...long set of crowd-chanting, mosh-pitting anthems was punctuated by three notable moments. The first was a series of solos—initially, DJ Sid “#0” (who wears a gas-mask), a turntable master, scratched and spun in an ever-quickening crescendo as strobe lights flickered; the second spotlighted the drummer—the kabuki-masked musician drummed at a hellish pace while his drum set floated upside down and rotated above the stage. Slipknot’s second highlight was their final track, “Surfacing,” a song which...

Author: By Michael T. Packard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Heavy Metal | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

Regardless of the new name, debauchery was certainly encouraged. A table of condoms preached safe sex while simultaneously hinting at chance encounters. Bottles of whip cream oozed kinkiness as layers of a cool smoke hid the sticky floor. A curtain replete with a strobe light illuminated the silhouettes of nasty dancers while onlookers grinded to Britney and Destiny’s Child...

Author: By W. L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Get Chaste or Chased | 11/8/2001 | See Source »

...When Air released its album Moon Safari early in 1998, the world discovered the awesome potential French music could have once it freed itself from its inferiority complex. While precursor Daft Punk remained rooted in the strobe-lit euphoria of dance culture, Air's eclecticism hitched up '60s film soundtracks with drum machines and spacey synthesizers to create a crisp pop sound you could listen to outside the nightclub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baroque 'n' Roll | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...they offer presentations on their research? Only then can the Houses be a home for sorts of Harvard activities, from the social hour to the study hall. Then students will be able to meet each other in a variety of different settings, perhaps none that involve blaring music and strobe lights...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Making Harvard Better | 5/11/2001 | See Source »

Mounting an undercover operation in this world without rules is horrid work for your average cop. "It's loud and dark in there. There are the strobe lights in your eyes. Ugh," says N.O.P.D. captain Steve Nicholas. "It's just not an easy thing to find these people." But Templeton found them. For six months beginning in February 2000, he went undercover to at least eight State Palace raves. He and a fellow agent were able to buy 45 hits of ecstasy and five other illegal pills. They also learned from local ambulance companies that from December 1997 to August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecstasy Crackdown | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

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