Word: themes
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...rants were not delivered in whimsical, “what’s-a-girl-to-do” tones of enlightenment and bewilderment. And unlike Carrie Bradshaw’s columns, they weren’t illustrated by scenes that seemed to eventually meld into one big theme. Instead, the case studies that comprised each scene were delightfully nuanced, and delivered in a fast-paced current that was sharp in both wit and energy...
...last glimpses of his former glory on this album. From here, things go downhill pretty rapidly. There is a eulogy for a friend’s dead bunny rabbit (“Crystal Blue R.I.P.”), and a tooth-rot inducing, schmaltzy ballad, which was formerly the theme song for a children’s television show of the same name (“White Horses”). While not wholly disagreeable, the rest of the album is lyrically bland and somewhat sappy. Much of what makes this album so disappointing is the past history of these artists...
...that way from where we stand. All around us there are success stories of people overcoming overwhelming odds. Although these concepts can pop up in multiple contexts, the paradigmatic example is the 19th century American author, Horatio Alger, and his famous rags-to-riches stories. The popularity of this theme is exemplified by Alger’s success and continues to be the driving force in the concept of the American Dream...
...company in Modena and a subway station in Naples that's a collaboration with Anish Kapoor. He's the British artist best known in the U.S. for Cloud Mirror, the reflective steel sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park that locals call the Bean. Obviously, beans are a developing theme here...
...people love pop-ups means things intended to be ephemeral might return. Although every last scrap of the Reindeer?from the private dining log cabins to the cups and saucers?was sold off, Waddington and Flack are already being asked about next year and are talking about a '50s-theme Christmas pop-up, this time in Los Angeles...