Word: tinning
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...building's facade is undoubtedly dilapidated. A tin sign, announcing liquor andcocktails, looks as though no one has maintainedit since its 1950s installation...
...Bouguereaus he saw, with their pale, continuously rounded flesh (tubular, in a way) and their meticulous highlights, influenced the "Tubism" of his maturing style. The manikins in his Contrast of Form paintings, such as Exit the Ballets Russes, 1914, project a strange mixture of nervousness and solidity--sexless tin men bustling about in a narrow, overcrowded space...
...Billings & Stover Apothecaries isn't pictured, it ought to be. The unremarkable storefront at 41A Brattle St. is easily disregarded and certainly no competition for the brightly lit establishments of Brattle Square. But from those who notice it, Billings & Stover will elicit a nostalgic smile. Even the small tin milk carts and bottles that dress the windows seem quaint, not tacky...
What in the world is Barry Levinson, the gritty realist of Diner and Tin Men, doing down, down, down at the bottom...
...traditional, crowd-chummy highlight "Jane Says" suffered from the lack of steel drum, which was visibly pining away on the unused, chop-shopped second stage. Steve Perkins gamely took up that sad, child-like tin-role with normal drums, to surprisingly good effect. The old favorite, although inevitable, was actually made a surprise through Farrell's roundabout, shaggy-dog introduction. His lyrical patter with the audience was, in fact, more a highlight to the concert than not: however dippy, they were drenched with sincerity and often reached unexpected beauty...