Word: velvets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wearing a Radcliffe insignia scarf, Amey A. De Friez '49, a former chair of the Radcliffe College Board of Trustees, then gave a toast to Wilson--playfully extending her comments and forcing the eager crowd to wait before seeing the imposing portrait standing in the corner, covered with red velvet...
After teasing the group long enough, De Friez raised her glass and toasted Wilson. A hush fell over the room and the portrait's artist, Ronald Frontin, let the velvet slip from the painting...
What made Lou Reed famous was the work he did with Velvet Underground, the music that's influenced almost every single band that now goes under the "alternative" label. And even after the band put away the instruments, Reed continued writing songs that were relevant, more penetrating than broken glass, and so very dangerously subversive. Too bad that the subversion doesn't work here. The drugs and sex lyrics just aren't shocking any more, and they aren't sharp, either. They're just the stuff Lou Reed used to do well. "I do Lou Reed better than anybody...
...Want to see a ho train in action? Hit the next Advocate party if you can make it past the velvet rope. As the host of the best parties on campus, the Advocate is dominated by the respectable crowd from 11 to12:30; they schmooze and boogy to music that can't really be pinned down (sometimes it's Britney Spears, sometimes it's Euro house). And from 12:30 on, it's sketch-o-rama. Always a good time....Regis Philbin just signed a $20 million extension on his "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contract. What...
...light blue jeans, a sweatshirt and a pair of construction boots, sitting with his head in his hands. He doesn't seem the high-roller type, nor does it seem that his luck has been all that good. Sitting by himself on a set of steps behind a red velvet cordon, he shouldn't be where he is. For the moment, though, no one's making any effort to move him. Things all around me are getting decidedly ugly. It's time to return to Mohegan...