Word: waxing
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Unfortunately, the creative lyrics are masked by the band's unwillingness to relax and let their instruments fit the lyrics. This makes many of the songs blend together. "Want Ad King" may wax philosophic ("If life was Equus I'd be Burton/Philosophically uncertain/Not the screw-up kid with the religious mom") but the lead guitar sounds exactly the same as on "East Hampton," the next track. As the sequence of 16 songs progresses, some of the stronger tunes, such as the catchy "So Eureka," end up being overlooked...
Each of the four guest rooms is decorated in an Afro-centric theme. The sunny Ashante Suite features African artifacts and textiles and hauntingly beautiful sculptures. Visitors tell Greenwood that staying in the Black Memorabilia Suite--with its old quilts, rag dolls and Louis Armstrong wax record from the 1940s--is "like going to Grandma's house down South." The romantic Jumping-the-Broom Suite, with double Jacuzzi, is popular with honeymooners, whom Greenwood greets with champagne, strawberries and cream...
Rural Studio structures have transformed Hale County. Yet when Mockbee gazes across its undulating fields, he sees more work that needs to be done. "How deep can I take this? How far can we go?" he muses about his desire not only to try new experiments--like building with wax-impregnated cardboard--but also to further spread his ideas so that others might emulate them. "Most people say we are already on the edge," he says. "But I want to jump into the dark to see what happens and where we land. It won't be fatal. We are onto...
...Rural Studio structures have transformed Hale County. Yet when Mockbee gazes across its undulating fields, he sees more work that needs to be done. "How deep can I take this? How far can we go?" he muses about his desire not only to try new experiments - like building with wax-impregnated cardboard - but also to further spread his ideas so that others might emulate them. "Most people say we are already on the edge," he says. "But I want to jump into the dark to see what happens and where we land. It won't be fatal. We are onto...
...through the crowd, small and bowed. They touch him for his blessing. He is a tzaddik, a holy man, a saint. "I will clean the people," he mutters. His arm winging like a metronome, Rabbi Yaakov Ifargan slings candles into a brazier until the flame rises 20 ft. and wax sizzles onto the dusty ground. At 3 a.m., almost four hours into this ceremony, he turns to a row of cripples, sweating near the fire in their wheelchairs. "Are you a believer?" Ifargan asks Gabriel Rafael, 22, who suffers from multiple sclerosis. The crowd raises Rafael by his arms...