Word: woodenness
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Mike Brenner’s spiraling, squealing lap steel lines are entrancing; the sheer volume of emotion that he can coax from a simple wooden plank with six strings, a raised bridge, and a steel tone bar is amazing. Most importantly, he also found the perfect timbres to complement Molina’s voice...
...more than a coincidence that the first brand-name whistle-blower was a woman. In Greek mythology, Cassandra had the gift of prophecy. She correctly predicted the outcome of many events, warning the Trojans, for example, in “The Aeneid,” against accepting a wooden horse as a “gift” from their Greek opponents. However, when Cassandra spurned the god Apollo as a lover, he retaliated by making anyone who heard her prophecies believe they were lies. It was mostly men who disbelieved her, leading inevitably to disaster and tragedy...
...that kind of juxtaposition is precisely the charm of Zhongdian's cocktail circuit. With steep, cobbled lanes, wooden houses, courtyards and prayer flags fluttering in the wind, Dukezong was little more than a ramshackle residential area of 15,000 inhabitants two years ago. Now, it's being buffed and polished for the outside world, with B-52 cocktails served alongside bai jiu-the local firewater-and macchiatos almost as readily available as yak-butter tea. The bars attract a lively, mixed crowd of residents, young travelers, artists and adventurers, doubtless hoping to find their own Shangri-La. Chances are they...
...Fashionably Late,” Dec. 16, 2003). Mather answered this call with unsurpassed spirit and numbers at the freshman housing lottery day and events such as the now infamous Mather Lather. This is no small task. In only 48 hours, a dozen Matherites managed to construct a wooden pit large enough to accommodate 600 people, complete with a twenty foot-high Plexiglass-encased DJ booth, the top of which supported two foam machines on oscillating arms dispensing a Cascade® of 250,000 cubic feet of foam. By the next day, the entire apparatus was gone thanks...
...shining on the balcony of the Quarterdeck Club Seafood Restaurant and Grill, and luncheon diners have a terrific view of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, full of wooden sampans and junks, speeding ferries and lavish white yachts. It's the picture-perfect postcard image that Hong Kong promotes to potential visitors from abroad...