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...probably aware that Lil’ Wayne’s guitar skills aren’t really hard-rocking, nor rocking at all. They attempt to raise the level of rock in “Prom Queen” by employing a gratuitous dose of seizure-inducing camera effects. Bluish stage lights flash constantly, scene changes occur in sporadic bursts, and every drum fill thrashes the camera like an earthquake. The inspired music is matched by a truly inspired story: Lil’ Wayne used to have a high school crush who, in an unprecedented move, refused his advances. Well...
...compared to the implicit emotional turmoil that yielded fractured perfection like “Peacebone” and “Cuckoo Cuckoo.”This also may be why the album’s best songs are the ones that deviate from this pattern. “Bluish,” a wash of innocent echo-chamber balladry, would disappear into the labyrinth of its swirling accompaniment if not for the sheer fact that it’s the album’s most beautiful adornment. Similarly, the relatively spare “No More Runnin?...
...Washington for the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama can be forgiven for wondering if we're in the middle of a third one here at home. Roads in the capital are suddenly being blockaded. Concrete barriers are popping up overnight on sidewalks. The city is taking on a bluish cast as its police presence surges. Not surprisingly, the debate has already begun: Is the unprecedented security a wise move given the historic nature of Obama's swearing-in and the tempting target it provides or is it overkill, an indication that the terrorists have already...
...every shot is either a macroscopic—an entire desert vibrating in the wind—or a microscopic—singular grains tumbling one over the other—perspective of sand. The grains themselves complement and enrich the grain-like quality of film, and the bluish filtering that Dorsky builds through use of internegatives gives each frame an alien, otherworldly quality.“Winter,” the companion piece to “Sarabande,” is a meditation on San Francisco (home both to Dorsky and the Canyon Cinema collective he?...
...Usually, I have an idea before I buy the fabric,” says Baird, as she browses determinedly through the fabric aisles. Finally, she selects a stretchy red-nutmeg fabric shimmering with interwoven threads of gold, along with a bluish-black jersey. She adds in two spools of thread and some crocheted decorative golden brown lace. Grand total: 24 dollars exactly...