Word: coldness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Humor aside, McCain spent most of his time at the Forum explaining his stances on issues, particularly defense and foreign affairs. He promised to reform the U.S. military to make it viable in the "post-Cold War world...
...Croatian people. Croatians consider him the father of their nation. Consequently, a BBC series documenting his life bears the title "Franjo Tudjman--The Croatian George Washington." I would like to take the occasion of Tudjman's death to reflect on his achievements. This seems especially important given the cold attitude of the Western media towards his death...
...there been such a cold response from the West to his death? Tudjman ruled with self-confidence and determination. In negotiations he was tough; on political necessities like self-determination he was insistent. As the unifier of the Croatian people, support for him was incredibly high. From the outside, this was taken to be a sign of undemocratic rule. However, the fact that almost half a million people attended his funeral proves that the internal support he enjoyed was genuine...
...different than Stereolab in the stereo lab. The band's sound is characteristically everywhere: their records run th aural gamut from fuzzy lounge-lizard pop to gritty reverb rock (and most often are a synth-washed mix of both). Through it all, though, they manage to give you the cold shoulder. Morgane Lhote's Moog must have a special dial for "disaffected": a breath of chilling ennui blows through all their music, a vague sense of world-weary aloofness that has its heart somewhere in songwriter Sadier's low-mixed lyrics...
...that reverb overkill is all good all the time. The band best known for perfect mixes of diverse and often discordant sounds should have done a better job of mixing their set list. The first half left you with that cold Stereolab feeling inside; the first few songs after "Free Design," their most recent single, showcased their new-found rock-out tendency, leaving you reeling with the overwhelming strength of their steroid-pop. But after a while it started to grate on the eardrums and sounding the same, like the never-ending conclusion to a bad U2 song riddled with...