Word: pitchfork
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...election campaign has been dirty, and the streets of Asuncion are plastered with lurid propaganda. One poster depicts the Colorados as a plague of mosquitoes that need eradicating, while another portrays Lugo as the Antichrist with devil's horns and a pitchfork. Lugo's campaign has accused the Colorados of tampering with ballots - and campaign manager Lopez says he fully expects Lugo to lose "between 70,000 and 100,000 votes" to fraud. Newspapers, for example, have published the names of long-dead Paraguayans who are still registered to vote, and international observers have warned of a "tense electoral climate...
...with a gardening tool.”Her hand unlocked the door; her slippered foot made the step of no return. Her eyes saw the array of sharp tools laid upon the shelf as though in wait for her. Her hand moved again through the dusty gloom, selected a pitchfork, clutched it to her breast.“Viscountess Fabreigh?”She turned. There, framed in the doorway, one hand entwined about the harsh leather of the reins, dark blond curls breathing with a life of their own in the slight morning breeze, stood The Stable Boy.It...
...figure it out.So as soon as the preordained masterpiece was released, the blogs and message boards buzzed to life. The critics were at work.The reason? Figuring out the Something behind a Radiohead album takes a lot of time and a lot of ink. Go back and read the contemporary Pitchfork Media reviews for “Hail to the Thief” or “Kid A”: They’re pretty bad, as far as criticism goes. They give the records glowing reviews, but in vague terms, without quite knowing why.And it’s hard...
...wake brought a new accessibility to a previously confrontational subculture, and it didn’t take long for the money to follow. Today, sophisticated delivery mechanisms like “as-hip-as-thou” promoters, trendy CMJ (College Music Journal) festivals in NYC, Pitchfork Media, and a whole heavenly host of scene architecture means that it’s easier than ever for patch-toting suburbanites to stay “scene...
...only way to survive these sorts of things is by picking your battles, so thank God most indie rock bands suck.At this July’s Pitchfork Music Festival, the heat was blistering, the humidity covered those blisters in a thick layer of sweat, and festival-sponsor Fuze Beverages™ were only handing out their free samples in tiny cups, so this reviewer took much-needed naps during lame acts like Tapes ’n Tapes, Chin Up Chin Up, and The National.However, those aforementioned naps were merely charge-up sessions for some of the most joyous thrashing...