| 单词 | staccato |
| 例句 | We could barely hear each other over the crisp staccato pounding of the conga drums and the shrill brass sections blaring from their stereo. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Even earthworms make sounds, faint staccato notes in regular clusters. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, such music calls for notes that are a little more separate or defined than legato, but still nowhere as short as staccato. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The operator in Decatur was a woman who displayed a precise staccato touch. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The creature uttered four or five staccato cries and retreated. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It flashed again and was followed by a rapid staccato of gunfire. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So if you are wondering how to play slurs on your guitar or staccato on your clarinet, ask your music teacher or director. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Sausun, rocking back and forth with her arms wrapped around her knees and a frown on her face as if she’s experiencing menstrual cramps right in front of everyone, clips her Qur’anic answers in staccato. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The tempo and rhythm are not affected by articulations; the staccato notes sound shorter than written only because of the extra space between them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Kilvin growled out a couple words and pounded his fist on the table, each thump as his hand came down was accompanied by a staccato burst of reddish light that welled up from his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He opened his mouth and shot out words in a fast staccato I could hardly make sense of. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was lost in the staccato thud of his shoes hitting the pavement, the huff of his breath, the metronome of his heart. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Yossarian went to bed early for safety and soon dreamed that he was fleeing almost headlong down an endless wooden staircase, making a loud, staccato clatter with his heels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The words were a staccato blur, and with every one of them, she tried to pull away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why did y’all let me run for president?” she says, tapping too forcefully at her phone’s keyboard in little staccato stabs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I turn around, heart beating out a staccato rhythm against my ribs—not from fright, but from a wild kind of hope that I ain’t never felt before. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It began with a reggae rhythm on guitar, those bouncy, staccato sounds that made me think of being at the beach. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z A sudden, staccato flurry of pounding shook the roof, as if a team of horses were galloping across the shingles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And I saw the squat man shake his fist angrily over the uplifted faces, yelling something in a staccato West Indian accent, at which the crowd yelled threateningly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took off after him, my helmet whapping against the roof in a painful staccato. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was brusque with the staccato Californians sometimes affect when they’re trying too hard to be from New York, but there was a bright hard edge of that Golden State cheeriness, too. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For example, most ballads are sung legato, and most marches are played fairly staccato or marcato, whether they are marked that way or not. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It’s all very well for me to think these things, quick as staccato, a jittering of the brain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And almost immediately the ground beat with the light staccato of paws tearing toward them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z From inside he heard steps, staccato female steps across the hall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Every now and then a staccato interjection from my grandmother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He clicked past the track poles at a staccato pace. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just begun to feel the pulsing set up between myself and the people, hearing them answering in staccato applause and agreement when Tod Clifton caught my eye, pointing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And she would summon the waiter to her side, her voice sharp and staccato, cutting the air like a saw. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The pulse came swift and staccato, increasing gradually until I fairly danced between the nodes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Loud, staccato beats, clattering and banging—hacking and chopping—a trampling of green stems. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He pointed his arms behind him like the wings of a plane and made staccato sounds like a jet on a strafing run, shooting imaginary bullets at the pilots outdrinking his comrades. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The interpreter turns back to the group, chatters at them in staccato. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He marched stiffly to show me how to make each finger dance up and down, staccato like an obedient little soldier. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Whispers ride the air, and I think I hear the piercing staccato of wild laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He saw nothing but blackness, heard nothing but the light staccato of his own frightened feet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They are usually longer than staccato but shorter than legato. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z More of the black things were scuttling out of the dark, their feet beating a quick staccato rhythm against roots and rocks and leaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some articulations may be some combination of staccato, legato, and accent. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A crow, startled by my small commotion, alighted from a branch to the right, cawing his displeasure, a staccato of anxiety stitching the night a darker blue. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I could imagine her tramping through the rooms, perhaps paying sixpence for admission, ripping the quietude with her sharp, staccato laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And remember a Verdi staccato is not like a Rossini staccato; it is detached but not as abrupt. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z There are more vital tensions in the detail itself, like the staccato quality achieved in “Motor,” a deconstruction of running danced by the choreographer and Matthew Albert. Review: Brian Brooks Moving Company Keeps Things Off-Center at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z He huffed and puffed an impressive tekiah-teruah-shevarim: a series of staccato blasts followed by a longer high note, as per tradition. Is the Shofar … an Instrument of Technological Disruption? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The aria-like allegretto offered an opportunity for Fejervari to show off his technique in layers with bass staccato notes popping against creamy treble thirds and lyrical lines. Review | Zoltan Fejervari shows off his technique with a program of gems 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z "When you get me on the acting trail, I get on that train," he says, punctuating what he calls an improvised "thesis on time" with staccato snaps. Pacino's late comedic turn also a homecoming 2013-01-29T17:46:04Z Its visual presentation and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg are among his greatest achievements, with hanging geometric objects on which black-and-white film collages are projected; Laurie Anderson’s multilayered score, with its catchy staccato rhythms, is irresistible. Review: From Trisha Brown, Three Last Dances (Maybe) in Brooklyn 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The music is full of isolated staccato effects, unconnected in timing but spot on in mood. Dance Review: A Long-Absent Comedy Leaps Out for a Farewell 2011-03-06T20:22:36Z Mr. Morris makes sure that we register his motifs — they often come like punch lines, more staccato and end-stopped than the musical figures they illustrate — after which his reiterations are more than we need. Review: Mark Morris’s New Pastoral Says Less Than Its Music 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z At first the instrumental music is mostly just slow, skittish, staccato notes. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Here, but for a few quoted conversations, she writes her narratives in the third person, in her own dramatic, often overreaching, staccato prose. What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes, a single sax will toy with a staccato free-jazz motif, sometimes hooting electronic sounds shadow brusque melody. Led Bib: Bring Your Own ? review 2011-02-03T21:31:01Z Like most of Mr. Morris’s works, all three of these have their own specific motifs: some are gestural and delivered with staccato mime-timing; others are dance steps or mini-phrases. Dance Review: Journeying From Head to Toe, With a Layover at the Heart 2011-03-18T22:21:21Z Sondheim finds corresponding rhythms and phrasings in music and lyrics for Seurat’s staccato brushstrokes, a virtuoso achievement capped by “Sunday,” one of musical theater’s most enthralling Act 1 finales. A ‘Sunday’ to remember: Sondheim classic an artistic triumph at Signature Theatre As a starting point, we had a list of words: "implode", "fractious", "staccato", "frenetic", "fluidity" – that sort of thing. Jacob Sutton's best photograph: a dancer's release 2012-09-26T16:05:36Z The set used the new material as a collection of expandable riffs developed through cool, reverb-soaked surf-rock phrases, power chords, scrabbling staccato and interludes of anything goes. Review: Yonatan Gat Shreds Protocol in a Rampant Concert 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z She’s almost never staccato, moving fluidly from one word into the next and then through. Critic’s Notebook: Ciara, Not Quite at the Center of Her Newest Album 2013-07-10T20:25:20Z Alternating between legato and staccato, her tone practically bounced off the harpsichord, and she tumbled gracefully through intricate passagework. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z There is plenty of fighting in “Green Zone,” most of it executed with the hurtling hand-held camerawork and staccato editing that are hallmarks of Mr. Greengrass’s style. Movie Review | 'Green Zone': Matt Damon Searches for That Casualty of War, Truth 2010-03-11T23:32:00Z And the piano’s staccato notes have to blend with a smoother continuity of strings. Menahem Pressler, Pianist Who Co-Founded the Beaux Arts Trio, Dies at 99 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The marchlike Allegretto had sardonic humor, with its theme in sly staccato chords over a galumphing bass line. Music Review: Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-21T22:23:35Z He began many of them with halting, staccato phrases on the guitar’s bottom three strings, engaging Mr. Tidd in a bubbling repartee before the entire band was eventually pulled into the tangled flow. March in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Based in their parents' living room, the band took a year to develop their sound - blending the classic guitar chops of Rockinhaim with the staccato hiccups of their favourite bands TLC and Destiny's Child. BBC Sound of 2013: Haim 2013-01-04T07:16:24Z The books, about the staccato stream of events that accompanied Donald Trump’s time in office, are written at a mostly staccato clip. Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z As Gottfried's description of the family's deviant act stretched on, his whiny voice turning staccato and getting louder, audience members slowly surrendered to the bit, some literally falling on the floor. Gilbert Gottfried, defender of transgressive comedy and a throwback to the great joke-tellers 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Benjamin Griffiths overemphasized its staccato aspects — the repeated stops — more than the connective flow. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet and Three by Balanchine 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z His delivery can feel staccato, and so can his lyrics, which on songs like “Part of the Plan” tend toward the non sequitur, rhyming syllables tacked onto jumbled thoughts. Rod Wave and Lil Tjay, Two Brands of Sing-Rap With Different Bite 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z And the Westminster Symphonic Choir was stirring in the choral passages, with stabbing staccatos in the Dies Irae and glorious radiance in the Rex Tremendae. Review: Mozart’s Requiem Gets a Fresh Spin at the Philharmonic 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Reeder always likes working in a minor key — and he has to be careful of trapping his shows in a kind of melancholic loop, when we also need bursts of staccato and possibility. Three stars for drafty 'Three Days of Rain' at Viaduct 2011-05-25T21:37:21Z “The Overwhelming Infinity of Possibility” in particular seemed an exhaustion factory, with its stroboscopic staccato figures and other manic demands. Music Review: The Joel Harrison 19, a Big Band, at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2013-07-17T20:24:01Z The pianist handled Beethoven's daunting fistfuls of legato double notes and lightening quick staccato chords with undiminished athleticism and stamina. Murray Perahia evokes suspense, sadness and exhilaration at Disney Hall 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Paint is virtually always thin — and sometimes seemingly stained, other times repetitively brushed in staccato marks, elsewhere laid on in liquid washes. Survey of Agnes Martin's powerful yet meditative work draws a straight, vibrant line to Zen 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The dancers don’t dance to this, anyway, though sometimes they pointedly dance against it: staccato to the music’s legato, low-key to its high-energy power, or vice versa. Dance Review: Batsheva Dance Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-03-08T22:36:23Z This would be admirable if it wasn’t an end in itself; instead the varied legato, marcato and staccato are the main spectacle. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Joyce Theater 2012-06-28T21:07:57Z The truth: Don't expect anarchy in Albert Square, but if you like sharp, staccato rapping over smart, spacious production, Rotten's your man. New band of the day - Dot Rotten (No 1,001) 2011-04-08T16:28:56Z “Secondary” has a staccato format, amplified by its staging: A jumbotron-like overhead device shows one video channel on three screens, while four other channels run on monitors around the studio. Matthew Barney, Back in the Game 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z On “Mine,” he envisioned a gunshot through a white T-shirt in conspiratorial staccato, syllables throbbing and oozing like the wound: “It’ll be a peppermint or a baseball.” Perspective | I was wrong about Young Thug 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z As some stand-up is moving toward a more flowing, storytelling state, it’s nice to have the bold staccatos of sketch in the mix, too. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Strung together in bursts of frames, they create a staccato sense of movement, like a macabre flip book. ‘Terror at the Mall’ on HBO Documents an Attack in Kenya 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z In “Polish Pieces,” the long sections of tight-drilled formation movement in staccato dynamics prove wearing. At Alvin Ailey, Antonio Douthit-Boyd in ‘Ostrich’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Kreayshawn has that slow, nasal, staccato, cutesy approach to rapping that you might expect if a white girl was making a rap song as a lark. White Female Rappers Challenging Hip-Hop?s Masculine Ideal 2011-12-23T14:30:39Z Within the opening minutes he opposes stillness and movement, horizontal and vertical lines, staccato and legato dynamics, closed and open body shapes. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet Performs Liam Scarlett?s ?Viscera? 2012-01-30T22:12:57Z Laurie says rather straightforward, unfunny things, but in a kind of robotic, staccato delivery that makes her sound as if she’s reading from a delayed teleprompter. 'Silicon Valley' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Datageddon 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Chicago is house music’s birthplace, and Chicago house, in particular, often moves with a heavily pronounced swing, accentuated by octave-jumping staccato bass patterns. Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Embodies Decades of Dance Music. Here’s a Guide. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They have even caught his loose-limbed gait, his obsequiousness smirk, and strange staccato laugh disconnected from humour. The Conman: How One Man Fooled the Modern Art Establishment 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z Mardini overuses the kinds of short, staccato sentences found in advertising. Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The first thing resembling music at Saturday’s Donald Trump rally comes from the crowd waiting outside of Cleveland’s I-X Center, barking their man’s name in vicious staccato. Authoritarian hold music: How Donald Trump’s banal playlist cultivates danger at his rallies 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Catchy pop tunes, consumer kitsch, church choirs, staccato handclaps and a shipwreck of luxury cars are all thrown into the hallucinatory mix. This week's new exhibitions 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z Sometimes it’s as if he is stridently arguing a point — his horn ejecting thick, charred notes and staccato cries — but not indicating which side of the argument he’s on. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The rapping on “Casa Bey,” “Mathematics” and “Hip Hop” brought fluidity to the staccato. For Yasiin Bey, Once Known as Mos Def, a Comeback With the Finish Line in Mind 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It was a gruesome scene, edited in staccato fashion and punctuated with clouds of blood and flesh. 'True Blood' Recap: Back to the Beginning 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Early on, Alessi's lean, writhing phrasing and glittering high-register yelps steadily shook themselves free of the staccato patterns of Hart's theme Passwords, and returned in languidly twisting sounds over the vibra-phonist's whirling solo. Jim Hart/Ralph Alessi 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z Her laugh is loud and staccato, like an attack of hiccups. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z “They investigated themselves! That doesn’t work,” she said in her trademark staccato. Megyn Kelly seems ready for her TV comeback. That’s controversial. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Quite suddenly, Lennon found himself entranced by the staccato beat of McCartney's new sound. "F**k a pig! It’s Paul!": This McCartney song reignited John Lennon's competitive songwriting drive 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z It helps that Handler perfectly captures the staccato rhythm of teen-speak; none of the dialogue comes off as inauthentic at all. Daniel Handler's new novel 'All the Dirty Parts' is raunchy, original and real 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z It adds up to a goofy but assured staccato sound that is a nice match for her humor, which hits high notes in tangents and transitions. Critic’s Notebook: Julie Klausner’s Podcast, ‘How Was Your Week?’ 2012-12-31T23:26:34Z Instead he bombards the reader with short, staccato chapters, in rough chronological order. The cold war’s first chill 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z At the start, the crisp, precise staccatos in the lower strings anchored the freewheeling solo line. Music Review: Ryu Goto and Orpheus in Spirited Mood at Carnegie Hall 2010-05-05T22:12:00Z A compact, bearded man with a serious manner punctuated by a staccato chuckle, he shows a single-minded devotion to his craft. Music: Playing With the Orchestra in Baltimore 2012-07-13T16:19:48Z Migos, “Culture” This Atlanta trio raps in mesmerizing staccato triplets, blasting new life into an old idea that’s been attributed to Mozart, Debussy and Miles: Music is the space between the words. Perspective | Best music of 2017: Cardi B paints the world ‘Bodak Yellow’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Tropical staccato guitar and orchestral sounds intensify without becoming overly maudlin. FKA Twigs 'LP1' Review 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Yes, the work ends abruptly, on a handful of exhausted staccato notes. Review: A Rediscovered Symphony Radiates Cosmic Grandeur 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z But there was also pungency in Mr. Scofield’s solo, which he phrased in a spiky staccato, hanging slightly behind the beat. Review: John Scofield, Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana Debut as an All-Star Trio 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z He admitted it was "rather intimidating", however, as "Chandler's is such a particular voice" – the Marlowe novels are narrated by the wise-cracking detective, in a staccato, distinctive style. John Banville to revive Philip Marlowe in new novel 2012-08-09T09:05:12Z But the sullen image has given way to the smooth smile of Amazon, the quotable rogues of the Super Bowl Champion Seahawks, and Macklemore’s staccato success. 20 years after Kurt Cobain died, what changed and what didn’t 2014-04-05T05:04:52Z The band’s lineup changed over the years, but its instrumentation and sound remained basically the same: a solid, driving groove provided by guitar, keyboards, bass and drums, punctuated by staccato blasts from a horn section. Leroy Bonner of the Ohio Players Dies at 69 2013-01-29T04:53:02Z Rapid tapping produces a disorientating procession of shapes and staccato sound effects that starts to look like a kids' version of A Clockwork Orange's deprogramming scene. This week's new games 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Then both partners ducked into brisk staccato cross talk — scatlike syllables, percussive tonguing — with the tension and convolution of a quarrel in a Robert Altman film. Pairings Fulfill ‘A Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z I had never seen flamingos in the wild and marveled at their staccato ballet, long legs emerging from a salt pond. In France, Narbonne takes a turn in the international spotlight 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Bible treads a fine line between ripe prose and a staccato cadence as he moves into the stories of others scarred by Iggy’s crime. Violent Tragedy Upends a Bible Belt Town in This Brisk Novel 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Their improvisational shorthand — unexpectedly reminiscent of Milton Avery — is full of scrolling tangles, scratchy lines and staccato marks that telegraph the desert’s sage, chalky strata and distant buttes. Art in Review: RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER 2011-11-10T22:55:25Z There’s a stark difference between this and the group’s previous releases, despite the buoyant drift of “Cuernavaca” or the staccato syncopations of “Apsara.” Playlist : New Music From Baroness, Rhoda Vincent, Shintaro Sakamoto 2012-07-20T17:18:02Z Rihanna has maybe three dozen words between the first two verses, but her meaning is clear from the delivery, which is forceful and slurry, alternating between stretched and staccato vowels. Critic's Notebook: Rihanna’s Album ‘Unapologetic’ Makes Most of Her Talent 2012-11-20T18:20:20Z Sentences undulate until they are brought up short by staccato bursts — like those Vidya uses to describe her urgent hunger: “Sweets: yogurt: milk: cream: milk: milk: milk, glass after glass, until I was sick.” Women Seeking Intimacy Through Food, Mathematics and Rhythm 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “I’m here tonight,” proclaimed Mr. Hammond, who is known for executing sharp, staccato moves. Swing Dance Clubs Go Retro in New York City 2011-12-22T23:00:17Z Billy Joel – Big Shot With a punctuated tempo, a vocal that seems to be impersonating Sly Stallone, and a staccato piano riff, it seemed time to show the Joel some love. Readers recommend: Songs about birds 2010-04-22T23:01:00Z The soloist in Beethoven's concerto was a young pianist, Sean Chen, who played everything with a crisp staccato attack that soon became predictable. Mark Swed hits the road for a weekend of SoCal orchestra listening 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Seldom is it slimmed down — certainly not to the degree that McGegan attempted: staccato brass kisses in place of usually stentorian notes, and long, limpid phrases in lieu of bombast. McGegan, BSO offer slender, uneven, but compelling Beethoven Ninth 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z At FringeArts, all six stood at attention to begin the set, facing stage left; Mr. Mitchell tooted a staccato note on his saxophone, and the musicians took their positions. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Le Bon’s staccato vocals, paired with Mr. Presley’s chiming guitar, craft a sly, often eruptive friction. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “Spring” features Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation, the endurance test of “My Struggle” or the staccato essays of his previous books on the seasons. With ‘Spring,’ Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Latest Project Comes Into Focus 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Every note was distinct through the main stage speakers, bright and staccato and separated from the others, Ezra Koenig's voice easily understandable through every shout and squeak. Sasquatch! 2010 day one notables: Shabazz Palaces, Nurses, Vampire Weekend 2010-05-30T18:46:00Z Indeed, these moody lines depended on Coltrane’s staccato delivery to work at all. Review | Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane makes a sound of his own in Blues Alley performance 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z His staccato guitar phrasing formed a sound all his own. Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z After their extremely long period of immobility, the two dancers began to do isolated staccato moves that were amusing and startling; and the patches of silence in the peculiar music were funny too. Dance Review: Tao Dance Theater at Alice Tully Hall 2012-07-26T21:24:32Z Watching her measured, staccato steps toward the hillside where the audience sat, I became hyper-aware of sounds punctuating the silence: the rustling of leaves, a distant siren, squawking birds. Review: In This Dance, Death Is Out in the Open 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Sass and vocal Ping-Pong also drive “King of Anything,” with Ms. Bareilles’s voice joining the instruments in staccato single notes as she rejects some guy’s unsolicited advice. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-05T21:33:00Z “And our lives are as meaningless as a single, lonely letter, an s with just a hiss that meant nothing, a p sputtered, a t of staccato disapproval.” In Love With Language, but Not Necessarily With Each Other 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Ruth later finds herself spewing black vomit, waking up in viscous sheets, walking the streets to staccato editing, and eventually recoiling from direct sunlight. Review: In ‘Lace Crater,’ Regretting That Tryst With a Ghost 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z As a lifestyle, “it’s a little more livable — you don’t see a lot of 50-year-old nightclub owners, do you?” he said with a burst of staccato laughter. Up Close: Paul Sevigny and the Disarming Results of Success 2010-04-07T21:21:00Z These are pressed into the narrative again and again, the repetition hypnotic and staccato, like a spell. Corrag by Susan Fletcher | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The six dancers, all clad in white, flit from one pose to another with cool, staccato abruptness. Dance Theatre of Harlem plumbs the power of pain 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Playing a grand piano from a standing lunge, Elew approached the song delicately and then demonstratively, with a strobelike staccato and a strong pull of crescendo. Music Review: 30 Bands Perform in Jazz & Colors at Central Park 2012-11-11T22:52:39Z Bookish, contrarian and given to speaking in staccato bursts, this skinny computer geek from North Brunswick, N.J., is like the anti-Anthony Robbins, the strapping self-help star. Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Along with intense mental states, the band’s songwriter, Mark Foster, savors the construction details of his perky pop songs: the clockwork counterpoint of terse, staccato motifs played with carefully selected and individually skewed tones. Playlist: Industrial Hip-Hop And Bouncy Sociopathy 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z On some of his most familiar songs, he rapped in a ginger staccato, as if he didn’t want to dwell. Beyoncé and Jay Z Kick Off Shared ‘On the Run’ Tour 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z "One, two, three, and hold that pose for me," he says, instructing the models to stop, matching the staccato beat of the music. Inside the underground world of ballroom at downtown L.A.'s Banjee Ball 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Opener “Never Ending Circles” attacks from the first note, juxtaposing a pummeling growl with Mayberry’s looped staccato vocals. The Synth-Pop Evangelists of CHVRCHES 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Harbor Me” is a tour de force trio, an intense meditation of ceaselessly flowing or staccato motion, in which not a single step or gesture is superfluous. L.A. Dance Project delivers mesmerizing debut at the Wallis 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Danish, an often staccato language spoken by only about six million people and whose alphabet includes the letters Æ, Ø and Å, is perhaps an unlikely choice for pop’s next lingua franca. A Restless Star Makes the Case for Danish-Language Pop 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z While the volume is bound in Baedeker’s trademark claret red cloth, its 624 Bible-thin pages are largely written in an encyclopedic and staccato prose, thick with opaque abbreviations and clinical details. Footsteps: The Highlands by Rail, With 1910 Baedeker in Hand 2010-05-07T16:41:00Z The harp music at the wedding is suggested at first by the violas playing staggered staccato notes. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z But — without the transparency, attenuation and Muybridge-like staccato that enliven the vitrines — the results read as strained and ludicrously corny, a horror-movie rendition of angst-ridden “New Images of Man” figurative sculpture. Art in Review: David Altmejd 2011-04-07T22:33:49Z One critical early scene is detailed first in short staccato bursts, and then in a single extended sentence that slowly unfurls. The #MeToo Movement Gets Its Novel 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z When the work’s four women lined up at the front of the stage, they locked into a kind of machine dance of staccato isolations. A French Dancer’s Hip-Hop Moves Are Tested in New York 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z That guitar line is followed by another one, abrasive and staccato and brutal, about 20 decibels louder in the mix. ‘Soused,’ Scott Walker’s Unusual New Album With Sunn O))) 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z As usual, it’s a staccato setting for Dave Gahan’s baleful baritone croon, with single notes ticking like a countdown clock while other sounds poke in with sudden syncopations. The Playlist: Mariah Carey Shakes It Off, and Depeche Mode Looks for Revolution 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z It has such great energy and is such a fabulously funky reflection of its time: the horns, the driving chicka-chicka, the staccato strings. 5 great winners of the best original song Oscar 2012-04-05T21:46:17Z He knows the music forward and backward and carefully crafts his movements to every staccato and every slithering rhythm, making for a Sportin’ Life you can’t look away from. A brilliant cast breaks through stereotypes in Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Olivia talks to people in admonitory, staccato sentences that at times make her sound like a salesman in “Glengarry Glen Ross.” | 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z There may be actors who could bring this staccato dialogue to life, although if you’ve seen many of Shepard’s plays, you know there are a lot of actors who cannot. ‘It’s him, it’s sort of him’: Sam Shepard’s ‘The One Inside’ toys with fact and fiction 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z For six seconds, a staccato beat ensues from the device. ‘Brain zapping’: An experimental treatment for PTSD that war veterans say has changed their lives 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The gulls came with an enormous clapping and calling, a staccato swift flapping up the river, then a swoop back down, dispersing out to sea, calling calling, “Wake up, all is well.” Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Heard on an archival recording, the piece’s crucial staccatos are imprecisely pronounced, and the finale is shockingly subdued. A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Written in the late 1980s, in terse staccato prose, that list is the skeleton key to the rest of her work. A New Story Collection and a Memoir by Lucia Berlin, Patron Saint of Soulful Cool 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z So yes, he’s still expressing the complexity of his humanity — “Watch my soul speak,” he instructs during the staccato chest-puffs of “HUMBLE.” — but, this time, with machinelike mettle. Review | Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest of all time? (Don’t ask. Listen.) 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z But the dimeter rhythm gives the poem a gusty, bouncing pace, the staccato verses succeeding each other like short sharp flurries of March wind. Poem of the week: School's Out by WH Davies 2010-03-29T10:09:00Z Most cuts are heralded by pealing sirens and end with explosions; in between they are packed with gun sounds, cascades of rattling, staccato beats and producer Lex Luger's muscular, brutalist fanfares. Waka Flocka Flame – review 2012-12-05T13:20:19Z In the first, Mr. Sciarrino, clearly inspired by Paganini’s dazzling violin caprices, writes an avant-garde equivalent, with whirlwinds of jagged, scratchy-toned arpeggios that flow into slinky, sliding tones, then erupt in staccato madness. Review: A Tiny Garage Explodes in Pianistic Madness 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z There's some staccato locking and popping in the high-testosterone mix, along with martial arts moves. Danish Dance Theatre ? review 2011-01-24T18:23:04Z When one brother is soloing, the other supports with spare staccato lines, trills or counterlines. Peter and Will Anderson play joyous jazz | Concert preview 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z For the film Mr. Moore sought to have the Niceland residents use the same crude, stilted, staccato movements as in the game. How ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Revisits Retro Video Games 2012-10-28T07:23:01Z She imagined the effect as more of a slow, resonant “swoosh” than a staccato, castanet-like “snip.” Arming a Chorus of Women with Scissors 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z In “Rubies,” you could see how Mr. Villella had spruced up early phrase endings with a staccato toe-tap as the leg changed position from side to back, a marvelous, precise counterpart to the music. Suzanne Farrell Coaches Pacific Northwest Ballet Balanchine 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The stark staccato motif of the third movement is reprised in the sixth. Classical Recording: Michael Hersch: Sonata No. 1 & 2 2010-04-30T18:41:00Z The poem brims with irony and is studded with staccato, commanding exclamations—“Freedom!” “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Users get 15 seconds to express themselves, and this brevity helps to create a staccato, no-explanations, absurdist flavour to much of the content. ‘It’s hard to put the brakes on it. We doubled down’: Charli D’Amelio and the first family of TikTok 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z He likes staccato — a lazy form of emphasis. Perspective | Mike Pence had a few things to say at the convention: Trump is great. Trump is great. And Trump is great. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z For all the considerable allure of her looks, she didn’t play the part that way; her staccato use of her head and the mighty wing beats of her arms gave weight to the drama. Dance Review: Mariinsky Ballet Dances Fokine at Kennedy Center - Review 2012-01-23T22:57:43Z Sardjoe's arsenal of pounding rolls and bossy, peremptory cymbal crashes sounds a shade graceless at first, and the staccato interlockings of angular melodies make the theory sound more dominant than the practice for a while. MSG: Tasty! ? review 2010-12-23T22:00:03Z With the camera moving in tandem with EO, the score’s tinkly staccato notes echoing his soft clopping, the donkey voyages into a new and alien realm. One Indelible Scene: A Donkey’s Escape in ‘EO’ 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Once transformative and captivating, his short, simple staccato style that remade American writing decades before had gone stale. A Hemingway War Story Sees Print for the First Time 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Even when Bazil's mother gets the news of her husband's death, the scene is staged as caricature, the bereaved widow's staccato moans making her sound like a broken teakettle. The relentless whimsy of "Micmacs" 2010-05-28T00:20:00Z That way, the heaving staccato pulses of “Theatre of Nature” begin to evoke the rah-rah of a celestial baseball game. Review | Maybe go stare at a tree and listen to Anna von Hausswolff play the pipe organ 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s also strange that there are no staccato dots there. A Conductor Brings Nearly a Century of Experience to Beethoven 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The singsong and staccato of the work gives voice to the recognition that collecting can be a requiem. Object Lessons: The New Museum Explores Why We Keep Things 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Most revealing throughout this recording is what a liability for this music is the colossal resonance of the modern piano, when even a clipped staccato note can’t fully decay before the next one sounds. An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z On “Delirium,” Ms. Goulding tries on a more staccato vocal delivery, which has the effect of heightening the dramatic tension in her voice. Ellie Goulding’s Cordial Breakup With Electronic Dance Music 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z But like his friend Bob Dylan, Cash didn’t turn up his nose at popular forms, so his music rings with rock, Nashville country and the ever-present staccato twang of Luther Perkins’ electric guitar. Music gifts: Johnny Cash, Wagner or Charlie Christian for Christmas? 2012-12-17T22:03:49Z "They will miss their homeland," she raps in a staccato style, part rap and part hip-hop. First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan 2012-10-09T12:17:09Z DK: I am trying to get questions answered, and so I have to staccato these things. Tribune interview with Rahm Emanuel 2012-02-12T13:12:00Z Best are the three perplexed hens, in skirts and heeled shoes, never doing the same staccato movements of head and shoulders at the same time. Dance Review: A Romp Through the Barn 2011-08-20T00:23:30Z Computer animation can simulate the effect, giving the imagery a smoother feel; eliminating the blur produced more staccato accents. How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Animators Created That Trippy Look 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Certified instructors select music that corresponds to five body rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. Where Dancing, Not Drinking, Is the Point 2010-08-04T16:26:00Z It opens with what sounds like the call of a snake charmer, a staccato synth-clarinet that also hints at 1950s cartoon music and a fast-tempoed sprint of rhythm. Ariel Pink plugs into 'Pom Pom' buzz in his own singular style 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z His deployment of notes, parceled into staccato bursts or gracefully arcing phrases, suggests a split-second calculation of risk and reward. Music Review: Conversation for Four, With Homeric Accents 2011-02-10T00:15:10Z But it is one thing when Mr. Glass sets Sanskrit in staccato bursts to lend “Satyagraha” a ritualistic allure. Music Review: President and Opera, on Unexpected Stages 2011-02-03T17:34:09Z The pilot episode of “How to Get Away With Murder” is promisingly slick and suspenseful, without all the histrionic, staccato speechifying that Ms. Rhimes favors on “Scandal.” Viola Davis Plays Shonda Rhimes’s Latest Tough Heroine 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Single gunshots and staccato bursts of gunfire began echoing across Leer, followed by screams and panic. Apocalypse then, now, always: the truth about violence in Leer, South Sudan 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z One tune began with a gospel invocation on piano, coalesced around a staccato riff, and shifted into 12/8 polyrhythm before smoothing into a slower gear. Marc Cary Brings His Jazz Specialty to Ginny’s Supper Club 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The latest incarnation is 5×15, a lecture series that’s tuned this London tradition to the staccato attention spans of the Twitter generation. In Transit Blog: 5?15, London Salon, Offers Lectures Short and Sweet 2011-11-09T11:00:22Z And then there were the text messages from friends, trying to be helpful, that read like a staccato of what not to say: Her Husband Did the Unthinkable. This Is a Play About Everything After. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z He speaks in succinct staccato sentences that are full of ambiguity, riddle and eclectic literary references. Anselm Kiefer Raises History’s Ghosts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The newsroom crackles with verisimilitude, its rotary phones, staccato typewriters and a veil of cigarette smoke evoking a bygone grittiness. Who’s Who in ‘The Post’: A Guide to the Players in a Pivotal Era 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Through him, DC arrived at their trademark staccato, rhythmic style almost by accident. Destiny's Child: 'We wear nothin' with our butt cheeks out, our boobs out' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-24T15:46:07Z On those albums, in music he sometimes described as acoustic soul, he wound his vocal curlicues around his own acoustic rhythm guitar or he swooped above staccato R&B electronics and funk samples. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z Given the way they speak, in portentous staccato phrases, this is not surprising. Any Given Day 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Mr. Fosse’s five dramatic features — two musicals and three biographically tinged movies — have a certain coherence, bringing his flair for flash and staccato rhythms to the editing bay. 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Bachata is a tradition of almost miraculous austerity — a voice, a couple of staccato picked guitars, light percussion — and Mr. Santos refuses to clutter it or pump in bass. Critic’s Notebook: New Music by Shakira, Juanes, Enrique Iglesias and Wisin 2014-03-27T20:50:23Z Popkey’s sentences careen breathlessly as her halting, staccato prose mirrors the “churning” within the narrator’s mind — the pulsing interior dialogue, the em-dash-laden reasoning back and forth with herself. How Much Power Do Women Want? A Novel Circles the Question 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Or, as the guitar and bass pick through quick, interlocking staccato triplets, a question fit for a logician: “Do you think I might be lying in the next sentence?” Review: Weaves Brings Sonic Slapstick in Shifting Tempos to the CMJ Music Marathon 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z She was animated, her staccato delivery as pointed and direct as it was more than three decades ago when she introduced the fashion line that would jumpstart her career. Carolina Herrera, Then and Now 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z His style remains sui generis more than a decade after his emergence: He tosses off lines that seem impossibly graceful in their arc, even when the individual notes land with a stubby staccato. Wallace Roney Plays Wayne Shorter at Parker Jazz Festival 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z May I suggest saying things like, “I know who you are, Bobby,” and then listing off a bunch of personal factoids about the person in a fast, staccato voice. Scandal Teaches You How to Handle It When Your Kid Makes a Sex Tape 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He pointed to its feathers—“there’s a nice staccato in his black-and-white coloring”—and to its rippled reflection. The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z On its 1990s albums, Matthews’s guitar — often acoustic — was the band’s only chordal instrument, joined in light-fingered counterpoint by saxophone, violin, bass and drums for staccato grooves that blended folk, funk and jazz. Dave Matthews Band’s Grown-Up View of Love and Dread 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z For “Parting Ways,” he did triple duty on electric guitar, blending rhythm, lead and drone into a big, voluptuous swirl, and chiseled staccato patterns with ice-pick ferocity on “Immortality.” Eddie Vedder gets most out of ukulele jam 2011-06-29T06:56:00Z On “Pieces of Me,” the Ashlee Simpson hit, she started out sounding like Ms. Simpson’s needling staccato but closed it out like a full-blown R&B number. | Kara DioGuardi: Kara DioGuardi of ?American Idol? in Atlantic City Show 2010-04-11T22:08:00Z What followed was good noise: lots of gongs and cymbals, staccato flute and fragmented violin figures, as if the band were caught in a cyclone. Music Review: ‘Nous: A Musical Rite’ at Basilica Hudson 2014-02-02T22:41:38Z The office scenes are by the far the series’s funniest, showcasing an arrogant and idiotic boss who talks in screwball staccato. Television Review: Navigating Bromances and Romances 2011-02-07T23:25:55Z Bruno still likes his “youthful enthusiasm,” but Julianne thought the dance seemed “a little staccato.” 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: First perfect 10s; Michael Sam leaves 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z His guitar style is rhythmic, prickly, biting: “That’s why I play now with that heavy staccato style like I’m playing drums,” he told the Miami New Times, in 2018. Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The staccato rhythm of racing commentary is shattering the peace of a Baltimore County valley: Maryland’s Hunt Cup, the country’s most challenging horse race, bets on its future 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z As Bloom’s day unfolds, the density of Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness prose — staccato bursts of thought brimming with historical references, aphorisms and wordplay — grows in Mr. Fitzgerald’s delivery. Theater Review: ‘Gibraltar,’ Adapted From ‘Ulysses,’ Plays at Irish Rep 2013-06-25T22:02:32Z One track even pokes fun at our current obsession with the staccato, sometimes incomprehensible flow of folks such as Young Thug, Future, etc. 'Dear White People's' Tyler James Williams puts out mixtape -- and it's good 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Their other duet — the delirious staccato hit “We Paid” — appears on the deluxe edition of “My Turn,” which affixes six additional songs onto the original album’s 20-track bloat. Review | Lil Baby’s inside voice is the sound of a restless American summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Dupont looks elated as she skitters across the floor in an arc and launches into staccato hops. Aurélie Dupont, Unbound 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The title refers to Ashrafieh, a Christian enclave of Beirut, and the author Elias Khoury describes the conflict in luminous, staccato prose. This Is the Beirut We Wish You Could See 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z And though he’s capable of more, he sings in cool staccato phrases, preferring to pepper a smooth track rather than smear himself atop it. Review: On ‘Free TC,’ Ty Dolla Sign Delivers Off-the-Cuff R&B 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z In almost half the ballet, Mr. Ratmansky’s choreography strains hard against the music, often working in brisk, quirky staccato character against music that is softly melodic or unrhythmically atmospheric. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Dream’ and ‘Firebird’ 2012-06-22T22:43:10Z “But I know her as a writer. Her words are lean, staccato, unadorned, visceral. She writes through the full range of emotion that she inhabits. ” Maggie Rogers’s Higher Calling 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Much of his music uses only one pitch, and his abrasively tedious Fifth Quartet centers on F. Notes held over long periods are shaded with microtonal fluctuations and abruptly interrupted by staccato segments. Music Review | Flux Quartet: At Bargemusic, Microtones of Annie Gosfield and David First 2010-03-15T06:10:00Z The opening moments suggested a clock, with the two dancers moving staccato as if they were different parts of a timepiece. Ben Munisteri Is Back, Out of a Time Warp 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z He hears a signal, a staccato clicking, that gets stronger as he scrambles up a hillside and through tight, thorny shrubs. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z This collection captures the five-octave range of the lyrebird via a mutating mélange of melodies, trills, clicks, squeaks, warbles and staccato bursts. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Taking the podium and reading off of his phone, the artist launched into a staccato, spoken-word riff that lasted more than 10 minutes and incorporated seemingly free-associated words and phrases touching on L.A., Hammer Museum gala: Where Aloe Blacc, Paul McCarthy, Julia Roberts cross paths 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z "This is Sally Hatchet" blatantly borrows from Brian Wilson's unpredictable chord sequences and the Beatles' staccato electric guitar stabs. Seattle summer albums by Father John Misty and more 2012-05-18T13:13:59Z Readers will be mesmerized by Dibbell’s staccato prose as much as they are by the harrowing circumstances this mother and child must endure. The best science-fiction and fantasy books for March 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The bigger problem was the rigid set of protocols — especially all that staccato tension — that governed the set. Music Review: Phronesis, European Jazz Trio, Performs at Jazz Standard 2013-07-03T20:37:07Z Mr. Harle and Mr. Cook brought a shared aesthetic to their sets: staccato sounds, pop refrains, brief use of live instruments, rhythmic escalation. Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Vocals are processed and distant in the mix, adding to both the spookiness of the tracks and the prominence of the staccato electronic bursts that punctuate and enliven each song. Putting the world's music blogs on the MAP 2010-10-15T11:52:00Z They're given classical poses that implode in a rush of staccato activity, and phrases that twist and turn against the natural flow of the body. Sylvie Guillem: 'I need to scare myself' 2013-02-10T18:00:01Z And with almost every reset, the staccato piano chords of a nearly 50-year-old pop tune kick in. This Is That Song From ‘Russian Doll’ 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z He is first and foremost a melodist whose distinct, subtly embellished staccato phrasing is instantly recognizable and welcoming. Review: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Still Upbeat and Authentic 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z To be sure, in the final moments before the impact, there are masterly Larsonian touches — the staccato crosscutting, the crisp zeitgeisty vignettes, the interweaving of chills and thrills. Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Along with his fastidious and vibrant visual sense and staccato pacing, his company of free spirits has become his signature. In the Company of Wes Anderson 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z “The actor often speaks very quickly, with a staccato rhythm and without enough attention to articulating through to the end of his thought/line,” she added. American Doctor Who fans befuddled by Capaldi's accent: 'He should be called Doctor What!?' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Like the staccato rhythm of the chapters featuring the crow, Dead Papa Toothwort’s voice is also frantic, with his narration interrupted by wayward digressions. A Writer’s Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z When he burst into rapid staccato taps, he punctuated each sequence with a succession of little two-footed jumps, like an enthusiastic fan at a rock concert. ‘Flamenco Men II’: A sequel that’s actually better than the original 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z “Everybody looks at the time on their phones now,” he said, free-styling in a staccato patter that sounded, OK, more than a little like Leon. J.B. Smoove of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Shops the Diamond District 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z It gives you a staccato series of micro-impressions, as if you were looking through a fly’s compound eyes. ‘Tinderbox,’ an Oral History of HBO From Modest Beginnings to TV Revolution 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Piano notes are staccato nudges, and a snare drum gingerly rustles over everything. Snow jams by Renton producer 10.4 Rog 2010-11-23T21:57:00Z The horse movements contrast precise clip-clop footwork and staccato, apprehensive headwork with wilder and more outgoing movements. Dance Review: Wild and Tamed in Wheeldon?s ?Estancia? at City Ballet 2010-05-30T22:21:00Z In the middle of Shelley Washington’s sinuously grooving “Black Mary” for baritone saxophone were charming little staccato folk-ish passages. The Bang on a Can Marathon, Still Lovably Scruffy Online 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the narrative's forward motion -- consider that entire phrase ironic -- is told in little staccato bursts, disconnected violent tableaux accompanied by yowling faux-metal guitar. "Jonah Hex": Hard-boiled heavy-metal idiocy 2010-06-18T18:01:00Z Here the marcato stresses within a phrase, here the staccato end of a step, here the legato current, with the three elements often variously combined: all marvelously fresh. City Ballet Revives Three Pieces in Repertory 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z In staccato English, he mused about his hometown and seemed baffled by the popularity of a place he still considers a backwater. Living Like a Local in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z At Memorial Stadium, New York band Lewis Del Mar projected a dark, heavy sound anchored by staccato guitar riffs and booming bass, as lead singer Danny Miller drawled impassioned, throaty vocals. Weather’s mixed, but Bumbershoot crowds don’t seem to mind 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z She is a well-spoken woman with a good-natured, staccato laugh and a confident, but informal manner. Mary Higgins Clark active as ever at age 85 2013-04-11T11:46:10Z Unlike the American ballroom tango with its big, showy, dramatized staccato movements that include a rose in the teeth, the Argentinian version is often improvised and much more seductive. 2 'Dancing With the Stars' pros wrestle with tango 2013-07-08T18:04:43Z Perhaps the best example is "Get Out Of My House," which pairs clattering rhythms with discordant backup vocals, staccato piano, dark post-punk guitars and Bush's acrobatic, vibrato-heavy lead. Kate Bush's bewitching "The Dreaming" turns 40 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z From his birthplace in Minnesota, the man born Prince Nelson Rodgers created an entire school of music—the Minneapolis sound, marked by staccato beats, stabbing synthesizers, and funky bass lines, all grounded in resounding melodies. Prince Was the Great Purple Genius of Paisley Park 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Carlson describes her management style as “dictatorial” and her manner of speaking as “staccato verbosity.” ‘Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!’ by Nicholas Carlson 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The actors portraying grunting college linemen and cornerbacks become, in the 75-minute work’s all-too-brief intermezzo, a dance squad, executing staccato moves as explosively as a receiver completing a down-and-out pattern. ‘Colossal’ at Olney Theatre Center aims for the goal post, and succeeds The Mendelssohn was spruce and radiant with rapid-fire staccatos, weightless phrasing in the Andante and a palpable dance step to the Saltarello. SCO/Fischer – review 2013-02-03T18:43:21Z He took a staccato approach on “Cobb Hill” with lots of pregnant pauses, a departure from the soprano’s usual long, sinuous lines. Review | Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane makes a sound of his own in Blues Alley performance 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z "Slippin" is one of the lush-er high points, with strings and woodwinds going off like staccato pop rocks and dry electric guitar bristling in the distance. Music Monday: Quadron, C Note Ave feat. Tay Sean, I Low 2010-06-14T18:07:00Z Making energetic use of split screens, the writer-director Ricky Tollman shows a gift for staccato cutting and clipped dialogue, as in a spirited discussion of terminology at city hall. ‘Run This Town’ Review: What Happens When the Mayor Smokes Crack? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Suddenly the stillness was punctured by a staccato tick-tick-ticking: the film in one of the cameras had come to the end of its reel and was flapping obnoxiously. John Krasinski and the Tense Wait for ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Morris's racing, staccato drumming style is unchanged, while Sumner's chord-slashing suggests he is a criminally underrated rock guitarist. Bad Lieutenant | Pop review 2010-03-17T22:40:00Z Not long into his sold-out first set at the Village Vanguard on Wednesday night, he tossed off a staccato solo interlude, notes clacking like marbles out of a bag onto the floor. Review: The Robert Glasper Trio Presents Moody Covers at the Village Vanguard 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z A few men joined them, adding a staccato energy. ‘Peaceful fighters’ celebrated in KanKouran dance tribute to King 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The unbroken flow of her dancing, even in more staccato moments, galvanized the whirling sensation of the group. Shen Wei Dance Arts at Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z They did the same during “Like Really,” in which his drummer punctuated the rapper’s staccato with remarkable dexterity. Oddisee returns to his U Street corridor origins, playing the 9:30 Club for the first time 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z He’s comfortable enough to tweak the songs on the fly — a little crooning on “Somewhereinamerica”; some cool, improvised staccato rapping on “Big Pimpin’.” Music Review: Jay Z Offers a View of His Legacy at Barclays Center 2014-01-14T23:10:42Z The only moments he sounds truly engaged with the music on “Scorpion” is when he’s playing mockingbird — channeling 21 Savage’s sour grumbles on “Nonstop” or pantomiming Young Thug’s staccato chirp on “Mob Ties.” Review | The world doesn’t need another soggy Drake album, but here, have two 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Tempo and balance require constant re-examination, clearly marked phrasing should be audible, and staccato markings and accents are too often ignored. Schubert: lieder of the pack 2011-03-10T22:43:00Z As the music dissolves, she cheers herself on, shouting in a rise-and-shine staccato: “Out of the black! Into the blue!” Review | Lana Del Rey suddenly sounds like the poet laureate of post-truth 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Offering no music beyond the soft hum of machinery and the staccato bleep of unexplained alarms, “Under Control” transitions from verdant surroundings to antiseptic interiors with lulling fluidity. | 'Under Control': ?Under Control,? Documentary on German Nuclear Power Plants ? Review 2011-12-02T05:13:02Z I Remember You is staccato and slow, like a young Paul Simon doing Radiohead's Creep. New band of the day – No 1,294: Mikhael Paskalev 2012-06-22T08:00:00Z Ms. Dreyfus delivered her translation at a measured, even languid, pace, while Mr. Antopolosky’s reading was agitated and staccato, reflecting, he later acknowledged, his upbringing in Buenos Aires. ArtsBeat: Translators Get a Slam of Their Own at PEN Festival 2012-05-04T14:33:54Z An overture, powered by distorted electric guitar and staccato strings, accompanies this sooty B-movie-style image. Review: A B-Movie Starlet Becomes an Opera Diva in ‘Acquanetta’ 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Ross’s work on “Blacktal Fractal” involved precise phrases, separated with a kind of staccato framework that brought each discrete phrase into relief. Review | Harriet Tubman, the band, blasts out at Kennedy Center 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z The track — called “Lampshades On Fire” — sounds like classic Modest Mouse, all complex layering, staccato vocals and Johnny Marr’s jangly guitar riffs. Hear Modest Mouse's New Song 'Lampshades on Fire' 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Acoustic instruments — cello, guitar — carry the staccato arrangement, but the chorus still works up a hefty beat and an “eye-yi-yi-eyes” vocal hook. Ed Sheeran Lets His Tears Flow on ‘-’ 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Krasznahorkai executes these staccato sentences as skillfully as his signature expansive ones, and witnessing such a distinctive writer deviate a bit in sentence style is an unexpected pleasure of this new book. ‘The World Goes On’ — and So Do the Sentences 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Multiple cameras, including three mounted inside the cars, are used simultaneously to render the free-flowing conversations seamlessly, without the staccato cuts that have become the norm in a new generation of new-school chat shows. Watch List: Jerry Seinfeld’s Online ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ 2012-08-03T22:56:06Z The music in the first part of the episode was from 1987 and full of processed drums, staccato drum machine patterns, vocal tics. The best TV soundtracks of 2016 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z And some of her rapid staccato phrasings took on a harshness that began to grate. Music Review: Midori and Ozgur Aydin at Carnegie Hall 2012-11-08T22:40:51Z The scope of the music was malleable, sometimes marshaling the band’s full power — as on “Impenetrable,” whose staccato fanfare hit like a round of defibrillator jolts — and sometimes paring down to leaner subunits. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z East Coast bebop was more angular and staccato and emotionally volatile. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z See this ballet once, and you find problems: The Prokofiev music is often harsh and cynical, and the classical choreography is sometimes sharp and staccato. Dance This Week: Misty Copeland, the Royal Ballet and Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The electronic-sounding clicks, buzzes and tones are modulated and distorted by one’s touch, whether stroking or pressing, sustained or staccato. Sergei Tcherepnin makes music with his viewers 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z “Woodstock” was chopped up into staccato phrases, turning that hymn to flower children into a percussive showpiece. Tierney Sutton Reimagines Joni Mitchell Songs 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z A left-hander who plays right-handed, he employs an unusual picking and strumming style that allows him to master a staccato lead and rhythm at the same time. Cult musician Wilko Johnson "so alive" as death approaches 2013-02-04T15:54:13Z Now, his vocals are slinky, suggestive murmurs instead of staccato barbs. Gay Rapper Le1f is Embraced by his World and the Mainstream 2014-05-02T22:56:37Z In his hands, the arioso second movement of Opus 31 No 1 was restless, its pretty ornaments aggressive and sardonic, its simple accompaniment turned into barbed staccato jabs. Ll?r Williams ? review 2011-08-23T10:26:37Z Karel describes herself as “a staccato person”—a quick talker, a giddy storyteller, by her own account a little “woo-woo”—but Hillary, she says, is a “molding character,” a grounded authority figure. The Surreal Election Season of a Hillary Clinton Impersonator 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z In a painting from 1961, clouds of staccato red marks on a broad white field don’t configure into a recognizable image, but its title makes a clear statement: It’s called “Redneck Birth.” Four Rewarding Shows in Philadelphia 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z As we scampered back along the coastline toward the lighthouse, our footfalls timed in a staccato dance with the incoming tide, I heard Fisher’s chirpy voice. A Lighthouse to Call Your Own 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Fair recounts all this in understated, staccato prose. Review: Eric Fair’s ‘Consequence,’ a Memoir by a Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z A few hours later, he added three staccato sentences. In Joe Biden’s Memoir, Private Grief and Its Effect on a Public Life 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z “We live with such a staccato. It’s almost like a blinking light, constantly flashing in your eyes,” Buczek laments. Stationery stores are in trouble, but our love for Valentine’s Day cards burns hotter than ever 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z It’s a snapshot of computer-mediated romantic estrangement — “I always thought I’d be the picture saved on your screen” — percolating along on staccato, programmed synthesizer tones and a skeletal version of a dance beat. The Playlist: New Songs From Prince and Garth Brooks, if You Can Find Them 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Frishberg’s pianism, with its knotty chords and staccato phrases, was as spiky and emphatic as his personality. Music Review: Bernie, Dorothy and That Interior Voice 2011-03-22T20:00:28Z Backed by a DJ, keyboardist and drummer, the ebullient rapper pumped his left arm up and down, directing the crowd in a dance-a-thon of staccato hip-hop beats and soulful melodies. Wild-card Renton hip-hop artist wins EMP’s Sound Off! 2013-03-03T22:07:50Z In "Dog Day Afternoon," she used a staccato tempo, sometimes called shock cutting. Pioneering film editor Dede Allen dies at 86 2010-04-18T22:31:00Z Ms. Bulawayo gives us a sense of Darling’s new life in staccato takes that show us both her immersion in and her alienation from American culture. Books of The Times: ‘We Need New Names,’ by NoViolet Bulawayo 2013-05-15T21:11:04Z Here’s clockwork catchiness: layer upon crisp layer, all staccato rhythm including the vocals. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Prefaced by an atmospheric montage of rejections, the track soon yields to Mr. Elling’s assured delivery, a series of staccato bursts and swooning gusts meant to underscore his resolve. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z The instruments lean toward brief, staccato parts, simultaneously pacing and pulling against sustained melodies from Casablancas. On ‘The New Abnormal,’ the Strokes Flip Nostalgia Toward the Future 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Primrose’s tendency, which developed through her male upbringing, was to speak in a more staccato style, which is typically associated with male speech patterns. What does a woman sound like? Vocal training helps trans women find their voices 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The vacuum had stopped, replaced with Mother's staccato steps clicking up the stairs. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z The Rodgers stage seems to provide a fresh boost, too, to the dozen or so dancers who perform choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler’s muscular, staccato steps with even more sensuous relish than before. ‘Hamilton’: Making ecstatic history 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Finkelman Berkett’s staccato attack made the mishmash of her solo — a time step here, a Nijinsky reference there — almost witty. Dance Review: Bodytraffic in Gotham Dance Festival at the Joyce 2012-06-07T22:49:34Z It began as an innocuous argument over vacation time, or lack thereof, but it somehow unleashed long-brewing resentments that escalated and culminated into two harsh, staccato syllables. Modern Love: The Hard-Won Lessons of the Solitary Years 2014-01-02T21:25:22Z Sometimes, for staccato emphasis, he would seem to bounce his fingers off the notes in a crisp attack. Bach in the hands of a master: András Schiff in Seattle 2012-10-16T15:20:05Z During rehearsals in Harlem last week, Higginson led the Sing Harlem choir, instructing them to stand tall, jive to the rhythm, and hit sharp staccato notes. ‘Mama, I Want to Sing!’ Returns for 40th Anniversary 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Schwarz elicited many quiet moments from the orchestra, allowing details through and characteristic Mahler accents to sing out — the emphatic, staccato oboe solo in the third movement for one. Momentous Mahler, sprightly Mozart at Seattle Symphony 2012-04-06T16:51:04Z Textures proliferate quickly in the quartet’s performance: Droning tones, staccato rhythmic explosions and restless pizzicato are all in motion. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z He took off on Ko Ko as a set of peremptory exclamations, which was linked by lurching, arrhythmic drum patterns to the elegantly staccato theme of Moose the Mooche. Joe Lovano Us Five ? review 2011-03-30T18:15:00Z A few feet away, the actor playing the free man of color held forth in a brown three-piece suit and halting staccato to a growing crowd. Who Stays Gone, and Who Can Afford to Return 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z As Rateliff stabbed the air with a bouncing staccato, singing “Don’t you, don’t you worry,” you had the feeling the crowd was happily agreeing take his advice. Saturday at Sasquatch!: Seattle-centric day with La Luz, Hibou, Tangerine 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z For example, the percussive layering in "Judge, Jury and Executioner" flows pleasantly into the staccato keyboard sounds on the title track. Yorke, Flea come together in supergroup debut 2013-02-27T15:13:09Z Much of the novel — an exception being Kay’s formal, highly articulate diary entries — is written in a familiar staccato style that delivers large amounts of information in extremely compressed form. ‘Perfidia,’ the new James Ellroy novel, starts the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor As one of them, Bonnie Lander relishes the percussiveness of “Passion for Piero, Palladio, Puccini, pasta”; the other, Paul Pinto, gets his turn with the staccato phrasing of “Successful. Super-smart. Sensuous. Sensitive. Cuddly. Affectionate.” Review: An Espionage Opera Remains Enigmatic and Urgent 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The musicians responded with staccato phrases, and from there the music never stuck to a single character. Music Review: Anthony Braxton at the Kennedy Center 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z Voices were layered like a horn section on “Lady,” with staccato interjections and wordless counterpoint melodies. Concert review: Mary J. Blige and D'Angelo at the United Center 2012-09-14T07:07:00Z We'd set ourselves these rules, like 'only staccato rhythms', and 'guitars must be played really high'. Foals: 'I built an enamel around myself' 2010-05-06T20:30:00Z The title track is far better, a raucous version of the Fred Eaglesmith song that finds Mr. Jackson in overdrive, his voice hopping up and down in staccato punches. Critics' Choice: Alan Jackson?s ?Freight Train? Erykah Badu?s ?Return of the Ankh? She and Him?s ?Volume Two? 2010-03-29T04:58:00Z Her quiet suspicions — captured in darting camera movements and staccato editing — are amplified by a series of dramatic events. ‘A Chiara’ Review: A Mobster’s Daughter Dares to Ask Questions 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Berne wields his alto saxophone in sharp, staccato cuts and streaky gestures; the entire group steams with a kind of compressed energy that’s writhing to escape — but never fully does. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I scrolled back to the beginning of the song so I could listen more closely, only now, the staccato ring-ding was materializing in different places. Review | This new Grouper album, ‘Shade,’ is life-affirming in ways you might not remember 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z In two exhilarating sets, the band kept up a brisk, staccato flow, occasionally making a hard swerve from funky pointillism to a kind of speed-demon swing. Steve Coleman, a Jazz Outlier, Rides a Wave of Acclaim 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Welcome is a haunting exercise in atmospheric note-warping, but on the uptempo Summit and the staccato Who?, the saxes trade flying phrasing with a verve that obliterates the decades between them. Rudresh Mahanthappa/Bunky Green: Apex 2010-09-23T21:30:00Z On that song, and elsewhere on this album, YG’s rapping is less staccato than it’s previously been, and at times he slips into a tone that’s part whine, part wheeze. YG and Buddy, Los Angeles Hip-Hop Two Ways 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The opening guitar line has the same staccato tension that the other two songs do, but feels more straightforward. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z Judith Weir compresses both the melody and harmony of Bach/Stölzel into bright, staccato chords, interspersed with a punching bass motif. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z The first time we see it, it’s Mr. Morris’s answer to a staccato quality in the music. Review: Choreographers Should Stay Away From Mozart. Except Mark Morris. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z An alien blitzkrieg, launched from the waters off the Santa Monica beaches, is rendered in what you might call panic-vision, with hysterical hand-held cameras, staccato editing and ambient dust clouds occasionally illuminated by fiery explosions. | 'Battle: Los Angeles': City of Angels Resists Becoming City of Aliens (the Outer-Space Type) 2011-03-11T00:59:25Z In its way his trumpet playing — muted staccato notes in short melodious phrases with Mexican and Brazilian inflections and steady underlying beats — is just as unassuming. Music Review: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall at the Caf? Carlyle 2012-02-29T23:34:58Z It is, and through sickness and nearly death, it remains a very funny one, too, producing a wide range of laughs, from staccato titters to abrupt guffaws and huge, body-shaking bursts. Review: In ‘The Big Sick,’ Comedy Is Hard, Love Harder 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z By the time “Xscape” ends the album, Jackson has moved into his bleak, scratchy, heavy-breathing staccato mode, as he sings about being pressured by relationships, the media and “the system.” Michael Jackson, the Remix 2014-05-07T16:08:06Z Because they spent their early teenage years internalizing Spears’s dancing on MTV, the Madrids, who are known for their narrative choreography and staccato isolations, consider themselves “natural extensions of her and her work.” A Britney Spears Jukebox Musical Hopes For #SeeBritney Energy 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z It charges forward from the beginning: the vocal and staccato guitar line moving in tense downward steps, the bass line moving in tense upward steps. Review: In ‘The Blackest Eye,’ Aye Nako Draws on Race and Identity 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The staccato of the knife hitting my board calms me. Cherries & beets belong together — especially on ricotta toast 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z This is the most musically attentive number I have seen them dance, and the often pronounced staccato rhythm they establish as an answer to the music is brilliant. Review: Vail International Dance Festival Celebrates Meter 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Here, he did his bit about going out—“We gotta go out!,” and “We gotta get back!”— articulating these desires like a staccato ringmaster. A Night of Wise, Tortured Election Anxiety with Jon Stewart and Friends 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The most sophisticated ballet composition of the 19th century, it’s also the most Mozartian, with bells, woodwind, staccato and voices that often make this Tchaikovsky’s version of “The Magic Flute.” Under City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Tree, Dancers Find New Roles 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z “Me tweet. Me hop,” a sparrow chirps in one, in perfect staccato. From Haiku to Spoken Word, Picture Books That Bring Poetry to Kids 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z It is based on a trivial staccato tune of arpeggiated notes, which inspired 14 variations, again featuring the piano most prominently. Mendelssohn Piano Trio Studies Beethoven at American Art Museum’s Steinway Series To capture the raw anguish being shared for the first time, Greenwell uses many words of one syllable, like stabbing, staccato sounds: “I don’t know if I was like this before,” the character confides. In a Dying Country, Garth Greenwell’s Narrator Comes Alive 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It goes from rude staccato brass blasts to shrill winds, interspersed with gentler sections. Remarkable violinist, conductor were masterful pair at Seattle Symphony 2012-11-02T20:31:04Z In one expressive sequence, the ensemble members wear creepy white masks, advancing menacingly down through the raked aisles of the theater during a series of staccato blackouts. A hotel of horrors 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The use of a bad-son brother, played by Brian White with staccato anger, not only has its own problems, it also underlines the unrelieved obviousness of Wesley’s decency. Movie Review: ?Tyler Perry?s Good Deeds,? With Thandie Newton 2012-02-25T00:20:20Z Yet it grows in confidence over its nine episodes, marrying Mann's muscular direction with Milch's staccato rhythms to create a richly detailed, entirely convincing world. Your next box set: Luck 2012-11-08T18:29:00Z The pilot has “L&O” trademarks like the tap dance between scare mongering and sentimentality, a simplified-from-the-headlines story and lots of staccato cop-speak. Fall TV 2018: New and Returning Shows to Watch 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z As her carriage pulls up at the European crossroads where royalty does the world’s fastest speed dating, Christian pops out from behind a tree like giddy pervert, giggling a staccato “hee hee hee.” A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z On the title track she opens with a series of quarter-note bleats, sounding like a digital alarm clock, and then shifts into a bracing staccato. New Music: Albums From Gotye, Candy Dulfer and Jeff Lorber Fusion 2012-01-30T23:25:12Z Like its gyrating, spasmodic staccato beats, “Get On Up” refuses to stand still. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z With his jerky gestures, staccato speech and staring eyes, there seemed to be a thin line between the actor and the characters. Bruno Schleinstein obituary 2010-08-22T18:12:00Z But in this scene, as throughout the opera, Britten scatters spiky marcato and staccato articulation. Review: Opera Stars Take On an Omicron-Battered Vienna 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In a script intricate with staccato, he sometimes seems to be the only character confident enough to speak in complete sentences. Learning How to Sell From ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z The byzantine twists and staccato accents of her opening Mummy's Boy over Paul Clarvis's robust drumming characterises the band's quirky variations on postbop's melodic ideas. Blink: Twice – review 2012-07-12T21:34:00Z When he talks of being told that something was "messed up on so many levels," there is a sudden staccato bite. Hannibal Buress: Taking no prisoners 2011-07-10T14:58:00Z She’s a tall, slender woman who speaks in eager staccato bursts that couldn’t be more different from her sustained, otherworldly singing voice. Music: Beth Orton Releases ‘Sugaring Season’ 2012-09-29T23:43:03Z The backing tracks reprise the successful formula of producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson: crisp snare drums, bubbling bass, staccato horns, tasteful strings, creamy backing vocals. Album review: Amy Winehouse, 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures' 2011-12-05T18:40:00Z In place of Shakespeare’s iambic pentameter, Park writes in sharp, staccato rhythms, with short lines that drive through the scenes a few syllables at a time. Review: In ‘Peerless,’ Elite College Admissions Are Something Wicked 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “All I think about is yesterday,” sings Barry Gibb at the start of his first solo album in 32 years, in a staccato familiar from his decades in the Bee Gees. A Bee Gees Survivor: Barry Gibb Reflects in a Solo Album 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The sentence that flickered on my beeper had the staccato and deadpan force of a true medical emergency: "Carla Reed/New patient with leukaemia/14th floor/Please see as soon as you arrive." Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z For me, the sound that signals spring is the rattling, staccato calls of gangly sandhill cranes winging overhead. Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In simple, staccato German, he consults a roommate on what to wear, then visits a barber, who compliments him, awkwardly, on his “full” and “strong” hair. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Listen to her brag in hissing staccato: “I say my own name during sex.” Review | Everything Cardi B says is music 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z A more staccato, tempo-switching piece over a steady piano vamp brought the set to a rousing clamour. Nigel Price/Kairos Quartet 2010-04-07T22:00:00Z Mr. Alus glimpsed his friend from afar, running to meet the sudden staccato of gunfire. Ambushed and Outgunned, Local Police Defended an Israeli City 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z That led to a staccato race in which it took time for the order to settle down, all drivers forced to make at least three pit stops by the tyre-mileage limits. Verstappen wins in Qatar as Hamilton and Russell collide 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z A cast of superb actors are directed to present their characters in a relentless staccato vocal monotone, devoid of any true or variegated expressiveness. Calendar Feedback: Taylor and Travis aren't the only ones singing K.C.’s praises 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The windows are shut tight and the sound of work is peppered with the staccato crackle of insects meeting their maker against the electrical fly zapper. How Rushden found itself caught up in a fly 'nightmare' 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Mamet’s gift for staccato verbal sparring transformed the way characters communicate on the American stage. Commentary: Critics weren't invited to David Mamet's new play. Then the show's star, Shia LaBeouf, sent a personal invite 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Narrated by Kausar in vignettes, often in staccato sentences, and interspersed with poetic flashbacks from the perspective of the father and mother, this fragmentary form has the effect of ephemerality — much like life.” Award-winning novels, a dishy Broadway memoir and more new paperbacks 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z After she heard the staccato pop of gunshots and saw people fleeing, she dropped what she was holding in her hands, grabbed her young son and her mother and helped them sprint away to safety. A Year After July 4 Parade Shooting, Some Americans Rethink Big Gatherings 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z But the most grating and disruptive sound in the entire athletic ecosystem right now might be the staccato pop-pop-pop emanating from America’s rapidly multiplying pickleball courts. Shattered nerves, sleepless nights: Pickleball noise is driving everyone nuts 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Voguing is a dance style characterised by staccato hand motions and angular arm and body postures punctuated by brief pauses, much in the manner of a model posing for photographs. Shanghai's 'voguing' dancers step lightly to avoid official gaze Katie, the most reserved in conversation, is the band's musical backbone, playing funky, staccato guitar riffs on the poppy title track, and shimmering shoegazy lines on the more introspective Person. The Aces: US pop band comes of age after a reckoning with Mormonism 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The looped staccato production is dissonant, dated, and poorly mixed, a far cry from the current era of either Drake or the Weekend’s sonic tastes; the vocals are absent the character that animates both artists. Perspective | AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Monday, a moment when the Lakers first-round series could swing in one direction or the other, had to mostly be played in staccato. Lakers win Game 4 in overtime to put Grizzlies on brink of playoff elimination 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, staccato blasts of gunfire marked the early hours of the feast day. Amid joy and tragedy, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z But there’s a staccato feeling to the way the comedy plays out. Review: Dustin H. Chinn's new Chance Theater comedy serves up the cultural politics of food 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z MATAMOROS, Mexico — About 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Claudia said she was working in her office when she heard a staccato of sharp cracks — pop-pop-pop. Mexicans Question Government’s Swift Response to Lethal Attack on Americans 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Where Baraka often employs long, Whitmanesque lines, Harris’s are short and staccato. Building a New Canon of Black Literature 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “A really good pick-and-roll player. Really good shooter. Really not going to have to force anything,” Ham said in a staccato scouting report. LeBron James returns as new-look Lakers impress in win over Pelicans 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The staccato instructions come from the Ukrainian army escort taking us to a military position in battle-scarred Bakhmut, a city once famed for its sparkling wines. Ukraine war: Russians slowly take ground around Bakhmut 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Gordon’s prose is relatively staccato, with lots of sentence fragments and short paragraphs, and the action moves rapidly, covering the events of just a few days. Review | Why M.R. James is the Arthur Conan Doyle of supernatural fiction 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Behind the stage, there is the incessant staccato hum and rat-tat-tat in the imitation of the flying craft. How to watch (almost) every Best Picture winner from 1927 through 2022 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z This highly personal drama, following a divorced young father and his 11-year-old daughter on summer holiday in Turkey, is elliptical in a way that tries to duplicate the staccato rhythms of memory. Commentary: Oscar or not, Paul Mescal makes screen acting look natural again 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z They stabbed blank white sheets of paper with their batons, then rehearsed flicking their wrists with a staccato motion that sent the pierced pieces of paper flying off the tips of their sticks. Learning to be a conductor is exorbitantly pricey. A new L.A. co-op offers a corrective 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z We had to test shutter angles a lot because if you shot with the same shutter angle you would normally use, you get a kind of staccato effect. How 'Avatar's' cinematographer became a master of the ways of water 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Didion’s writing, known for its staccato, precise style, is highlighted throughout. Remembering Joan Didion, beyond her words 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z She describes its long call as “an unmistakable high-pitched staccato of about seven pulses per second, something like kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick.” Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z And “One Fine Morning,” with its gently staccato rhythms and slyly unpredictable structure, is in no hurry to clue us in, either. Review: To miss Léa Seydoux in ‘One Fine Morning’ is to miss one of the year’s best performances 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Appropriately enough, their sound harks back to the staccato, stuttering beats of 1990s girls bands like TLC and Destiny's Child, complete with lyrics chastising any "trifling good-for-nothing type of brother". Girl band Flo win the Brits rising star award 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Just when you think sentences must vary to make good style, along comes rapid-fire staccato writing that sings a different tune. The 5 best fiction books of 2022, according to Bethanne Patrick 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “We are here, sir, because President Trump corruptly abused his power and then he tried to cover it up,” Mr. Jeffries said in the staccato cadence of a prosecutor. Hakeem Jeffries, Pressing to Lead Democrats, Marks a Generational Shift 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Migos were one of the most influential groups of their generation, pioneering a style of rapping in choppy, staccato triplets known as the "Migos flow". Migos rapper Takeoff killed by 'stray bullet', record label claims 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Migos, who split earlier this year, were one of the most influential groups of their generation, pioneering a style of rapping in choppy, staccato triplets known as the "Migos flow". Fatal shooting at party attended by rap group Migos 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Opening track There'd Better Be A Mirror Ball is all woozy keyboards and staccato string stabs, while Jet Skis On The Moat sees Turner slip on his velvet jacket for a brooding lounge-pop ballad. Alex Turner on the Arctic Monkeys' musical evolution 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Instead of using the string section as a soft underscore, Paul asked them to play in sharp, staccato stings inspired by Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Beatles' Revolver: 'It's time travel' says Giles Martin 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Q: There’s a wonderful presence of time as a kind of medium in the film — a sort of a legato smoothness to the long takes, and then things move into this more staccato third act. Cate Blanchett on ‘Tár’ role: ‘Music is often the starting point for me’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Majok has composed this section in quick bursts of dialogue that are repeated and elaborated in staccato rhythm. Review: 'Sanctuary City,' a compassionate tale of post-9/11 undocumented life, is not to be missed 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Meticulously researched and delivered in a taut, almost staccato style, “Funny Business” glides along the surface of Buchwald’s remarkable life, venturing wide but not especially deep. Review | The remarkable career, and long-hidden pain, of satirist Art Buchwald 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Occasionally, someone curses, one staccato expletive, at the astounding excellence. Restaurant review: Sushi so good, it might make you cry 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Awkward where he is easygoing, staccato where he is smooth, she nevertheless scaled the party’s ranks with what colleagues describe as nerve, drive and an appetite for disruptive politics. As U.K. Prime Minister, Truss Faces Hard Times and Johnson’s Ghost 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The official pointed at the floor twice, in staccato: Now. Egypt’s Revolving Prison Door: Sudden Freedom for Inmates Who Languished 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z On the microphone, Lamar’s staccato, jackhammer flow was impeccable, his syllables as precise and piercing as when recorded. Review | Kendrick Lamar rewrites the rules of the rap show 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z In the titular opening line of “All Up In Your Mind,” she delivers her monosyllables in a skull-penetrating staccato, then burrows in deep, the way only the best pop singers can. Review | Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ was made to last forever 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Asked what she would like people to take away from the film, Giffords says, in a halting but emphatic staccato, “Save lives. Save lives. Shooting. Shooting. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible.” A gunman tried to silence Gabby Giffords. A new doc shows how she recovered her voice 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z He lent tenderness to the staccatos of the second and imbued its dizzying runs with painterly depth. Review | NSO takes on Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and the racket of the audience 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Rather than the piano key pattern used by the Seattle Department of Transportation — staccato bars of white paint, separated in pairs of two — this one was a series of large, evenly spaced white blocks. Seattle residents painted their own crosswalk. The city scraped it off 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z He rattled off a list, his voice a machine-gun staccato: minnows, bass, perch, crayfish, frogs, even baby ducks. Like it or not, invasive ‘Frankenfish’ are still among us 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Some scenes in Ten Percent are vintage Morton, with the same staccato, awkward energy of W1A. Ten Percent: Can Call My Agent's British remake recapture the magic? 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z David Hardy’s cello was a special highlight, drawing a beautiful singing line over a staccato repeat of the main theme. Review | Tilson Thomas and the NSO breathe new life into the ‘Resurrection’ 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “Tell me your sign in the comments,” he urges his followers before freestyling a staccato list of horoscopes. 'It’s like SNL TikTok': A peek inside 'Stapleview,' a viral live comedy show 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z With staccato rhythm, Biden will attend a NATO, Group of Seven and European Union summits all within 12 hours of driving around Europe’s diplomatic capital from one headquarters to another. What they want: Allies meet in Europe for Ukraine summits 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The woodpecker is back, hammering the gutter above my bedroom window every dawn in a staccato that reverberates through my morning fog louder than last night’s burgundy. Wine prices are rising. Here’s how to still find good values. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The staccato approach allows the spiders to sense their prey’s vibrations and synchronize the hunting party’s arrival. These spiders hunt in packs. Watch how they do it 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z The disjuncture between story and song only heightens the staccato feeling. Review: East West Players revives a disturbingly timely 'Assassins' 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Its staccato rhythm of monologues, reveries and nightmares has Remy and Pup addressing the audience nearly as often as each other. A common bond is tested in ArtsWest’s ‘Monsters of the American Cinema’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z She knows how to sing in Windex squeaks, teapot puffs, lullaby staccato and more. Review | FKA Twigs is making a new kind of feel-good music 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z I needed something sharper, more staccato, that would help the actress channel rage. How to craft a script in a language that can't be written 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Instead of the staccato just-the-facts brag you might expect from an investigative reporter whose work brought down a president, “Chasing History” is a lovingly detailed memoir composed in a humble register. Review | Years before Watergate, a young Carl Bernstein fell in love with local journalism 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z After two understated, staccato seasons, Ojabo was a breakout star this term, becoming a darling of crowds in excess of 100,000 at the throbbing Michigan Stadium. From Africa, to Aberdeen, to the NFL 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The tough-guy image was underscored by a sardonic, though sometimes self-deprecating — and perfectly timed — humor delivered in a droll staccato. Robert J. Dole, longtime GOP leader who sought presidency 3 times, dies at 98 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z On the stump, they were fluent but he was staccato, with speeches riddled with random cliches. Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z At this — as if embodying a staccato drum solo — Moretti gestures around the room, pointing out some of his favorite works, his voice still hushed but mounting with intensity. Fabrizio Moretti, drummer of the Strokes, invites you to step into the rhythm of light 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z It's full of staccato lyrics, punchy guitars and a video which celebrates plaits and bonnets. Wet Leg: The band with millions of streams and just two songs 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “Might mess up my game,” he told Jordan in a biting staccato. The spirit of 'White Men Can't Jump' lives on at these L.A. courts. See for yourself 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Armed with a set of spoons, he battered them against every available surface — from his knees, teeth and cheeks to pillars, sidewalks and banisters — scooping rhythmic staccatos out of thin air. Buskers bolster the Market soundtrack, but for how long? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “In Carvey’s rendering, Bush was a little more weird, a little more out of control with his hands, a little more prone to inexplicable, staccato phraseology.” Analysis | ‘Saturday Night Live’ has had seven Bidens. It still has no idea how to parody him. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The birds make the staccato sound of this call only when a cowbird is near. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z With each press of Ruth’s foot on the pedal, staccato bursts came from her sewing machine. Perspective | So you think you can sew: My experience with a needle is somewhat patchy. 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Teachers trained in the technique, who serve as both D.J.s and guides, usher the group through cycles of self-directed movement structured by the eponymous five rhythms: “flowing,” “staccato,” “chaos,” “lyrical” and “stillness.” Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Sombre and haunting, it builds from a staccato cello line to a spectral, almost transcendental, swell of strings and voices. Iranian musician risks prison for new album 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The staccato pops of gunfire mixed with the roar of planes taking off. Biden Defends Afghanistan Evacuation as Thousands Besiege Kabul Airport 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Blades click against each other with the staccato beat of an argument. SoCal phenom Nick Itkin could help Americans win first Olympic team fencing title 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Sadly for them, those moments have been followed by what I would describe as staccato spells, where they have stagnated in attack and decided to sit back a bit. Wales to win? Euro 2020 predictions v the 5 Live pundits 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The Savannah sparrow’s song starts with a series of high-pitched, short, accelerating “tsip” notes, followed by a long insectlike buzz that carries a great distance, ending with a few rapid staccato tick notes. 10 migrant warblers to listen for now in the Northwest 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z In their place appeared the generic landscape of an American highway exit: service stations and highway signs, motels and mobile homes, the staccato of jake brakes on eighteen-wheelers. Goodbye to a Yankee Farmer, the Ghost of Exit 8 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z He hears their gentle chimes and staccato bursts as he naps fitfully at the hospital. In COVID-hit India, a 26-year-old doctor decides who lives and who dies 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The rest of the area is a blend of blue padded walls with maize trim, “Block M’s” and signature Jordan Jumpman insignia serving as the backdrop to the staccato sounds of basketballs and sneaker squeaks. Juwan Howard’s first banners at Michigan came down. He’s ready to hang another one. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Late on a Wednesday night, its steady purr turned to a hard metallic staccato like the grinding gears of a car. She was dying of COVID-19. Her last hope was a Hail Mary that would save her or kill her 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Wilson’s warblers sing a short, descending staccato series of “chit” notes that often become more emphatic toward the end of the song. 10 migrant warblers to listen for now in the Northwest 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Keep the words short, I say to myself, and so it begins with staccato optimism. 'I've been listening to 300 vinyl records to get me through lockdown' 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z This staccato symphony turned out to be the songs of fin whales. Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z But his voice was his brass ring — a jaunty, rapid staccato, breaking into squeaky dolphin-talk or falsetto sobbing to expose the do-gooders with his inventive, bruising vocabulary. Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70; Turned Talk Radio Into a Right-Wing Attack Machine 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z From the heart-pounding staccato drum entry of the Brazilian percussion section for “The Obvious Child” through to the rapturous finale of “The Sound of Silence,” it was perfect. 22 of the most romantic L.A. dates of all time. Prepare to feel nostalgic 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The bandaged dancers assembled on the field in an staccato, apocalyptic party that led into Blinding Lights, the megahit that’s spent dozens of weeks in the Billboard Top 10. The Weeknd’s disorienting Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa felt right 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z One panelist tried to interject, but Williams pressed on, her voice becoming harsh and staccato as the tide in the room moved against her. He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Told in staccato bursts of memory and history illuminating the present, “The Push” details the courtship, marriage and undoing of Blythe and Fox Connor — the woman in the car and the man in the window. Review: In a debut thriller, a 'bad mother' story you can actually believe in 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The staccato running, heightened by the fact that the first half-hour of the session was devoted to a Pirelli-organised test of development tyres, meant the session was unrepresentative of the true competitive order. Verstappen & Stroll under investigation 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Aiming to alter the trajectory of the race, Trump returned to a tactic that he believes boosted him to the Oval Office four years ago — staccato personal attacks on his opponent. Debate Takeaways: Trump vs. Biden on virus, race, climate 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z McQueen’s tone has shifted now; the staccato rhythm is coming back. Steve McQueen: ‘Our Marlon Brandos are on building sites, or driving buses’ 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z It pulses in and out rhythmically, like it’s in the black light at a nightclub for invertebrates, dancing to a staccato beat. Pandas, bald eagles, airplanes: The D.C. area’s best webcams, ranked 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z It was also staccato tennis, with the majority of the points ending in unforced errors. For Serena Williams, the French Open Has Delivered Telling Highs and Lows 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z In addition to rapping in stiff staccato, Fonlon handles the song’s stripped-down production, putting emphasis on the beat’s exuberant synths and bass hits. The most captivating and essential hip-hop and R&B songs coming out of the DMV this month 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Mostly, he performs the staccato blasts from his apartment in Dupont Circle. Few will hear the shofar blown indoors this Rosh Hashanah. So rabbis are taking to the streets. 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z When McQueen talks about race, his delivery takes on a staccato quality. Steve McQueen: ‘Our Marlon Brandos are on building sites, or driving buses’ 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Whether male flies choose on a moment-to-moment basis to sing in staccato pulses or longer hums depends in large part — but not totally — on how the females respond to them. Inside the mind of an animal 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Malik B., a Philadelphia rapper whose unpredictable rhymes and staccato cadences elevated early albums by the Roots, helping to make the band a standard-bearer for underground, jazz-infused hip-hop in the 1990s, has died at 47. Malik B., rapper and early member of the Roots, dies at 47 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z So accustomed have we become to the rapid-fire riposte, the staccato of TV talk and the insulting nit-wittery of twittery, that a thoughtful, considered speech in no hurry to get somewhere was almost hypnotic. Opinion | John Lewis’s funeral was a balm to the soul of America 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The ritual involves a series of notes, a sort of spiritual Morse code ranging from one big blast to a series of short, staccato sounds, ending with a prolonged, mournful note. Few will hear the shofar blown indoors this Rosh Hashanah. So rabbis are taking to the streets. 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The participants performed a short solo piece with a wide range of high and low notes and different styles of playing, including a smooth chorale and a staccato march. Is it safe to strike up the band in a time of coronavirus? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z I shared a raspberry Popsicle with 1 1/2-year-old Cedar, who finally said my name in a glorious staccato burst: “Papa! Papa! Papa!” VIRUS DIARY: Moving closer to grandsons they can barely see 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Robyn also remembers Patrik spending a lot of time on the individual components of the song: the drums, the bass and the pounding staccato it starts with. Dancing On My Own: 10 years of Robyn's 'sad banger' 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z In a raucous hourlong kickoff to each week, the moment’s gloomy news disappears into a staccato of jokes, impressions and asides at a senior center’s comedy workshop. NYC seniors find lighter side of pandemic in comedy class 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Kilo” is mostly anecdotal and observational, and Muse writes with the staccato style of a machine gun. Review: `Kilo’ paints a harrowing picture of cocaine trade 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The musician's scratchy, staccato riffs provided the band with their signature sound, and influenced the likes of Nirvana, Fugazi and Franz Ferdinand. Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill dies, aged 64 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Nine games later, these rallies are unsurprisingly short and staccato. Australian Open 2020: Novak Djokovic v Milos Raonic – live! 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z I am guessing they like what he is doing, this staccato undoing of America. Race, literature, lovers ... and fake breasts: my chats with Elizabeth Wurtzel 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Then, dreamily, down six, he led that march, rushing a whopping 12 times for 54 yards on its staccato but determined path. Kentucky sends Bud Foster and Va. Tech out with painful Belk Bowl loss 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z “I wanted to write music that was texturally hard: pianos playing very staccato, and strings playing these very harsh plucks, and all of it miked very close up.” 'Bombshell' composer keys in on women's voices 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Even through padded gloves, the weight of Shields’s punches sounds like heavy artillery at staccato, unpredictable intervals — Pow! Claressa Shields keeps winning boxing titles. But she is still fighting for visibility. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Desplat’s music bounces with rapid string runs and breathless energy, and he often uses the orchestra like a percussion instrument: pizzicato violins, staccato woodwinds and plucked harp. Film composers turn from the expected this season to find a unique sonic wavelength 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The staccato bursts of gunfire rattled inside his home one street over. Two D.C. brothers, two errant bullets and a family forever changed 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z A long sound means gather, a staccato burst means disperse. ‘It’s personal here': southern Iraq ablaze as protests rage 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Its construction is simple – an unrelenting two-chord piano line, staccato strings and the occasional subtle synthesised whoosh supporting one of Mary J Blige’s most economical and understated vocals and the most earworm-y of melodies. Dr Dre's 20 best productions – ranked! 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z There are always a pleasant variety of staccato points and longer, attritional rallies. Karolina Pliskova v Simona Halep: WTA Finals – live! 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s an interesting, careful performance: Norton doesn’t overplay the Tourette’s, but doesn’t do that movie thing when it only appears when needed dramatically — it’s always there, a constant staccato soundtrack. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ review: Lovely but overstuffed film noir from Edward Norton 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen of Texas,” he then droned in a sleep-inducing staccato monotone the way he imagined most of the other 44 presidents had done. On Day 1,001, Trump Made It Clear: Being ‘Presidential’ Is Boring 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z For the third day running, Graham tweeted foreign policy lessons in staccato missives against Trump’s isolationist tendencies. Trump’s Syria announcement blindsided many GOP supporters 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The wind chimes suspended from the ceiling knock gently against one another in the breeze slipping in from the open window, filling our silence with a jangled, staccato music. 'I stole a plane to get out of the Navy' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z He brought a staple gun to the beach, so that he could change a kite’s shape with a few staccato snaps. How Hackers Invented Kiteboarding 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z On The Hunger, icy keys and staccato guitar lines prowl menacingly as Khan's vampiric characters chant: "I want to bleed / And feed us forever". Bat For Lashes indulges her vampire movie fantasy 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The move toward surface homogenization was not without foundation: Tournament directors concluded that their paying public preferred extended rallies to a men’s game dominated by big servers and staccato exchanges. And Now for Something Completely Different, in Women’s Tennis 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z “Connolly’s staccato prose leans on short sentences and chapters … that at their best evoke the style of Samuel Beckett, an admirer of Laurel and Hardy,” wrote a New York Times reviewer. 6 paperbacks to pick up, including bios of Arthur Ashe and Agatha Christie 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z EEG tracings race across a screen, some jumbled and staccato. Epilepsy patient Gary Williams donates part of his brain to science while he — and his healthy tissue — is still alive 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Henry Hitchings of The Evening Standard said: "Despite a smattering of Mamet's famously staccato wisecracks, the play feels lazy, crude and empty." Malkovich tackles 'difficult' Weinstein-inspired play 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Ariana Gillis doesn’t linger on the lyrics when she starts to sing on “The Maze,” her staccato alto suggesting a young artist in a hurry to share her considerable skills. Review: ‘The Maze’ could be a breakthrough for Ariana Gillis 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The J in “juice” was the first letter-sound, according to my mother, that I repeated in staccato, going off like a skipping record. Opinion | My Stutter Made Me a Better Writer 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The shows hint at long spiritual rhythms that are not lost, though they may be occluded, in the staccato frenzies of our day. Timelessness in Works by Thomas Cole and Brice Marden 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “I didn’t want to die in front of my students,” says Augustine Dorris, who speaks in staccato sentences, sometimes struggling to regain her breath. 'It’s been killing us for 50 years': residents on living in Cancer Town 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z In conversation, he jumps from topic to topic in a jittery staccato. Michael Cohen’s Last Days of Freedom 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The beginning of “Ink” sounds a bit like Harold Pinter—it’s the same staccato, testosterone-amped dialogue but without so many pauses. “Ink” and “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” Play with History 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z As for Vogelbach, he hasn’t complained or shown frustration about his staccato playing schedule. Which hot-hitting slugger will Mariners start Monday, Daniel Vogelbach or Jay Bruce? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z That question was often answered with analogies to music or textiles, as in the staccato luminescence of Alma Thomas’ abstract paintings. Review: Searing moments of American truths in ‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The staccato sounds of cameras snapping photos became overwhelming, flashes made Servais’ eyes squint. Ichiro and Yusei Kikuchi face massive media frenzy in first appearance of Mariners’ Japan trip 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Ten years ago: Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most familiar voices, died in Phoenix at age 90. Today in History 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The show’s nuance, such as it is, exists in songs like “Old Friends,” a staccato Sondheim zinger full of wry wisdom—“Good friends like and advise / Whereas old friends love and forgive.” Stephen Sondheim and Lynn Nottage Revivals Time-Travel Through Artists’ Lives 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The invention of the electric telegraph in the 1830s allowed the fast and international transmission of bursts of information in short, staccato messages, which were, ironically, not unlike tweets. If news is dying, who will safeguard democracy? | Hossein Derakhshan 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z He is a young player with a touch as staccato as if he were playing a Scarlatti sonata and a nearly Baroque contrapuntal way of improvising, yet he bends pitches. Review: L.A. Phil revives the neglected 'dean of African American composers' 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z She had just taken her daily medication when she heard sharp staccato sounds coming from outside. Aurora Shooting Updates: 5 Killed and Several Others Wounded 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Goldin spoke in staccato sentences, and a small group of supporters standing near her repeated each one of them in unison, insuring that sound carried up. Nan Goldin Leads a Protest at the Guggenheim Against the Sackler Family 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z “I celebrated my 65th birthday here, I celebrated my 70th here and I’ll probably celebrate my 75th here,” said Stowers, a retired King County Jail worker with a staccato laugh who visits from SeaTac. Pressure mounts as Seattle mulls options for senior centers, food bank on valuable city properties 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z |
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