Van Halen were pure monoculture, emerging within an era when that aspiration was still common and respected. The singularity of their aesthetic was so recognizable that it became a kind of representational shorthand for youth-oriented movie directors: the soundtrack for burnout disenchantment inOver t...
This would have been as obvious an epithet as calling Achilles “swift-footed”. It is a far stretch in vocabulary and mentalité from μῆχος to tzur yishi.Here is another example of Tschernikovsky’s use of Hebrew words for con-textualization and effect, although in this case ...
Now dig into the layers of the “I never got past what you put me through,” and: “I was Miss Here To Stay” / Now I’m Miss Gonna Be Alright Someday” quotes. Examine the pronouns, adverb, alliteration and rhyme – explain how these techniques have all the more impact when explor...