Originally a characteristic bit of word-jumbling by Ringo Starr, the phrase had already been included by Lennon in "Sad Michael," a short piece in his first book, "In His Own Write".
I'll start this piece with the bit of word-play I might have ended it on, it goes like this: Snapchat – the "ephemeral media" photo sharing app that deletes its own messages after they're sent – isn't going away any time soon.
For Bose, the emerging space of hearing-assisting headphones was the perfect place for that fun bit of word play.
However, the average school curriculum, at least in Brooklyn where I am, treats programming as an advanced art, offering the kids little more than a bit of word processing and some game playing in lieu of something like Scratch.
The musical's insistence on putting the fun back in funeral rests on an available bit of word play -- between fun home and funhouse -- which is backed up in this production by a set of entertaining sight gags.
The song started as a lofty bit of words, drawing on imagery from greek mythology, taking a turn while I went through some personal turmoil, and then eventually becoming someone else's story, or a future self's story.
The orchestra players have to shout and sputter bits of words, sing and sigh.
There are geometric patterns, bits of words, even an American flag.
The shapes are covered with and surrounded by bits of words, numbers and gestural jottings of all kinds.
There is of course a wild assortment of details to be gleaned from the elaborate foliage of the images, including small faces, figures, bits of words and text, and more art.
