The eclectic, self-contained world of this album is nowhere near as focused as the one presented on his classic Dr. Octagon CD, but it contains many deposits of musical gold -- and many of musical guano.
The asteroid was discovered in 1980 by Czechoslovakian astronomer Ladislav Brozek, and the citation for its naming says that "Zappa was an eclectic, self-trained artist and composer ... Before 1989 he was regarded as a symbol of democracy and freedom by many people in Czechoslovakia".
Indeed, the report's greatest value may be in ushering in a period of greater accountability for the wildly eclectic and self-governing world of charter schools.
When, after two hours, he finishes his eclectic message of self-healing and self-love, a phalanx of middle-aged fans crowd around him seeking autographs.
But Harry Partch, the eclectic, visionary and self-taught California-born composer who died at 73 in 1974, was primarily an inventor, in the most creative sense of the term.
Pierce rewarded the album with an A–, and said that the album was "eclectic, but never self-consciously so.
It was praised by The A.V. Club, who said that the "resounding success in that regard: It's eclectic, but never self-consciously so".
Welcome to the sometimes wacky and often intriguing world of the Quantified Self, an eclectic band of hackers, geeks, fitness freaks, patients and early adopters that, from its birth in California in 2008, has grown into a global movement of more than 5,000 members in 11 countries.
The mosaic of images is self-consciously eclectic; figures in photographs are blurred in movement.
Like Peel, Ravenscroft is known for his eclectic music taste and self-deprecating style.
Self-conscious, eclectic literariness is the hallmark of postmodernism, and she pays tribute to Calvino and Borges, and to the icy, glassy fairy tales that entranced her girlhood.
