Yet today, with brilliant young ensembles of solo vocalists, like Ekmeles and Roomful of Teeth, defining a fresh and virtuosic American sound, Stockhausen's masterpiece seems as relevant as ever, as much a landmark of the chamber-choral genre as the Italian and English madrigals of centuries ago.
The Lib Dems had said in their manifesto, along with Labour, that cuts should not begin until next year, but Huhne said: I don't think there was ever as much difference [with the Conservatives] on that issue, frankly, as was sometimes painted.
Though he would ever as much as admit to it, he was a genuine national treasure.
Nationalism in Scotland feels stronger than ever, as much a badge of cultural identity as anything substantively political.
Don't you sometimes feel like, "Man, I wish everybody in the world loved my favorite thing ever as much as I do?" Like sometimes you'll try to convince your friends that your favorite thing ever should be their favorite thing ever too, and they're like "no dude, not feelin' it".
After everything I've done, after all the stuff I've built that people use daily, nothing was ever as much simply fucking FUN as playing to a crowd and teaching them making music live on stage, not just "playing the hits," but really affecting people and their emotions.
