The songs were as varied as their performances, but they all felt of a piece: wryly observant, warily optimistic, asking for empathy rather than pity.
She decided that, although reliance on the generosity of others was new to her, it was not a bad thing — it was, she felt, of a piece with her feminism to turn to her community for help.
The toast, at first, felt of a piece with the same Gotham masochism that makes New Yorkers pay three-quarters of their income for hutch-like apartments and relish walks on trash-walled streets.
The film center is part of Lincoln Center's overall redevelopment, and Mr. Rockwell collaborated with that project's architecture firm, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, on the film center's exterior to make sure it felt of a piece with the rest of the refurbished complex.
And there was an overall air of partisanship, or perhaps identity politics, that felt of a piece with the attempt to be on the cutting edge of technology and reach a young audience, more reminiscent of "The Daily Show" or "The View" than a CBS News program.
At different points, McNew played a double bass, Kaplan and Hubley switched to a guitar or a keyboard, Kaplan played maracas; the three musicians seemed to intuit one another's actions, and the various layers, instruments, and moods all felt of a piece.
