He ranted his brilliant nonsense lyrics ("You're twistin' my melon man/ You know you talk so hip man/ You're twistin' my melon man") to an inspired, jingly-jangly rock-funk-northern-soul-house-hiphop backdrop, and somehow managed to combine pop stardom with crack-dealing and drug-fuelled psychosis.
They take pictures of themselves, using the house as a backdrop.
Picture a 17th-century manor house against a backdrop of cloud-cloaked mountains, with Egyptian geese and guinea fowl poised picturesquely on the lawn.
Mr. Steltman, who formerly owned galleries in Amsterdam and New York, said he had enjoyed using the house as a backdrop to display his art collection.
We have pheasants and stoats and so many rabbits that in the spring and summer it looks as if our house is the backdrop for an Easter commercial.
The house became both backdrop and symbol for what, under most circumstances, would be considered a typical American narrative of class and social aspiration.
Or dine in the courtyard of a converted old house with a backdrop from the Mughal empire at Olive, near the Qutb Minar.
Carl Hiaasen, a novelist and columnist at The Miami Herald, used the house as a backdrop for one of his popular novels, "Skin Tight".
Instead of a playground, we usually see the president's house as the backdrop for television reporters as they deliver news about serious happenings within.
Soon after the lights went up this year, Fran and Josef Genda of Garrison, along with more than 20 friends and family members, used Mrs. Duffy's house as the backdrop for a holiday video and come-back-safe message to their son, Pfc.
