But there are great, joyous passages of old school hip-hop here – scratching, samples, raps, ancient breaks – updated as restless but sentient club music with mighty drum'n'bass shakedowns.
The Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn was basking yesterday in what is a joyous rite of passage for a priest, a Mass celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordination.
Many of his best passages are strikingly joyous and carefree, in prose that's lambent, simple and brilliantly observed, as in this conclusion to a sunset at the shrine of Niamatullah: "While the cadent sun throws lurid copper streaks across the sand-blown sky, all the birds in Persia have gathered for a last chorus.
As my son and I adapt to the new configuration of our family, and as I try to envision a future through the ashes of my plans for the "golden years," that scrap of paper reminds me of something else, uplifting and joyous — the most beautiful of scripture passages, recited at countless weddings throughout the ages, including our own: Love endures all things.
The finale is a joyous romp, though in every scurrying piano passage you sense intensity lurking just below the surface.
The hwan-gap, or 60th birthday, is a joyous time when children celebrate their parents' passage into old age.
Yet despite the looming problems, Mrs. Medina and her late husband's daughter by a previous marriage, Michele Medina, 33, managed to put together a lively, even joyous party to celebrate Jennifer's rite of passage.
Electronic sighs and moans, punctuated with fluttering reeds, lonesome six-strings, poignant synth-horns, gamelan-esque percussion, jazzy interludes, various swirly bits and pieces and, on occasion, Allien's speak-sing vocals, both unadorned and laden in effects culminate in a elegant, joyous drone that, in the album's final passage, dissolves into breakbeat bliss.
Jon S. Corzine gleefully declared victory in his race for New Jersey's United States Senate seat tonight, calling his tumultuous passage from Wall Street to Washington a "joyous journey".
"Gabriel's Guide" ends in Manhattan, with a gleaming setting of a passage from the New York guide describing the joyous multitude of the city (written, no less, by an anonymous, fresh-faced John Cheever).
