So even as protesting voices have grown louder, the trend has become more pronounced.
It's loud and trend conscious and brainy, like the electric guitarist Rafiq Bhatia's quartet, and also rustling, intuitive, unvirtuosic, unconcerned with style or genre — like a fascinating trio I heard led by yet another bass player, Eric Revis, with the pianist Kris Davis and the eminent drummer Andrew Cyrille, who seems suddenly in demand again, another turn in a 50-year career.
Some of the shows are stompy and loud -- that trend remains alive and well (and usually in search of better execution on the broadcast networks).
The increasingly strident criticism parallels a trend toward louder, less congenial public debate on just about every topic, from politics to fashion.
Despite widespread publicity, there is little sign of a reversal in the trend towards loud, highly compressed mastering.
During a press conference for the upcoming documentary "It Might Get Loud," Jack White criticized the trend, despite the fact that he has allowed his songs to be used.
Recently, ephemeral messaging and anonymous sharing have been the loudest signs on this trend, but that's because they're the easiest solutions.
The FBI's concerted campaign to drum up hysteria and justify the massive resources spent in chasing anarchists represents a law enforcement trend with loud echoes of McCarthyism, wherein FBI targets were identified by what books they read and with whom they kept company rather than on the basis of criminal acts.
A dose-response analysis showed an increase in risk related to number of years of job exposure to extremely loud noise (P for trend = 0.02) with an OR of 13.2 (CI = 2.01, 86.98) for exposure for 20 or more years during the period up to 10 years before diagnosis.
NATE CHINEN 'ONCE' (Masterworks Broadway) Whether or not you're a purist who prefers the intimate movie soundtrack for "Once" to the more polished Broadway cast recording, both defy pop music's trend toward ever larger, louder, more impersonal sound.
While a lot of manicure trends are loud and bright, Bobbie showed me some really great, sophisticated ways to experiment with nail art.
