"There has been a fixation on this occult rock wave that is happening, and I think it's too much focused on the idea that it's a retro thing.
It cracked the Billboard Top 50, and for a moment it seemed that Fishbone might ride the alternative rock wave that made stars of many left-of-center bands.
When the waiter asked, "Would anyone like anything to drink before dinner?" my 9-year-old son replied, "What kind of milk do you have?" Michael Ring CENTRAL PARK GEOLOGY Diesel-garbage-seared meat-horse dung-moon — schist glitters mica-flecked — garnets can be found — rock wave swells with roots and trunks.
This new straightforwardness arrives in tandem with other indie rock waves of recent years, namely the garage rock and surf rock revivals, the persistence of lo-fi fuzz pop and the renewed interest in twee-pop and tropical melodies.
The town's music scene, too, has served up megastars like the Dave Matthews Band and helped to launch the modern roots-rock wave.
It's part of the pop-rock wave that has dominated the charts for five years, though its chief proponents – Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson – are women, whereas this has the bonus of being peddled by five cute boys.
Broken Social Scene Toronto's ethereal-rock wave Broken Social Scene is captained by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, with the orchestra of Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg, David Newfeld, Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, James Shaw, Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, Torquil Campbell, Ohad Benchetrit, Marty Kinack, Julie Penner, Lisa Lobsinger, and John Crossingham at the spinnaker.
The novel in my head is all mapped out and ready to go, but in these final minutes before departure I feel the rocking waves of doubt.
This was the Winslow Homer (1836-1910) of my imagination, where he lived like a hermit, braved the elements and made the best paintings of his career, those luxuriantly sensuous, unpeopled pictures of rocks, waves, ocean and sky.
I did make it home for the family dinner but then, blitzed myself by a long day in rocking waves and cold water, nodded off before the Giants and Broncos kicked off.
Ah, disappears from me with the dewy wings On rocking waves, flies the time Disappears tomorrow on shimmering wings Just like yesterday and today, flies the time.
