Kenna, who was born in Ethiopia but raised in Virginia Beach, indulges a not-so-secret appreciation of new wave, Britpop and especially the brooding extroversion of U2. (It's hard not to hear echoes of Bono and the Edge in "Baptized in Blacklight," an odyssey complete with alleluias).
"I think when we meet, we'll have the secret beard appreciation conversation and everyone will feel left out," he laughs.
On these tapes, Mr. Bethiel makes no secret of his appreciation.
Draxler - reported to have a £37million buy-out clause - has made no secret of his appreciation of the English Premier League, and Arsenal in particular, with the 20-year-old suggesting he would consider his future in the summer.
Whoopi Goldberg has made no secret of her appreciation for marijuana.
Indeed, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made no secret of his appreciation for the Republicans in Congress, politicians who routinely insult President Obama.
His secret had been an early appreciation of the power of television.
Again and again, his stories introduce a lonely character in an alienating landscape and then, often by concentrating on some previously overlooked detail, transmute the feeling of isolation into something more like an artist's sensibility: a more purposeful and yet more playful state infused with an intensely observant appreciation of the secret beauty of life.
Doig offers a gentle appreciation of the secrets beneath the surface of everyday life, set against a Western landscape that is described in concrete detail: a field is ready for plowing "when you can't see the frost on the ground by the light of the first full moon after the equinox"; a mixture of snow and dirt is called "snirt".
The designers gazed upon the pair with the longing and appreciation a Victoria's Secret model might shoot at Melania Trump: Oh, honey, you bagged it and you will never have to hail a taxi in the rain again.
