Two new songs verge on charming self-parody, too: Lonesome Street echoes the oompah slouch of For Tomorrow 19933), and Ong Ong is the kind of sarcastically languid spoof of a Black Lace knees-up hit that you'd expect two decades after Girls & Boys.
In particular, it reflects a longing for formality, precision, restraint — for tuxedos, against an age of blue jeans; for crispness, responding to an era of slouch; for self-control in lieu of untrammelled expression; for consideration and dignity as a reproach to shameless individualism.
Despite playing second-fiddle to Samsung's mobile OS of choice, Bada isn't exactly a slouch — for a time Bada appeared on more smartphones sold than Windows Phone.
They say you executed your deputy premier for education for slouching.
9. Carbone...no, not for the Veal Parm, though that's no slouch but for the Veal Marsala, which is no cutlet but a steak- house size -that is, oversized- succulent veal chop, bathed in Marsala with bundles of mushrooms...lavish dish beyond words.... 10.
At the post-show party in the Roundhouse bar, the actors are still pumping adrenaline; I am an exhausted (if uplifted) wreck, ready only to slouch home for a few hours' sleep before heading back tomorrow morning for more.
Twenty-somethings slouch in for espresso.
