Feb 23rd, 2010 · Some make music because they want to, but Newsom sounds like she makes music because she has to: She possesses the sort of artistic bravado that could only come from inner passion. She's just released her latest vision: A work called Have One on Me, it's two hours long, it fills three discs, it hardly has a hook or a hit, and you simply must hear it.
Jan 12th, 2010 · The self-proclaimed "guidos" and "guidettes" of MTV's Jersey Shore are less concerned about celebrity than brash acts of bravado.
Nov 15th, 2006 · Ashby swings, plain and simple. When she plays some mid-tempo scooting-along tune, all the stock riffage and jazz bravado common on so many '50s records disappears. Leading her chamber group, she operates in an unassuming way, leaping through intricate arpeggios that no other jazz instrumentalist could attempt.
May 2nd, 2006 · The world's three most famous terrorists have all released new tapes within the same week. According to experts, it's more likely coincidence than a coordinated message. If there is a common thread to the messages of Abu Musab Zarqawi, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, it's jihadist bravado.
Aug 26th, 2005 · Tennis' King vs. Riggs in 'A Necessary Spectacle' August 26, 2005 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, and the Tennis Match that Leveled the Game. It's about the 1973 battle of the sexes match that inspired great bravado and even greater publicity.