Dec 18th, 2008 · President Bush's quick reflexes spared him getting hit by a shoe hurled at him in Baghdad. But shoe throwers around the world can take their turn at the president's likeness. In a new online game called Sock and Awe, players aim a brown topsider at a ducking President Bush. It's much like a carnival game with a moving target, with the President's face popping up from behind a wide podium. Players earn a point for every shoe that makes a direct hit.
Keywords: President Bush · world · president · shoe · Baghdad · players · online · carnival · throwers · podium · topsider
Jan 22nd, 2008 · Carnival, the precursor to Easter, falls in the first week of February this year. In Bolivia, where the annual rite is a monthlong affair, the official start of carnival begins this week with the digging up of the beloved La Paz character Pepino.
Keywords: Beloved · Bolivia · carnival · rite · La Paz · Easter · precursors · monthlong · Pepino
Sep 20th, 2007 · On Fast Computers' "Sweden Hasn't Changed, You Have," a minimal, pinball-like loop explodes into a swirl of carnival-esque synth washes evocative of Low-era Bowie. The melody is powerful, haunting and stark, but it also seems organic and natural.
Keywords: organization · naturalized · Math · music · Computers · era · carnival · exploded · bowie · melody · synth · esque
Jun 20th, 2007 · Parker Longbough's new album closes with "3 Drunken Days," a tranquil folk-pop song complete with a shuffling rhythm and well-placed harmonica. It traffics in colorful imagery, as singer Matt Witthoeft recounts a three-day bender in the carnival atmosphere of New Orleans.
Keywords: world · New Orleans · Traffic · Shuffle · Singer · songs · carnival · album · folk · harmonica · rhythm · atmosphere
May 5th, 2007 · Frontman Isaac Brock describes We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Modest Mouse's sixth studio album, as a "nautical balalaika carnival romp." Hear Modest Mouse in concert from Philadelphia's Electric Factory, a co-production from NPR Music and WXPN.
Keywords: products · carnival · concert · NPR Music · WXPN · Philadelphia · album · studio · Modest Mouse · nautical · balalaikas · Electric Factory
Feb 28th, 2007 · Sometimes known as Jewish Mardi Gras, Purim doesn't get the same press that Hanukkah and Passover do, but it's twice the fun. Rachel Rappaport shares the story behind the holiday and new twists on old Purim treats.
Keywords: holiday · carnival · Hanukkah · Cookie · Passover · Purim · Jewish Mardi Gras · Rachel Rappaport
Jul 5th, 2006 · Zach Johnson is in the racing business. But he doesn't race horses, dogs, cars or bikes. He races pigs. He takes his pig team and sets up Porkchop Downs on the county fair and carnival circuit, eight months of the year. His company, Swifty Swine Productions, has plenty of competition in the pig racing field.
Keywords: Competition · products · county · company · Business · circuit · carnival · gold · Swifty · Swine · Zach Johnson · Porkchop Downs
Feb 27th, 2006 · High school marching bands have always played their part in New Orleans Mardi Gras parades. But with most city high schools closed, there are few local students marching this carnival season. One exception is the the MAX School's band.
Keywords: Orleans · city · local · students · schools · carnival · New Orleans Mardi Gras · MAX School
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