a large celebration or party, typically a lavish and boisterous one
derivative of bluegrass festivals and folk-rock jamborees
derivative of bluegrass festivals and folk-rock jamborees
lengths of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in parallel series to support a floor or ceiling
The joists that held the low roof seemed endangered by all the bodies flying and butting each other
The joists that held the low roof seemed endangered by all the bodies flying and butting each other
(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text
There are now countless hip-hop-lyric exegetical sites that try to resolve what is being said.
There are now countless hip-hop-lyric exegetical sites that try to resolve what is being said.
any of the four tassels or fringes on garments worn by the Jews in remembrance of the commandments
I wasn't putting on a yarmulke and tsitsith
I wasn't putting on a yarmulke and tsitsith
performance venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper midwest areas of the US that were safe for black performers during the era of racial segregation in the US
in the fifties when not on the chitlin circuit
in the fifties when not on the chitlin circuit
a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home
This was a capitalist innovation, though one at the level of cottage industry.
This was a capitalist innovation, though one at the level of cottage industry.
exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing
Soon even commercial hip-hop was drawing in electronic dance music, private musing, monomania, and gloom.
Soon even commercial hip-hop was drawing in electronic dance music, private musing, monomania, and gloom.
a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; an attribute belonging inseparably to every member of a species
Property is the proprium, a property that becomes like a characteristic; it starts as if it could belong to anyone, and comes to be what differentiates you.
Property is the proprium, a property that becomes like a characteristic; it starts as if it could belong to anyone, and comes to be what differentiates you.
a formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles
turned itself into a vehicle in primetime for Antiques Roadshow, a cavalcade of preserved garbage masquerading as history lessons
turned itself into a vehicle in primetime for Antiques Roadshow, a cavalcade of preserved garbage masquerading as history lessons
(German for worldview) a particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group
something like a characteristic attitude and weltanschauung
something like a characteristic attitude and weltanschauung