- The
spleen (from Anglo-Norman espleen, ult. from
Ancient Gr**** σπλήν, splḗn) is an
organ found in
almost all vertebrates.
Similar in
structure to a large...
-
stealing the
whole **** show.
Every sneer,
every eye-roll,
every flourish of
splenetic exasperation is a joy to behold.
Whether he's
cancelling Christmas or...
- I am to give a talk in his name doesn't
leave him
spitting spiritedly splenetic spoonerisms in
comedy heaven. The Washington, D.C.
political comedy group...
- In 2003, the
Independent critic Andy Gill
wrote that "those jarring,
splenetic razor-slashes of
distorted guitar ... kick the song up
several gears,...
-
Metal Machine Music (pre- or post-Suicide opus?),
Captain Beefheart, the
splenetic Dada
master who
blended rock and jazz, the
nasty Garage scene's golden...
-
inferior rank,
totally unconnected with politics. The
occasion on
which that
splenetic, but at the same time,
complimentary observation was made was that of...
-
Marco Rossi of
Record Collector said that "1971's
Galactic Zoo
Dossier is
splenetic and
heroically unravelled acid-rock,
which occasionally snaps into focus...
- content,
Hastings suggests, gave the
public a
fixed image of Waugh: "stout,
splenetic, red-faced and reactionary, a
figure from
burlesque complete with cigar...
- funk-rock and
grinding heavy metal with
suitably doom-mongering
lyrics and
splenetic vocals". In 2019,
Pitchfork placed the
album at No. 9 on
their "33 Best...
- (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1903). This
pamphlet is a
collection of (
splenetic)
letters in
which Sprengel defends his
priority in the use of
picric acid...
