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Two especially choice quotes from the new (August) issue of Uncut: “‘Laika,’ with Pixies-ish call and response, has Tom Verlaine guitar harmonics over ? & the Mysterians staccato rhythms.” “…‘Chelsea Burns’ is a frazzled, Mazzy Cohen hymn to beautiful losers.” Wonder if even Leonard Cohen gets the “Mazzy” part. July 15, 2005 More Rock Snobbery »
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Attack. Martial term deployed by machismo-minded Snobs to describe the first impression a wine makes as it storms the sensory beach that is one’s palate. Used especially in reference to the sweetness that is naturally picked up by receptors on the tip of the tongue. The attack on the ’99 Chambolle was an intense blast of ripe, round, red fruit, followed by a generously proportioned mid-palate and a long, lingering finish of East Asian spices and beechwood smoke. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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