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  • From there, the set was exemplary postmodern mischief and mayhem; like the best of Ornette Coleman , Ms. Scheinman starts with simple tunes and elaborates with improvisations that are translucently direct and easy to follow—a Bill Frisell-inspired sonic mold of bordertown folk-jazz.

    Making Musical Mischief Will Friedwald 2011

  • I as a Canadian was disgusted with the way she was treated and living in a bordertown I hear from quite a few Americans living in Michigan how they feel about what the party did with the votes in Michigan.

    Primaries over, Democrats promote unity 2008

  • DeMille punches it over with absolute conviction, vividly re-creates the visceral hurly-burly of a bordertown, and draws engaged, committed performances from the cast.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • Curiously - and I'm sure the farthest thing from Tarantino's mind - the movie that this shot reminds me of is Orson Welles' Touch of Evil with its US/Mexico bordertown and bubbling violence.

    Black & White Friday: GrindHouse Glenn Dunks 2010

  • That kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect.

    Keanu Reeves Eager To Do ‘Something Good’ With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Movie » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • There is an edgy tension you get where different cultures mix in a bordertown atmosphere.

    What's good in Miami? Ann Althouse 2009

  • Q: Your next project sounds like a big departure from your previous work – on your website you refer to it as ‘a post-punk desert bordertown fable, with boxing and cute girls in love.’

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Jacqueline Carey, Part 3 2007

  • THE LAST STAND by Andrew Knauer – Now this sounds kind of interesting, a drug cartel king escapes his trial in a 200mph Gumpert Apollo, and the only thing in between him and Mexican freedom is a small town cop in a bordertown.

    Filmstalker: The Black List 2009 2009

  • The next morning, the 3 of us head to a bordertown, Maliville, and precede to HIKE to Senegal!

    In the direction of my daydreams 2008

  • Therefore, Mexican oil was shipped by tanker to the bordertown of Brownsville, Texas, put into trucks, driven across the bridge into Mexico, around a traffic circle, and then back across the bridge into Brownsville, where it was reloaded into tankers for shipment to the northeast.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

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