Weird
Related: bizarre - New Weird - uncanny - unusual - strange Something Weird Weird Tales (magazine)
Weird Tales (July 1936)
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Definition (adj.)
1. strange, unusual in a way that is not socially acceptable. 2. strange, in apparent violation of the laws of nature. (wikionary)Definition
Wyrd is a concept in ancient Anglo-saxon and Nordic cultures roughly corresponding to fate. It is cognate to Modern English weird. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyrd [Mar 2006]
Old Weird America
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Rare tracks from the heyday of the snake oil vendors. Weird folk and blackface balladry for Harry Smith Anthology addict.
Old Weird America was a term coined by music writer Greil Marcus. He used it to describe the often eerie country, blues and folk music featured on the Anthology of American Folk Music, and on Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes.
The term has been revived via the musical genre called New Weird America. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Weird_America [Mar 2006]
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