There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England... Everybody was in a skiffle group... All you needed was an acoustic Guitar, a washboard with thimbles for percussion, and a tea-chest- you know, the ones they used to ship tea from India- and you just put a broom handle on it and a bit of string, and you had a bass... you only needed two chords Jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing. And I think that's basically where i've always been at. I'm just a skiffler, you know. Now I do posh skiffle,that's all it is.
Quotes about craze (15 Quotes)
The home improvement craze has led to homeowners having more tools and garden gadgets. It helps to control the clutter if you have a place for all of these tools.
Fueled by a poker craze, the growth of broadband, and television coverage, online gambling is quickly moving to the mainstream.
While it's important to look for foods made without trans fat, that's certainly not the only value to pay attention to. Americans have a tendency to overreact over the latest buzz term in the nutrition world. The low-fat craze of the '70s and '80s is the classic example that threw America off balance.
The lists of projected bestsellers we received from the retailers clearly cited that the scooter craze was not just a summer fad. Aside from scooters, there really doesn't appear to be any other dominating property or category this year. Compared to last year, there is a relatively wide range of items that are among the most sought-after products, from electronic dogs to finger bikes, from sports-related video games to Harry Potter.
It's going to go on at least another three years, maybe another five, before it levels off. It's not like the hula hoop craze. You put poker tables in, then you take them out and put slot machines in if the fad disappears.
I love to play Texas hold 'em. I've found it's such a craze across the nation that I thought it would be a great way to raise money for our nonprofit organizations.
One of the other things I like about the April program is it gives me a chance to talk some to the audience. In researching this, I found some interesting connections between these pieces. During the time ragtime was popular, it was a world-wide craze. Brahms wrote some, and so did Stravinsky. In fact, the last thing Stravinsky wrote before 'A Soldier's Tale' was a ragtime piece, and that helps explain the quirky style of that piece.
Right now, the state of architecture we have is a kind of digital craze, where it's all about what you can do with the computer and generate these outrageous and complex and evocative forms, which are almost impossible to construct. She's really interested in bridging the gap between high and low culture.
I think the whole T-shirt craze is a way of communicating in our society that no one ever expected. These T-shirts turn people into statements - be it a product, lifestyle, or celebrity.
The fashion-wise woman doesn't run herself frantic trying to keep up with the latest rage, fad or craze.
It's kind of frustrating when ... the door is slammed in your face. I'm hoping somebody rises to the occasion, because it's the next big craze in fishing in the United States.
I don't expect that we're going to become the biggest craze. If it happened, I'd be really shocked. I think people will dig it, but there will be a sea of people who just don't get it.
There's a whole generation out there that can't get into the casinos, the college kids, that are waiting in the wings. It's going to go on at least another three years, maybe another five, before it levels off. It's not like the hula hoop craze.
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.