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  • As an out-of-tune instrument, we are unable to feel played by n|om, Holy Spirit, or wisdom.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • With a light, cheerful, out-of-tune Italian piano piece, the audience is quickly ushered through the dregs of mafia life, outside the suits and cigarettes, beyond the respect and elegance through a world that the characters unquestioningly traverse, their concern never rising above the breezy tone emanating throughout the montage.

    Top 10 Movie Montages » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • Well, Georgia, darlin´ the fact that you are not a member of the LCS Coffeeklatch demonstrates that you are still somehow alive despite the fact that you live in a community so poverty stricken and without merit that should you try to join the longest running polka dance on the planet you would need to buy a new out-of-tune accordion.

    The Lake Chapala Society 2009

  • Jimmy Iovine invited Berry Gordy out to hear the song, but if heard what I did, it was an out-of-tune snoozefest.

    American Idol Episode Recap: The Top 13 Perform 2011

  • Well, Georgia, darlin´ the fact that you are not a member of the LCS Coffeeklatch demonstrates that you are still somehow alive despite the fact that you live in a community so poverty stricken and without merit that should you try to join the longest running polka dance on the planet you would need to buy a new out-of-tune accordion.

    The Lake Chapala Society 2009

  • With "Strings of Life," the band replaces crystalline synthesizers with out-of-tune guitars.

    Album review: The Dirtbombs, "Party Store" Chris Richards 2011

  • They appeared on the stage, dressed in colorful hippy garb, hair growing out every hole in their flower child bodies, ready to take on the world with their out-of-tune guitars.

    The Worst Song Evar! marshallpayne1 2010

  • Well, Georgia, darlin´ the fact that you are not a member of the LCS Coffeeklatch demonstrates that you are still somehow alive despite the fact that you live in a community so poverty stricken and without merit that should you try to join the longest running polka dance on the planet you would need to buy a new out-of-tune accordion.

    The Lake Chapala Society 2009

  • Well, Georgia, darlin´ the fact that you are not a member of the LCS Coffeeklatch demonstrates that you are still somehow alive despite the fact that you live in a community so poverty stricken and without merit that should you try to join the longest running polka dance on the planet you would need to buy a new out-of-tune accordion.

    The Lake Chapala Society 2009

  • Well, Georgia, darlin´ the fact that you are not a member of the LCS Coffeeklatch demonstrates that you are still somehow alive despite the fact that you live in a community so poverty stricken and without merit that should you try to join the longest running polka dance on the planet you would need to buy a new out-of-tune accordion.

    The Lake Chapala Society 2009

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