First recorded in 1970–75
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Kiss All The Time... was promoted as a dance record, inspired by Berlin's club scene and transcendental moments watching bands like LCD Soundsystem.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Across the album, she references everyone from LCD Soundsystem and Burial to Jamie xx and Goldie - and yet, there's a connection to her earlier work.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
In “Are You Listening Yet?” he advises us, no matter what, to never stray too far away from the joy-inducing possibilities of music — whether it be LCD Soundsystem or, say, Harry Styles.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
The next generation CX-5 has a conspicuously large LCD touch screen amidships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
There wasn’t even a message scrolling across the LCD sign behind the counter to indicate that the plane had arrived or where it’d come from.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Right now, L.C.D. lighting is the cheapest and most efficient way of replacing the sun, but it’s still a major expense for vertical farms that old-fashioned greenhouses don’t have.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
The system featured an L.C.D. screen, which was linked by radio to a GoPro mounted on the Hasselblad’s viewfinder, and controllers to aim the camera.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2016
The machines fire electromagnetic signals deep into the ground, and an L.C.D. screen shows the patterns of the waves as they ricochet back to the surface.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015
That is, Ive’s contribution was to combine, as elegantly as possible, elements decided largely by engineers and others: a battery, a disk drive, an L.C.D. screen, a track wheel.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
The L.C.D. provides a continuous display, but to be seen clearly it must be angled according to the available light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes fascinating as it is the dilemma that all those who work with color face now - backlit colors of monitors and lcd screen versus colors as they exist in the world.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2018
Price:$180More info: The Flip Mino Mitsubishi LaserVue TV You say you have a sweet plasma or lcd TV?
From Time Magazine Archive
The powerful zoom lens pops off on a short tether and then displays images on a 1.8-in. lcd color screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Put the LaserVue alongside Dorfman's lcd, and his reds would look orange.
From Time Magazine Archive
You also get to be green when you watch this 65-incher: it draws two-thirds less power than a same-size lcd or plasma.
From Time Magazine Archive
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