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The nerd-rock chameleon who made losing cool before it was a brand.
means A small stream, or (as in 'at someone's beck and call') a silent beckoning gesture of command.
from Two different words wearing one coat. The stream sense comes from Old Norse 'bekkr,' brought over by Viking settlers and still common in northern English place-names. The 'beck and call' sense comes from Old English 'beacnian,' to signal or beckon — the same root that gives us 'beacon.' One beck trickles, the other summons; English just happened to spell them the same.
- real name
- Bek David Campbell, born into art royalty
- breakout hit
- Loser was recorded almost by accident
- genre loyalty
- none, he treats genres like costumes
- scientology ties
- raised partly in the Church, rarely discusses it