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...Don’t demand too much of your audience. Thinking man’s movies—recall 1999??s Being John Malkovich and Three Kings—are great for college kids, but aren’t the way to go if you want to win an award. Sizing up the prospects of a number of Oscar hopefuls, The New York Times wrote Memento off in two words: “Too baffling.” For aside from the “aww” noises from the girls...
...less suited for live performance and, without irritatingly gimmicky treatment, others may stick too close to the studio originals to be worth a live revisitation. So, even for nu-soul prodigy Jill Scott, a live album such as Experience: Jill Scott 826+ is an ambitious follow-up to 1999??s acclaimed Who Is Jill Scott? This is particularly true as Experience relegates all the new studio material to the “+” disc, a trick usually reserved for substandard B-side material needed to beef up an ailing compilation...
...voluntary compliance are failing. Though smaller departments are generally thought to provide better advising than their larger, more impersonal counterparts, this year’s survey showed that the quality of advising is not simply a function of size. The four large departments which received high marks in 1999??literature, history and literature, chemistry and environmental science and public policy—were also the four large departments showing the greatest improvements. Departments like government and economics, which have historically struggled in this area, showed few signs of progress. In fact, as its advising scores fell, the government...
...stark contrast with her previous work, Britney has none of Spears’ trademark overpoweringly catchy tunes. For all her critical failure, at least songs like 1999??s “Sometimes” and 2000’s “Lucky” possessed melodies liable to stick in one’s head for days. Instead, Britney is one long stretch of discouraging filler songs virtually devoid of melody. Where a workable melody does exist, as in “That’s Where You Take Me,” her producers smother...
With the release of Rooty, their long-awaited follow-up to 1999??s instant-classic debut Remedy, Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton have firmly planted themselves in the realm of contemporary pop music. And with good reason—within the context of house music’s stomping four-on-the-floor beat, the Jaxx add an array of unexpected elements. Contributing to the mix are destabilizing rhythms gleaned from the likes of Timbaland, catchy melodic hooks and actual song structures, as well as a punk-like immediacy achieved with their startlingly original usage of noisy, densely...