Word: aestheticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"I don't see how anybody would prefer atypewriter," Kemple says. "[But] it is that sortof aesthetic experience. There's something verynostalgic about it."
Proclaiming this new sonic intensity, the Cardigans opened with a searing interpretation of their new song "Paralyzed." Like debris from the factory of the next millennium, the song burst with a rumbling electronic landscape and apocalyptic guitar chords. Other songs, like the guitar-driven "Erase/Rewind" and the ethereal "Higher," were...
The regrettably brief concert ended with an encore cover of Ozzy Osbourne's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" replete with wailing guitars and a three minute code of distorted power chords. The fans seemed dazed, but not unimpressed. Even those who came for the kitsch stayed for the clamor. This wasn't...
Beyond this high-grade sitcom, one of the appealing possibilities of The Alarmist is the voyeurism offered by the "door-to-door salesman" frame. Sadly, the possibility of venturing into the mansions of West Los Angeles and meeting the natives remains largely unexploited. While Tommy does go door-to-door...
In general, The Alarmist suffers from a kind of multiple personality disorder. Lines like "stop or I'll shoot" and "I love her and you took her away" alternate with weirdly sophisticated monologues on security and trust. The plot aims to depict paranoid modernity but misses, venturing off into the...