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Anderson's sing-song vocals surprisingly not only fit in which the exotic settings of the sings, but are also integral to the album, especially the slow moody songs like "League of Amour", "Gravity's Angel", and "Blue Lagoon." As usual, Anderson has her eccentric, funny phrasing. But much more importantly she fuses normal speech and her sexytiful singing voice together. As a result, many of the songs become ritualized, electronic storytelling, as if the world of "big science" and an African tribal society have collided. In "Langued' Amour." Anderson (using both her normal voice and vocoder) retells the Adam...

Author: By Marek D. Waldorf, | Title: Hitting A New Note | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...slippery deck, shovels snow from the manhole covers that conceal the eleven-foot-deep buoyancy compartments, and peers inside with his flashlight for telltale ice or water. He passes the rest of the day reading dog-eared copies of Playboy, Popular Mechanics and western novels by Louis L'Amour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going with the Floe | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

Alfonsin considers himself a frustrated writer and enjoys movies. (His favorite: Hiroshima Man Amour, a 1959 antiwar film by French Director Alain Resnais.) Asked once to elaborate on qualities necessary for leadership, he listed "honesty, courage to confront situations ... not to be ambiguous." He added, "Politics does not give satisfactions except for the sensation of duty accomplished. It is an unhealthy trade. But I believe it is what I should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raul Alfonsin: Lawyer from Chascomus | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

Pour l'amour de Dieu, pas de pagaille...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs 1947: Plan to Aid Europe Outlined by Sec. of State George Marshall | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...incident that vividly illustrated the divisions within the party came as more than 100,000 people gathered around a rain-slicked outdoor stage to hear Singer Robert Charlebois. Halfway through a chorus of Je veux de l'amour (I want love), he suddenly stopped and told the crowd, "This song has one minute to go, but I won't sing it. I will dedicate it to those 269 souls who are absent today." His words drew loud cheers, along with a smattering of catcalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Communist Shrinking Pains | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

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