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...lyrics. The first track, entitled “The Wrong Idea,” sets the tone for most of the album: vocals and lyrics that sound sampled from a Nineties boy-band and symphonic violins that should theoretically maximize the heart-throb factor but instead merely annoy. Sample lyric: “I’m 19 and I’ve kissed two girls, that’s all / You’re 16 and you’re one, is that against the law? I never thought it would come to this, my reputation will be missed...
...Boston anthem, the Red Sox have picked a winner in this year’s “Tessie.” It was chosen as a battle cry in 1903 by The Royal Rooters, a group of fans from South Boston who sang the Broadway tune to annoy the opposition, and it worked. This year, “Tessie” has been recorded by the Irish punk-rock band, The Dropkick Murphys—and you can’t get much tougher or more Boston than that. To top it off, Johnny Damon, Bronson Arroyo and Lenny...
...editorial on Sept. 13 (“An Assault on Democracy,”) laments the Assault Weapons Ban’s expiration as though the law actually had practical effects other than to annoy gun owners. However, Senate Majority Leader Tom Delay, R.-Texas was right to deride the ban as a meaningless “feel-good piece of legislation” whic bans some guns while keeping other, equally lethal guns legal and restricts freedom without promoting safety...
...chosen anymore. In the closest game in Ken's run, Ken barely edges Bob and Judy, a middle-aged couple from Milwaukee, Wis., who perform strongly in such categories as Bob and Judy's Children, Bob and Judy's Finances, The Little Things Bob and/or Judy Do That Really Annoy Bob and/or Judy, and Who Are These People in the Pictures in Bob and Judy's Photo Albums? Ken still wins. Ratings slide...
...very good time to be doing it right now, at graduations," Nader ventured, "and sporting events and churches." Someone else proposed canvassing obvious lefty hangouts like vegan restaurants and bookstore cafes. The volunteers briefly debated waylaying people on bike paths, and then decided doing so would probably annoy them. But Nader's Virginia campaign coordinator, Jim Polk, knew where to find a mother lode of registered voters willing to put their names on a Nader petition. "Truck pulls," Polk said, patting his well-traveled clipboard as he suggested a quintessential red-state event. "People think they're doing George Bush...