Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...corporate lawyer from Silicon Valley, former head of international litigation at Apple Computer; she has run H.R.C. like a software start-up--new image, new logo, fast growth. After she came to H.R.C. in 1995, she quickly changed its symbol to a yellow equal sign on a blue background. Cool as a computer-keyboard button, it has no visible connection to the pink triangle or rainbow flag, two more freighted symbols of the ragged glories of gay history...
...next track, "Fine and Good" opens with an acoustic intro with a spacey background, setting the scene for the eventual rocking climax. "Lead Pipe Cinch" eerily resembles a Soul Asylum acoustic number, but this aura is broken by "Cool Magnet," a pulsating anthem that could become the album's dark horse hit. Though not yet receiving radio airplay, it conveys the raw, hardcore emotion that is great for blasting out the car window while cruising down the highway at 80 miles per hour...
...heartwarming to hear a voice that is hardly ever represented," said Minha K. Sheikh, an audience member who attended because of her Kashmiri background...
...back of the bill has a completely white background, eerily reminiscent of Monopoly money. Perhaps the U.S. Mint could have saved on its printing budget by commissioning. I realize that the twenty is not the first bill to be redesigned in recent years. The $50- and $100-bills have already had major facelifts. The difference between those two and the $20-bill, however, is that the latter is used much more frequently. You only get 50s and 100s from your aunt on your birthday. Once you get one, you either hold onto it or you deposit...
...Favorite Mistake" starts the album in classic Crow style. Sounding a little tipsy but always determined, Crow laments a bad relationship against the background of a catchy bass line that she plays herself. Things turn hyper with "There Goes the Neighborhood" (first line: "Let's party, let's get down"), but slow down with the gently acoustical "Riverwide", two examples of the wide rhythm and tempo variations that Crow infuses into the album. Crow's idol, Bob Dylan, originally recorded "Mississippi" but was displeased with the result. He gave the song to Crow to record...