Word: badness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...program for a New Year's Eve ball, incorporating Latin jazz standards such as "Mas Que Nada" and two or three pop favorites ("Beat It" and "Only You") into a group of songs for dancing close and reminiscing. Unfortunately, Nascimento often sounds like a wedding singer gone bad, and it's hard to sit through his version of "Beat It" with a straight face. The romance of the Spanish lyrics might hold your interest through the first song or two, but then the '80s elevator-music feel begins to shine through. In "Mas Que Nada," his voice is never powerful...
...song in itself emanates hilarity, but is an odd addition to a collection of teen rock. The album concludes with a performance of "I'll Be There for You" by rapper thor-el, by far the most out-of-place track on the album. All in all, a bad combination--songs that mostly sound alike and a few oddballs that stick out like a pair of sore thumbs...
...Neil Jordan is not a consistent director, but good or bad, his work is never ordinary. Though his last film, the turgid and painfully overwrought In Dreams, was a disaster, there have always been elements of greatness embedded in his work, and The End of the Affair is no exception. It's unfortunate that the film, like many others in the Jordan oeuvre, adds up to less than the sum of its parts...
...speak, of their country. I've smoked one and am saving the other, but I don't know for how long." He shook his head, looked at the cigar closely as if it were something to reckon with, and exclaims, "Whooo." The difference between a good cigar and a bad cigar is spitting, Billy explains. "Bad cigars taste very bad. With a bad cigar, you're always lighting it, fighting the canoe. You like to have a cigar that burns evenly. I smoke only one a day, maybe two," he says. "And if I have a cold...
...grind worth the money? All the analysts say their jobs are exciting and worthwhile, though "exciting" might be a stretch. The grueling hours and often repetitive work would discourage all but the most enthusiastic economics concentrator, although for $150,000, a two-year commitment might not be so bad...