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...pose, and “Twins” doesn’t aspire to the club. On the best songs—which is to say, all but one or two on this consistently great album—those nods to the ’80s brilliantly showcase Barnes?? superlative songwriting. The lighter-than-air loops and disco-ball riffs seem a natural extension of Barnes?? always-circular tendencies as a hooksmith. Strands of melody that might have spiraled aimlessly in 1999 are effortlessly pulled into place...
Last spring’s “Satanic Panic in the Attic” won superb reviews from many who had once ignored Barnes?? work, mostly by hinting at new directions less directly beholden to Dad’s record collection. Initial reports suggesting that “Twins” would chuck the dusty influences out the window altogether in favor of funky synths and danceable rhythms were promising—but they also raised disquieting visions of an aging Elephant jumping on a new, shakier backward-looking bandwagon...
...Linda Barnes?? newest novel, Deep Pockets, Carlyle investigates the blackmail of a Harvard Medical School professor, Wilson Chaney. After prying into the suicide of an undergraduate with whom he has an affair, Chaney is mysteriously blackmailed and threatened. Private eye Carlyle untangles the web between Chaney and his colleagues, his wife and the undergraduate’s ex-con ex-boyfriend. The book deals with lies and intrigue; lo and behold, the path to truth is fraught with hidden danger. Ultimately, Carlyle digs too deep and ends up in a fix herself...
...Both Barnes?? father and his uncle were presidents of The Crimson, but he said that he saw no reason to compete with them while at Harvard, and devoted his time to playing in the band instead...
...Barnes?? Harvard education prepared him well for doing that homework, he said, because board members have to read around 15 books in two months...