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...idea how much it would change my life. I just knew I liked it - a lot. The first song was just perfect - " Blitzkrieg Bop" - opening with what became one of the patented Ramones chants: "Hey ho, let's go!" over a fast tom-tom pattern. Suddenly the guitar and bass came in, and the effect was like a plane taking off; you felt driven back into your seat. It was the heavy unison riffs we loved so much on Led Zeppelin records, but without the silly Tolkeinesque or savagely misogynistic lyrical maunderings on top. And it was much faster than...
...PIRG disagree. After conducting their own mercury tests, they have expanded the FDA list to include tuna, sea bass, Gulf Coast oysters, marlin, halibut, pike, walleye, white (Pacific) croaker and largemouth bass. According to a joint report from the groups, "The odds are greater than one in 1,000 that consumption of a single meal of these fish will expose the fetus to a potentially hazardous amount" of mercury. The report goes on to list "safe" fish, including farm-raised trout, farm-raised catfish, shrimp, fish sticks, summer flounder, wild Pacific salmon, croaker, mid-Atlantic blue crab and haddock...
Revelling is orange CD, and contains son that are edgy and upbeat. DiFranco and company begin with “Ain’t that the way,” a jazz-funk missive in which the bass and trumpet dominate. The style is reminiscent of smoky jazz clubs, which feature a hodgepodge of instruments competing for solos, but melding together in a logical fashion...
Still slightly confused by the first track, the listener encounters “O.K.,” a song that again incorporates the bass and the drums, which will have you swaying in your seat. The low, rhythmic sounds are relieved by the lyrics and an electric guitar that spits out an daring, catchy melody...
Roach’s deliberate mixture of media and art forms is closely mirrored by the multicultural nature of the drum set. As Roach explains, the cymbals are from the Middle East, Africa and Native America provide the side drums, and the snare and bass drums are shared by various world musics. All this diversity leads Roach to reject limiting labels. He believes “Jazz” is one such label...