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Black & Blue does not break new musical ground for pop, and it doesn't break much new ground for Backstreet Boys either. From its debut with a self-titled album in 1997, Backstreet's music has always been a blend of cooing ballads designed for slow dancing at school proms, and springy anthems that bounce and tumble like beach balls on a hardwood floor. Black & Blue offers only a slight variation on that very successful approach: the beats aren't quite so rubbery and the melodies are a trifle more subtle than they've been on past Backstreet releases...
What saves Terry from being really harmful is his fundamental sweetness. You can count on him, after a fashion. He may invariably choose the messy route, but he's always aiming for the right, truthful place, and Ruffalo's performance is a wonderful blend of the winning and the exasperating. Linney matches him step for wrangling step as a woman too smart and too pretty for the trap she has chosen, someone who will, we guess, never escape her dutiful, churchgoing life--except for those moments when her inner wildness spills...
...Black & Blue" does not break new musical ground for pop, and it doesn't break much new ground for Backstreet Boys either. From its debut with a self-titled album in 1997, Backstreet's music has always been a blend of cooing ballads designed for slow dancing at school proms, and springy anthems that bounce and tumble like beach balls on a hardwood floor. "Black & Blue" offers only a slight variation on that very successful approach: the beats aren't quite so rubbery and the melodies are a trifle more subtle than they've been on past Backstreet releases...
...going to be at least as interesting as the food. That's why his creations are behind some of the most popular restaurants in the land. From the warm, masculine interior of Atlanta's Buckhead Diner to the twinkly, romantic curves of San Francisco's Jardiniere, Kuleto's masterly blend of stone, glass, tile and copper, often whimsical and always hand-crafted, has made him one of the most innovative--and imitated--restaurant designers around...
...exhibition is an interesting blend of various mediums and an intriguing juxtaposition of the loud images of hot rod art and the more subdued and serious pieces on car culture today. There aren't many questions raised, but, in the end, you get a balanced experience of the history of car art and the images and interpretations of cars in our society...