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...friendly recollections, but if anything, George, Being George is a bit too harsh. It may be true that he had a serious drinking problem in his declining years and was a rather horrible person to be married to, but those themes send the book out on a minor chord, particularly as friends recall Plimpton's lingering regret that he never took a proper crack at the great American novel. The rest of George, Being George proves he created something just as valuable: a great American character...
...particular is tense to the point where it is almost unbearable to watch—and therefore all the more impossible to ignore. In a time where the public is not at its coziest with bureaucracy, Christine’s story and the ramifications of her actions strike a chord. Eastwood is clearly a master storyteller, but “Changeling” does not have the same quality that some of his darker films, like “Mystic River,” can boast. In spite of all this, “Changeling,” unlike Eastwood?...
...lyrically, carrying an acoustic-y vibe throughout despite some funky experimentation in the rhythm section and a foray into reggae (the album’s first single, “Make You Crazy”). When the lyrics are plodding and over-deliberate, a surprise guitar lick or nice chord progression on the piano keeps things from getting too dull. The sound is thoroughly Californian, and lo and behold, Dennen hails from Oakdale, Calif. To his credit, he has done extensive work with The Mosaic Project, a San Francisco-based non-profit that educates children on diversity. He even made...
...bass lines—jump around far too much to be enjoyable.Much of the rest of the album is similarly caught up in a campy disco-funk mess, but there are some standouts. “Touched Something’s Hollow,” while dangerously close to chord-for-chord replication of “Imagine” (and the intro to “Don’t Look Back in Anger”), is a short but satisfying piano-driven break from the mayhem, and transitions nicely into the horn-dominated “An Eluardian...
...insiders disagree. Carleton College's Schier says Minnesota "is actually a quirky populist state. It gave 24% of its vote during the 1992 presidential election to Ross Perot." Ventura's fiscal conservatism--no tax increases, the return of all future state budget surpluses to taxpayers--struck a responsive chord. So did his moderate-to-libertarian views on keeping government from meddling unduly in private lives...