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...Changed my Plea to Guilty" is symptomatic of Morrissey's unsuccessful departure from his more rewarding roots. A Tori Amos wannabe crudely whales chord progressions in the background while Morrissey croons about "emotional air-raids" and the like. One can imagine Morrissey the ex-diva, a martini in his hand, reclining on the piano in a seedy bar, bemoaning his existence. Oh, Morrissey, you're brooding enough already--give us a beat to leave the ballads to the groomed women in the Top 40 who know what they are doing...
...just a slob." For six years, Bill Clinton's countrymen have thought that for all his messiness and melodrama, he was a basically good fellow, our Bubba, our flawed and favored good ole boy. But after this speech, with its sullen anger and trimming, a chord may have been broken, an estrangement begun. Something tells me "He's not a slob, he's a bad man" is on the way, which will be especially wounding for one who so needily gulps the people's approbation...
...defiance that, as with most of the characters, you don't know if you want to hate or love her. The chemistry between the sparring couple is superb, and perhaps the best in the entire play. The sight of Popo's adoring eyes as he strums the same guitar chord over and over, with Katherina trying to glare him down, is alone worth the price of admission...
...fans alike with its brash musicianship while roping in the critics despite the band's inescapable unoriginality. No matter how much Rancid sounded like the punks of old, though, the band undeniably impressed the masses with its raw street-rock energy and perspective. As Green Day resurrected the three-chord pop-punk love song and the Offspring was the frat-rock party essential, Rancid took '90s mainstream punk one step further with the group's grounded attitude and boundless fervor. The music, the ideology, the rise from destitute wanderer to successful, accessible rock star: Rancid embodied the same American dream...
Gupta termed the Scott Krueger tragedy as not only touching an emotional chord with most students, but also with Vest...