Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact that a bunch of prudish housewives got all bent out of shape about the alleged content of rock lyrics, and consequently, the fact that a W.A.S.P. album got more attention and airplay than it otherwise would have...
...comparison, the over-the-counter stimulant No-Doz lists its caffeine content as 100 mg per pill...
...content to rely solely on eyewitness accounts, droves of journalists have gone through the Khyber Pass to report on the conflict. "There is no shortage of Western journalists working in Afghanistan," says Karen McKay, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for a Free Afghanistan. "The problem is that Afghanistan just doesn't have a high editorial priority in our news media...
...Reader he wanted to make a "popcorn" movie after the commercial failure of his Four Friends, but what's emerged was an unhappy hybrid of character and action. At unexpected moments, in well-observed snatches of behavior and individual shots, just enough character is conveyed and just enough emotional content to keep the audience aware of something more than the standard cloak-and-dagger thriller. And the plot does have a few well-chosen twists before it goes on cruise control and coasts to an unsatisfying climax--an extended last shot misfires badly as the reunited family is upstaged...
JUDGING FROM THE CONTENT of this record, it may be time that Strummer and the boys follow they own advice. "The only band that matters" has managed to become almost totally irrelevant. The boys have completely ceased to do what they once did so well, possible because of Mick Jones's absence, and possibly because of Joe Strummer's stepped-up presence. With this record, the band has sunk even deeper into the muck out of which Combat Rock crawled--and The Clash will be inextricably stuck in the muck unless they manage to cut the crap...