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...superb, 60s-influenced pop-rock album--and doesn't pretend to be more. There is no overarching theme in the often dark lyrics that songwriter Paul Hixon Pittman says he "usually think[s] about a year later," long after he's written them. Pittman's favorite song on the disc, 5/4, was named after its time signature since the band couldn't come up with another name for it. Even "Young and Sexy"--a tag the band has kept since 1998, through various line-up changes--has little significance. "We were just trying to come up with a band name...
...unloved hatchback it replaces. Indeed, everything about the new Si appears more aggressive, from the wider body stance to the lower suspension, angular headlights and larger exhaust. Honda didn't skimp on the performance technology either, including a limited-slip differential, double-wishbone rear suspension, front and rear disc brakes and electronic brake distribution?all standard equipment. Reviewers for Edmunds.com clocked 0-60 MPH in 7.2 seconds, quite respectable for a car with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine...
...DISC WARS...
...fell from the Empire State Building, flying monkeys attacked Dorothy Gale and her friends in Oz. (Need more animals? The Cowardly Lion. And Toto too.) The film, which flopped in its original release but went on to entertain families happily ever after, looks Technicolor terrific on this three-disc set, which includes five promo documentaries, 10 period portraits of the stars and a rare audio clip of Judy Garland sobbing her way through a reprise of Over the Rainbow--a surprise minute or so of heartrending musical melodrama...
...Damn straight. The makers of this boxed set exercise no restraint, but they do include some fascinating stuff. Skip the well-worn hits, and go right to the song sketches to hear how Charles felt his way toward redefining American pop music. And if you somehow make it to disc eight, the reward is a recording of the legendary moment when record executive Ahmet Ertegun sang a bizarre-- but not at all bad-- version of What'd I Say to convince Charles of the song's potential...