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...acts like N.W.A. and Pavement into one induction ceremony. There really isn't one definition of what makes a song or band "rock" anymore. There is just music we like, songs that make us feel good. Those first few bars of "Jailhouse Rock" - those three slow ba-dum, ba-dums, followed by some of the best sing-shouting ever recorded - make that track one of the best songs I've ever heard. Every time it plays, I stop whatever I'm doing and listen...
...from every nerve, and she shows a gift for tart comedy here too. To get her job done, Jackie needs to be part nurturer, part con artist, part stand-up comic. "What do you call a nurse with a bad back?" she asks in a voice-over. "Unemployed! Ba-dum...
...gameplay is a fond throwback to Super Mario and his 16-bit adventures; Obama collects American flag lapel pins while fending off lipstick-wearing pigs, lobbyists and out-of-control racks of Sarah Palin's wardrobe (knocking one over is worth 150,000 points. Ba-dum), all the while maintaining his trademark grin and superhuman cool. Watch out for that bridge to nowhere, though - and those piles of burning books at the Wasilla library...
...flung operation can be messy. On a recent morning in midtown Kansas City, Obama's local headquarters was bustling. A team of about 15 staffers, paid and volunteer, hunched over laptops and cradled cell phones in a bare space provisioned with bags of Lays potato chips and Dum Dums. A pair of disposable chopsticks and a Chinese takeout container peeked from a trashcan, testament to someone's late night. A steady stream of supporters trooped through the door, eager for yard signs...
...definitely worthy of its extended length. A large majority of these songs are extremely enjoyable, so it’s hard to imagine this outing as an EP, which would have meant cutting tracks like “Indivisble” and its infectious “dum-dum” chorus or the ironically joyous “La Fin Du Monde.” In a genre where critics rarely believe that more is better, the Dirtbombs have produced a remarkable achievement. —Reviewer Jeff W. Feldman can be reached at jfeldman@fas.harvard.edu...