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...most recognizable name in the bunch is Spike Jonze, primarily due to his award-winning direction of the films Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. His videos echo the anomalous juxtapositions often found in his films; in Daft Punk’s “Da Funk” he guides a six-foot speech-endowed dog through New York City, then orchestrates a meticulously choreographed aerial waltz with Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice.” Though Jonze’s collection is the most satisfying for its breadth of styles...
Every Monday while I wait for the I-AA College Football Top 25 polls to be released by ESPN and The Sports Network, the words of ESPN.com’s Joe Lunardi echo through my head...
...friends," he says. A year later, he got back to writing, but vows, "I am not doing that again." Bedingfield isn't shy about the Christian faith that grounds him. He sings of lifelong love, not lustful flings. And his favorite song on the album is Honest Questions, an echo of the Bible's psalms. ("And streams will flow from the dust of/ Your bruised and broken soul.") "I'm in the tradition of the bards," he says. "The idea is to make music that satisfies your soul in the writing, and in the singing elevates others' souls...
...album’s immediate highlight and cheapest thrill is the lead single, the throbbing “Still In Love Song,” where distorted vocals (strongly reminiscent of The Stills’ current tour partners, Echo and the Bunnymen) drone over a jaunty bass line. At their worst, as on the nearly self-parodying “Animals & Insects,” the band suffer from monotony—without memorable hooks, the songs are unspectacular, and the throbbing, annoyingly persistent bass longs for a change of pace. As another entry in a growing aesthetic of modern...
...Students echo similar sentiments about the film’s financial prospects...