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...staying above the flat-line / I’m ahead of the curve / take a piece of the sunshine with me on an all-night drive to another world” and the poignantly direct opening line: “Another perfect day / They keep piling up / I got happiness that I can’t maintain / so beginner’s luck.”The most successful contributor of the three vocalists, however, is unquestionably M. Ward. “The Sandman, the Brakeman and Me” is the best track on the album and serves...
...past, the ballads were let down by overbearing, even clumsy lyrics; now, the lyrics are simpler but also more poignant. “Oh, I’m a lucky man / To count on both hands / The ones I love / Some folks just have one / Yeah, others they got none,” Vedder sings on “Just Breathe.” The song has none of the wordplay or metaphor that filled earlier Pearl Jam love songs. But the wistful melody and the subtlest vocal performance of Vedder’s career turn the innocuous lyrics into...
...Commie Dearest.” However, the two consider all elements of the script together. “I’ve talked to Alex more than I’ve talked to some of my close genetic family members,” Amram says. “We got it last year, and we get it this year. We both really care a lot about what happens, and we haven’t had our big falling out yet. It’s going to happen circa 2024.”“We’re going...
Police amassed in increasing numbers the closer the march got to the convention center's western end, on 10th Street downtown. It never got closer than 32nd Street, at the end of the march's first hour. In total, police reported 19 arrests in seven different locations; 42 more were arrested at a gathering later Thursday evening. More actions by the Resistance Project, which spearheaded the march, were advertised for Friday. The organizers declared a victory - if only because they kept watchful residents and television captive for hours...
...Snowe tried to tackle the problem during her stint as chairwoman of the Senate's Small Business Committee, but she got nowhere. "We had a debate for a week on the floor back in 2006 for small-business health-insurance legislation," she says. "We never could reach a consensus and move beyond the barriers that had developed on both sides of the political aisle." Snowe now says that effort was a "formative event" in her approach to health-care policy - which no doubt explains why Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus made sure that what she wanted back then has been...