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...able to ask them about anything except current-events questions because "these women have been in a bubble for two weeks." I'm guessing those bubbles had been forming for much longer. I never imagined I could be so bored talking to attractive women whose only goal was to impress me. I was mildly impressed by the fact that Miss Vermont had written several books, including True Beauty: A Sunny Face Means a Happy Heart, Betsy the Cow Goes to the Vermont State Beauty Pageant and What's All the Noise About Boys? I also marveled at the ingenuity...
...able to ask them about anything except current-events questions because "these women have been in a bubble for two weeks." I'm guessing those bubbles had been forming for much longer. I never imagined I could be so bored talking to attractive women whose only goal was to impress me. I was mildly impressed by the fact that Miss Vermont had written several books, including True Beauty: A Sunny Face Means a Happy Heart, Betsy the Cow Goes to the Vermont State Beauty Pageant and What's All the Noise About Boys? I also marveled at the ingenuity...
...fresh riffs. Entirely instrumental, the songs start with simple melodies that slowly make their way to climaxes full of overlapping rhythms that alternate between funky and mechanical. The Chicago quartet makes sure that the beat holds sway over melodic noodling; it's the percussion and keyboard textures that impress. Standards presents a slightly more guitar-heavy version of the usual Tortoise weirdness. These tunes are nothing like those to be found in a standards fake book. Is there a Grammy for Best Misnomer...
Matthews isn't the sole important member of the Dave Matthews Band (DMB for short). There's Carter Beauford, 42, the steady, disciplined drummer. Says Matthews: "One thing that drives me is trying to impress him." And there's Leroi Moore, 39, the saxman. "Leroi," says Matthews, "can make me cry onstage with something he plays." There's also bassist Stefan Lessard, 26, the youngest member. "He's so inventive and melodic," says Matthews. And finally there's Boyd Tinsley, 36, the showboating, show-stopping violinist. If a gig's going slowly, says Matthews, "It's usually Boyd that wakes...
...gang dressed as Elvis impersonators robs a Las Vegas casino, then falls out. Kevin Costner is the dangerously deranged leader. Kurt Russell is the guy whose niceness develops under the impress of bloody, quick-cut, morally weightless mayhem. The movie means to be chic and hip, a compendium of all the latest visual mannerisms. Mostly it demonstrates how quickly they deteriorate into distancing cliches. Courteney Cox is good as a sexy, hard-pressed single mom, but she alone can't redeem the prevailing stupidity...