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...complexity of the situation, the events that take place within The Well are surprisingly banal. With writer's block, infidelity, regret, self-discovery, even a little touch of Dr. Freud, the text fails to offer any insight into our collective behavior, instead settling into the track established by the semi-omniscient narrator/bartender. This approach creates an atmosphere that makes IBOC seem like a lost episode of The Twilight Zone...
...shameless mockery of the music world? As long as the drugs hold out, it seems. And judging from White Pepper, the drugs are plentiful. The band claims that for the new album they replaced their usual daily regimen of mushrooms and LSD with "alcohol and pharmaceuticals, giving them new insight into the psyche of working class America...
Whether or not a band originally formed by two gas-huffing eighth graders in suburban Pennsylvania needs greater insight into working class America is debatable, but the band certainly has some new insights into what makes humorous music. Gone is the penis humor and the sludge-rock sound of tracks like "Poopship Destroyer" and "She Fucks Me." Aside from the loungy swing of "Pandy Fackler" and the oddball Jimmy Buffett-meets-"Hotel California" sound of "Bananas and Blow," White Pepper's tracks either subtly ape the Beatles or not-so-subtly ape the alternaballad crowd that wishes they weren...
...might be impossible to dissociate political motives from this issue, but if any party is to remain true to the best interests of the boy it should be the Cuban-American community. The particular experiences of Cuban-American exiles afford them a special insight into the matter. Yes, the exiles resent Fidel Castro, but they are not blinded by their hatred. Instead, they are keenly aware of what awaits Elian in Cuba. The passions that have been stirred in Miami are rooted in the exiles' conviction that the boy should not endure the sufferings from which they have fled. Thousands...
...other night, when I phoned her. But considering the circumstances in my household--I overheard my husband telling Clementine that "words are like colors and swear words are fluorescent, so save them for when you want to make a big impression"--I cling to another bit of insight from Segal: "By the time children are six, they know what a curse means. She will be able to curb herself." In the meantime, I just may change supermarkets...