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...WOODY ALLEN problem: he wants to branch out from comedy but the public won't let him. Then again, there are worse Woody Allen problems he could have. Murphy's new R.-and-B. album, LOVE'S ALRIGHT (Motown), was obviously a huge effort, a labor of love, jam-packed with more guest stars than The Player and the Home Shopping Network combined. On the best track, Yeah, there are performance cameos by Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and others. Unfortunately, this hammers home the point that Murphy the musical artist is no Jackson, McCartney or Wonder. With this...
...missed Clinton's jam session on Arsenio. Never saw Perot take calls on CNN. Wrote a column about the debates without seeing them. (In my defense, I offer the classic academic's line--I read the reviews.) Heard about Stockdale's virtuoso performance two days later. Didn't see Bush get defensive on network news. Missed Buchanan's tirade at the Republican Convention. I wonder if my grandchildren will believe me when I explain that it was hard to participate in history without cable...
...begins in a place we've all been -- a hopeless traffic jam -- and it proposes a solution most of us have entertained: dump the damn car and proceed on foot. Of course, most people think twice. But the figure played by Michael Douglas, and identified (from his customized license plate) only as D-FENS, is not at the moment into mature reflection. Recently separated from his job and his wife, he's a bundle of hot-wired nerves. And today is his young daughter's birthday. He has not been invited to the party, but he means to crash...
...result is a buzzing, throbbing, state-of-the-art "techno" album sure to give any rave partygoer flashbacks of delirious all-night dancing in smoky, jam-packed warehouses. But unlike most techno music, Perverse is rather perverse about the electronic age: with lucid and ironic lyrics that lurk beneath the surface maelstrom, it examines politics, pop culture, love and hypocrisy in a world that has become overly high tech...
Most band members will tell you that it is a long road from the first jam session to a packed concert before hundreds of screaming fans on a Saturday night...