Word: listenability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...listen closely, you can hear the spinning of the dharma in the multiplexes. In two of the most anticipated Hollywood movies of the season, the talk is of worms and nothingness. About halfway through Seven Years in Tibet, which will open Wednesday to considerable hoopla, Brad Pitt is trying to construct a building. But there is a problem. His workers will not dig a foundation, because they don't want to kill any worms. Why? As Pitt's character is informed: "In a past life, this humble worm could have been your mother." Meanwhile, in Martin Scorsese's Kundun, scheduled...
...more substance lyrically, the music is not as immediate, but there's a good payoff if you listen enough," Hanley modestly notes. Compared to the band's past albums, Aurora Gory Alice and Wholesale Meats and Fish, GO! "covers more ground musically and explores new territory within the confines the pop song has to offer." She deservedly touts it as "the band's best, ...a more complete album...
...canvas. The all-out wailing of Gary Bartz's sax provides a sharp counterpoint to John McLaughlin's oblique, introverted guitar solos. The album seems to drag on at times, particularly during one very long drum solo, but the variety and enthusiasm is enough to make it a great listen...
Some songs on the album are far more bearable than others, and a few may even be classified as vaguely enjoyable. The perky "Backstab Boofie," has a charming exuberance and, since the lyrics are quite unintelligible, is not as embarrassing to listen to as typical YES!! fare. There's nothing wrong with pithy lyrics and limited vocal abilities--check out Cibo Mat-to--but such an approach needs to be tempered by some skilled irony in the delivery. Knox takes himself so seriously that he is dragged into a pit of self-involvement from which there is no escape. Knox...
Luke Beatty, another GSE student, said he appreciated the opportunity to listen to the discussion...