Word: luna
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...Luna, the group formed and lead by Wareham, has been one of the bastions of Velvet Underground-influenced mid-tempo guitar pop throughout the ’90s and into our ’00s, releasing seven critically lauded albums. Yet despite this success, they will disband after their current tour in February...
This quest for a more live feel is reflected in Rendezvous to a point, with more straightforward rock songs taking precedence over the more languid shoegazer pieces of yore. But even if it is the most “live” Luna album, it’s still far from raw: the songs are still finely chiseled. One gets the feeling that by now the distinguished Wareham could hiccup out songs that most aspiring bands would kill to write...
CASE OPENED: The brutal murder of maryland prosecutor jonathan luna is as puzzling as any case he pursued...
...some of those officers soon discovered anomalies suggesting that neither the crime nor Luna may have been exactly what they had at first seemed. Suspicion had originally settled on the jailed drug dealers. But they lacked a motive: the plea had shaved years from their expected sentences, and shooting its architect could only jeopardize that. Then there was Luna's last trip. After his car clocked out of the courthouse garage at 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday, his route to Pennsylvania was not that of a man driving at gunpoint or of thugs with a prisoner in the trunk...
...crime scene was equally perplexing. The Honda was strewn with money. Luna's ID was found on his body. His 36 stab wounds appeared to have been caused by a penknife-size instrument. Said a puzzled veteran federal investigator: "A professional rubout, they'd put one in the back of your head and dump you in the harbor. There's something else going on here...