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...last week horrible banging and clanking sounds could be heard all around the White House: the message machine was throwing a rod or perhaps three. First, presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer blamed Bill Clinton for unintentionally spurring violence in the Middle East, saying "in an attempt to shoot the moon and get nothing, more violence resulted." That Fleischer, who normally mouths the daily message with well-practiced ease, was the one who caused the machine to seize up came as a surprise to top Administration officials. Within an hour, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, White House chief of staff Andrew Card...
...would appear that I am some sort of hideous man-beast or perhaps even a gargoyle. But beyond that you know nothing. Did you know that I spent the best summer of my life following Bob Dylan around the country or that I was the first man on the moon? Did you know that I can bench-press 750 pounds? Does nobody care about Vali, the person, anymore? I took fourth in a hot dog-eating contest in seventh grade...
...failed push for a final peace deal at Camp David helped spark the intifada actually offer some insight into Bush administration thinking. Although Fleischer was later forced by administration higher-ups to retract his statement that "You can make the case that in an attempt to shoot the moon and get nothing, more violence resulted," the press secretary doesn't make this stuff up on the fly. His comment not only tracks with the Bush administration's own hands-off approach to the Middle East conflict; it's a sharper reiteration of a point President Bush made on the campaign...
...recipe for a new sound that is not quite new at all: soulful BoysIIMen harmony without quite so much harmony, guitars that used to be reserved for Styx cover-bands, and pop sensibilities that seem stuck in adult contemporary. Sadly, what results from this recipe is Dakota Moon, whose second album A Place to Land combines everything but does nothing well. Vocals that could reach heights in “So Good for You” become a falsetto mess. “Looking for a Place to Land” contains a catchy hook, but the rest...
...emotion, then something is seriously wrong. Nor is the singing of the sort that plumbs any emotional depths. In “Lonely Days,” over-produced guitar licks dilute the vocals of what might have been the starkest ballad. The prominence of the guitar makes Dakota Moon unique, but rarely does it work. In “Release Me” the simple chords do complement the singers well, but in effect the song degenerates into a pop ballad...