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...three of us. Then we heard some shooting nearby, and it seemed to be approaching in our direction. One of the waiters peeped out into the street and said something in Pashto to his manager. I could not pick it up, but the faces of Sardar and Mohibullah turned pale. I asked what happened. "Nothing," they said...
...second single from Invincible, is an R. Kelly number that sounds like a rehash of 1986’s “Man in the Mirror.” Unlike the stirring original, this pale imitation is as rousing as a cup of warm milk. By the song’s end, the listener may want to take the advice of the track’s title...
Unfortunately, the sorry trend of commercial exploitation of Sept. 11 does not end with the car manufacturers. AT&T now runs a somber advertisement where 20-odd pale blue place names flash up on a white screen, starting with the sites of the three plane crashes and ending up around the world. The slogan “the power to unite is greater than the power to divide” fades away into the AT&T logo. Consumers are clearly supposed to heed the implied message—because Sept. 11 demonstrated the importance of tolerance and multi-culturalism, everyone...
...soon find a pale, ghostly young girl who you must shepherd to freedom. Together you search out the escape route while inky minions of a dark queen try to steal the girl away from you. But mostly it's about architecture. Cavernous rooms and wide spaces must be crossed by circuitous routes which reward exploration. To get to the door you must climb the chain to throw the switch to lower the bridge to reach the box you can climb on. Among other things, it's an extremely relaxing game since you can take your time to poke around...
...Stomp” off III). One might wish that Claypool had managed to trade for a vocalist to compare to the storm whipped up by the instruments; Claypool’s nasal cartoon voice and Anastasio’s simple waster mumble both serve them well, but pale in comparison to their music—the lyrics are merely a trampoline to get the band bouncing before they head off into the clouds. It all comes together beautifully on “Mr. Oysterhead,” the song that sums everything up both lyrically and musically: From the ludicrously...