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...time Tony-winner John Cullum (best known to younger audiences for his portrayal of Holling on Northern Exposure) is a pleasant addition as the money-grubbing head of the Urine Good Company (say it aloud). Strong voiced and with excellent timing, Cullum wears the years well and can still sell a long...
...that’s what Urinetown does best of all—sell its songs. Each features pleasant music by Mark Hollman, clever lyrics from Hollman and Greg Kotis and belongs to a recognizable genre that it not only parodies, but does so in a variety of often unexpected ways, while paying a sort of tribute to that which it mocks. A song to unite and rouse unorganized rebels takes the form of a gospel revival number before morphing into a choral piece with an actor gleefully conducting all those around him. An inspirational number that later echoes it mocks...
...bread) with a television repairman we'd picked up at Torkham. TV repair was a bad business to be in, Sardar Mohammed told me, because the Taliban had banned television. But he'd helped me negotiate two-way cab fare with Mohibullah, the driver. It was 12:30pm, a pleasant afternoon with soothing breeze. The manager had been listening to a radio, while his three teenage waiters looked bored...
...band’s sound is similar to that of Travis, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft and any number of other British soft rock acts. True, they have some great tunes—this album is packed with potential singles—replete with pleasant verses and catchy choruses that stick in your head all day. Still, one can’t help but feel that there is little musical depth to Onka’s; it is the kind of album that, after a couple of months, will be relegated to the bottom of the CD rack...
Another showcase for Jackson’s newfound raw sincerity is “You Are My Life,” a pleasant love ballad enjoyable in its simplicity. “Privacy” is a throwback to “Scream,” both in terms of his voice and the music. Jackson angrily lashes out at his perennial foes, the media, to the sound of cameras clicking busily away in the background. And, while he does not mention her by name, he pays tribute to the death of Princess Diana while simultaneously attacking the paparazzi...