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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Blood Money is one of those clever essays, smoothly incorporating a large amount of footage into a clear summary of the Swiss involvement with Nazi gold during and after World War II. Film clips from Europe and America, from World War II and present, are neatly combined to form a cohesive synthesis. Blood Money makes a coherent and damaging, if biased, argument against the Swiss for their role in helping the Nazis hide the plunder they took from Jews and other victims of their regime. The moving testimony of many Holocaust survivors who are still seeking to recover money trapped...
...through 11 chapters brimming with anecdotal evidence of the author's familiarity with the innermost workings of cyberspace, both as we know it and as Dyson predicts it shall be. Subjects range from the structure of the Net and its usefulness in binding citizens into communities, to the ever-present dilemma of governance and regulation within the electronic realm...
Most strikingly prophetic are the second, third and fourth chapters of Dyson's book. Detailing the impact of digital networks upon communities, work and education, these three chapters present the reader with an unfailing air of optimism for the development and integration of the Internet within public and private domains. Dyson views the Net as a means of linking individuals and allowing citizens to seek employment and students to expand their horizons, though she does concede that certain risks--breaches of privacy, increased insulation from reality--will always exist. Neither is one of her visions the total dehumanization of interactions...
...best example of what seems to be the goal of the majority of the songs on Tear it Up is "Sweet Lady." This song succeeds in providing a pleasant "soft" ska feel. The ska rhythms are present but the song is very reminiscent of soft rock. In addition, the song features a pretty saxophone solo, making "Sweet Lady" the most promising of the songs on the album...
...whole, the music of Tear I Up: The Ska Album features the beat characteristic of ska, but the majority of the songs lack the energy usually present in this style of music without compensating for that lack of energy with interesting instrumental themes. And none of the songs are redeemed by meaningful lyrics. Most simply make one statement and then repeat it, and those that elaborate do so in a superficial manner. Floyd Lloyd succeeds in offering a vision of soft ska, but he does not succeed in actualizing that vision. What is left is a CD that is mediocre...