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...hard-knockin' beats and surprisingly melodic riffs are like spoonfuls of sugar that help the violent gangsta-speak go down, while guest stars like Prodigy and Biz Markie add street credibility and variety. "The Heat is On" and yes, "Who Shot Rudy?" are standout tracks in terms of pure catchiness, and an honorable mention goes to first single "F.A.Y.B.A.N." (an acronym that stands for a string of unprintable expletives...
...through graphic directorial choices leading to a violent, on-stage rape scene that must have Strindberg rolling in his grave) does he forcibly climb above her. And, similarly, only through this unbearable shame does Miss Julie ironically fulfill her wish to travel down from her precarious perch in the pure and untouchable upper crust. Only Kristine truly understands the hypocrisy inherent in Julie and Jean's desires, yet she can do and say nothing. Nitter deftly underplays Kristine, suggesting that beneath Kristine's humble demeanor burns the rage and frustration of a woman trapped within a servile, unfair world...
Enter Road Dogg, a rather chubby but enthusiastic wrestler with a few missing teeth. He prances towards the ring, and, at the top of his lungs, shouts something loud and incomprehensible, but I'm sure very manly. I can only understand every fifth word he yells, but the pure volume of his five-minute-long rant pumps me up for his forthcoming match. His opponent is Chris Jericho, a leaner, and certainly less crude wrestler. I know the Dogg will win this one. He does. Not a spectacular fight, but you can't expect too much from the first match...
What enables some people to break new ground, despite early detours and defeats? Experts don't know for sure, but they do have some clues. Rock musicians, athletes, pure mathematicians and theoretical physicists tend to bloom early, while novelists, historians, philosophers and naturalists typically peak later because they must master more information, says Dean Keith Simonton, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, who has studied aging and creativity for 25 years. Blooming can also be tied to "career age." Says Simonton: "If a field is well defined and doesn't require a lot of knowledge...
Metheny shuns labels for his polystylistic music--particularly fusion, a term he feels has "nothing but negative connotations"--preferring to describe it as jazz, pure and simple. "Jazz is the all-inclusive form," he explains. "There's room for everybody, for anything of true musical substance. Jazz guys like Duke Ellington or Miles Davis have always transformed the elements of the pop culture that surrounds us into something more sophisticated and hipper. It's their...