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...listener feeling unnoticed as Young continues to write songs that seem to serve the sole purpose of amusing himself for the moment. Ever the “Godfather of Grunge,” Neil Young incorporates in his latest album sounds that are most reminiscent of his 1981 record “Re-Ac-Tor,” but at “Fork’s” best moments, one is reminded even of his 1975 “Zuma,” in its use of lyrical yet powerful riffs. “Fork in the Road?...
...only lyrics that could belong to music this catchy were inanely simple.Harris’s distinctive yelps, razor-sharp guitars and a minor hit single, “How We Know,” paved the way two years later for the success of their third, and best, record, 2006’s “The Body, The Blood, The Machine.” In retrospect, that record seems a success more in spite of itself than anything else: the predictably facile “concept” of the album—a desperate romance...
...work,” Williamson said, “it went unseen but not unsung.” In 1973, the singer’s talent and vision prompted her peers to seek financial and artistic independence from the industry. Her suggestion of an all-female record label culminated in Olivia Records, the first company of its kind. The unprecedented success of Olivia Records’ artists and those of similar labels led to the first female-only concert events, like the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, which debuted in 1976, predating Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith...
...economic crisis will make it go away. At a press conference Friday afternoon, Aso unveiled $149 billion stimulus package, 50% larger than what Aso ordered up earlier this week and the third stimulus plan he has proposed since he took office last September. The latest package amounts to record spending for the world's second-largest economy - about 3% of GPP - and, if passed by lawmakers, will bring total fiscal spending during the Aso administration to about $268 billion...
...feeling is that China can't help other countries in the region," says Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University. He says that China's trade surplus rose 42% on an annualized basis to a record $19 billion last month, despite the fact that the country's exports are declining at double-digit rates. That's because its imports are dropping even faster, boding ill for China's neighbors like Japan and Korea who rely on the U.S. consumer and now are desperately looking for alternative buyers of their goods...