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...write nine songs that sound exactly the same. Considering speculation that Bloodflowers may be the Cure's oft-threatened last album, it seems that this droning noise could possibly be the sound of ancient gothy New Wavers finally boring themselves to death. As a Cure fan, I show no restraint in tapping my inner reservoirs of bitterness, misery and melodrama to moan: believe me, it's that bad. The End is Near (But Not Yet) seems to be the principle theme of the obsessively fatal and needlessly long 5 to 11 minute whiners on this album. Smith mopes about...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Album Review: The Cure, Bloodflowers | 3/3/2000 | See Source »

...admirable that Hamid maintains measured prose and restraint--it would have been easy, especially in the more dramatic scenes and the chaotic later chapters, to let the narrative go berserk. Instead we get to watch lunacy come in careful and slow streams, and the effect is wonderful. None of the prose is brilliant, though it is never dull...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoke Bluntly Gets in Your Face | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

...even more adaptable, with names like Stream, Spank or Raped. "These tools have been out there for years," says Emmanuel Goldstein, editor of the hacker journal 2600. "Hackers have known about these for years. They haven't done anything about it. To me, that shows great respect and restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind The Hack Attack | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...Although Felicia's Journey was tied to Hollywood, it was still a very small-scale, independent feature." In a lesser director's hands, Felicia's Journey could easily have devolved into a standard Hollywood thriller, but Egoyan's thoughtful approach to the material and his sense of subtlety and restraint made it a complex and powerful work...

Author: By William Gienapp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Independent Means | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...father charged in a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno that the boy is being "unscrupulously manipulated." The Miami family's lawyer, Spencer Eig, says they might listen to AltaVista's idea, but "so far they've turned down" commercial offers. If so, it's a rare example of restraint in this more than two-month-long frenzy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miami: Why Not Make a TV Ad While You're Here, Elian? | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

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