Word: schmaltzing
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...reads like the typical Barnicle columns Dartboard used to know and love: equal parts schmaltz, anger and righteous indignation. But Barnicle, the self-styled fighter for the downtrodden and voiceless, doesn't seem to realize he was in the wrong. In one rationalization of his behavior, he writes, "...reconstruction dialogue in a 1995 column is a clear failure to abide by today's standards. It was not always so but is now." The implication is that this 25-year veteran of the Metro page was taken by surprise by suddenly stricter standards. He also implies that the greater good accomplished...
...best known as a serious, soul-baring folk-rocker, but the chart success of Sheik's 1996 single Barely Breathing outed him as a pop tunesmith with a knack for gorgeous songwriting that doesn't resort to schmaltz. Sheik's new CD veers back toward his dour side, where he finds plenty to be glum about--the perils of record-business starmaking in Nothing Special and the falseness of big-city life in That Says It All. It's no surprise that he intends to avoid being trapped in lightweight pop: he's 28 and wants a long career...
Love is a great listen. The occasional slips into schmaltz blemish parts of it, but Buttercup's pop sensibility keeps the tunes fresh and energetic and Obetz gives the band a dimension that other alternapop outfits don't have. The slight twang on "Deal With the Devil" gives a coyness to the tune's moodiness, elevating an otherwise trite pop tune to something far more musical. This seems to be the name of the game for Buttercup: reconfiguring pop cliches in extremely inventive ways. Even their love songs are tinged with irony, infusing pop fantasy with real world bitterness. Their...
...evoke a lifetime of prefeminist frustration with a single line ("If I were running the Dixie Bedding Company, we'd all be rich by now") and find fresh heartbreak in the simplest lament: "I thought we were going to be happy when we grew up." That's not Hollywood schmaltz, folks; it's the real thing...
DIED. LEO ROSTEN, 88, author best known for his works celebrating Jewish culture; in New York City. His definitive reference work, The Joys of Yiddish, published in 1968, introduced readers to colorful and now common terms like schlemiel, schmaltz and chutzpah. A native of Poland, Rosten seasoned his scholarship with humor, which he called "one of the requirements for sanity...