Word: slickers
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...anchor is a kickstands/so you are going down with me/to the wrong side of the-quicksand," the band immerses the not-so-lucid message in flawless lollipop rock to create a confusing but lovable tune. "Anchor" is a musical advertisement for the lead singer--refreshing to match Hanley's slicker fashion sense and newly cropped bright red hair, and oblique enough to equal the message straining to come out from her internal vault...
...quartet The Sweet Inspirations, isn't as famous as her superstar daughter Whitney, but Face to Face shows she's got a throat made from the same 18-karat gold. And although the elder Houston's new album probably won't sell as well as slicker, more contemporary-sounding gospel releases--and it certainly won't move as many units as the typical Whitney CD--its unabashed religiosity indicates that Houston has her sights set on a higher, very personal audience...
...Sweet Inspirations,' Cissy Houston isn't as famous as her superstar daughter Whitney, but her new album Face to Face shows she's got a throat made from the same 18-karat gold. And although the elder Houston's new album probably won't sell as well as slicker, more contemporary-sounding gospel releases -- and it certainly won't move as many units as the typical Whitney CD -- its unabashed religiosity indicates that Houston has her sights set on a higher, very personal audience of One. "Gospel has roots in the blues, and Houston brings the music back...
This movie (written by Robert Mark Kamen, Mark Miller and Harvey Weitzman) is slicker and neater than director Alfonso Arau's widely beloved Like Water for Chocolate, but the calculated naivete of its fabulism can be just as irritating. Yet if you're willing to be wowed, there's also a kind of romantic grandeur about the piece, something inspiriting in its sweeping statement of broad, basic emotions...
...bounty hunters. In fact, this burgeoning line of business has exploded in recent years. Before 1988 there were no firms whose sole purpose was collecting child support; today there are an estimated 150. The print ad for one of the largest, Find Dad, Inc., in California, is only slightly slicker than most: "He's enjoying his second childhood. Your kids are having trouble getting through their first." For 27% of any recovered money, Find Dad promises to do just that...