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...Softball was always a huge part of my life,” Stefanchik said. “And all Jersey people have to love Bruce Springsteen...
...aspiring to postpunk art-house dance music, Bloc Party wisely refuses to let its genre fixations get in the way of tunefulness. There's an actual melody here, and a good one, driven on by the manic playing of Matt Tong, rock's best new drummer in years. Bruce Springsteen Devils & Dust The title track from the Boss's new album starts with a gentle acoustic strum, gains steam on the backs of evocative nouns (blood, stone, bone) and peaks with a harmonica solo. It's nothing new, which is to say, it's very good. Martha Wainwright Bloody Mother...
...26—We see empty vodka bottles, we see Luke crying, we hear that wack Springsteen song from “Jerry Maguire.” Luke’s upset because Regan has a boyfriend, and now he’s regretting breaking up with Haley. This is an emotional scene, and the guy playing Luke is really pouring it on. He’s shooting for a daytime Emmy at this point...
...away from our instincts to be cruel and competitive and distrustful. Although my most sacred experiences were far away from synagogue—on a lake in the Alps, a snow-covered field in upstate New York, or hearing the opening chords of a packed to the hilt Bruce Springsteen concert—I couldn’t fully break ties with religion...
...unlikely that Devils & Dust will be anyone's favorite Springsteen record, but even the weaker songs reveal things about their creator. It isn't just that the man can play his guitar but that he changes his voice and pronunciation subtly on each song to sound more like the character he's singing about. The Boss cares about these people--maybe too much. But better a bleeding heart than none at all. --By Josh Tyrangiel