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...more stab at the heart of America. There is an echo of Greek tragedy about the succession of blows striking a single American family. So many Kennedys have been cruelly cut off before they had fulfilled themselves--Joe Jr., my Harvard classmate, killed in the war; John and Robert, cherished friends, assassinated; two of Robert's sons dead; now John's son, the golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brought Up to Be a Good Man | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...board in the kitchen. The gills moved up and down, making the kind of sound your mouth makes upon opening when it is very dry. Its eyes, surely those of Isaac, son of Abraham, looked flat, round, unflinching, uncomprehending, accusing. I backed down. My mother took the knife and stabbed the fish in the lower back. She had obviously never killed a fish before either, for she would have known to club, not stab, it. I couldn't tell if the resulting "crack" was that of the scales breaking or that of the tip of the knife embedding itself through...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: The Personal Touch | 5/28/1999 | See Source »

...that now would be the right time to create his White Album. The aptly titled Perfect From Now On left a lot of people (including the executives at his label) scratching their heads. With only one song under five minutes and most pushing eight, the album took an epic stab at capturing eternity in a few moments of sound...

Author: By R. ADAM Lauridsen, | Title: Built to Spill | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...that now would be the right time to create his White Album. The aptly titled Perfect From Now On left a lot of people (including the executives at his label) scratching their heads. With only one song under five minutes and most pushing eight, the album took an epic stab at capturing eternity in a few moments of sound...

Author: By By R. Adam lauridsen, | Title: Concert Review: Built to Spill | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

Mansun sets itself apart from most art-rock by occasionally throwing the listener a life preserver. "Negative" is a slicing, biting rock stomp and "Legacy" clears the air with its crisp and tender crescendos. Overall, it's a godless, fearless, overblown and manipulative stab at the center of your music consciousness. Listening to Six, at first, is a battle. In the end, the fight makes and album even more rewarding...

Author: By R. ADAM Lauridsen, | Title: Mansun Six Epic | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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