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...reasons for their decision to drive through such a hostile neighborhood remain murky. Sources familiar with Blackwater's operations say an investigation will have to determine whether the contractors, one of whom had arrived in Iraq only two weeks earlier, received sufficient training in avoiding and responding to ambushes. Standard operating procedure for security teams like Blackwater's, according to a former private military-company operator with knowledge of Blackwater's operational tactics, is never to stop the car in a potentially hostile area and "not to aid the other when one vehicle is hit in an ambush. They...
...Bloody Lovelies have an energetic pop-rock sound that is at once retro and yet utterly accessible. The fun the band is having comes through loud and clear on the album, making for happy sing-alongs and dreamy introspection alike. There are some standard piano-driven numbers like the opener “Hologram” and the gentler “Lonely Town.” The latter is sung with a delicate longing by vocalist Randy Wooten. But Wooten and his band prove they are just as capable of playing a good rollicking rock song with...
...just odd enough to entice, but not strange enough to frighten. Just listen to the single “You Don’t Love Me” for a taste of this eccentricity: a handful of funky chords coupled with an ironic, drawling delivery gives a standard-fare breakup song a touch of personality and psychodrama...
...opening track mutters of subconscious thought and hopeless wandering to the backbone of TMBG’s standard electronic beats, keyboard chords and synthesized effects. The subdued and somewhat depressing theme leads into “Memo to Human Resources,” a tune reminiscent of R.E.M. and which clearly shows their capabilities as solid songwriters. The whimsical “Au Contraire” may have been better left off the album, but demonstrates the two Johns still have a sense of humor—they sing of a poker game between Jodie Foster, Bach and Mahatma Gandhi...
...joking now, but, with each film, the quick-learning Rock increasingly appears to be more at home on the big screen, and the Rock is well on his way to establishing his own acting standard: “the Dwayne moment...