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...eliminating TV violence is, at bottom, a matter of flipping a switch. It has no apparent cost. It is a simple solution--to simple, in fact, to really solve anything...
Scenes that are cleverly blocked out should work but don't. Here's the Declaration, John Adams' signature blurry from Saddam's spit, nailed to the wall at Baath headquarters in Baghdad. We see the hero, a lecturer in constitutional law from Yale, creeping in to switch the real document for a copy. Then the heroine, a beautiful Israeli spy who doesn't realize the switch has already been made, puts the original back in place and grabs the copy. Suddenly . . . but there's no tension, no believability, no sense that Baghdad's streets sound or feel or smell different...
Since the band's strengths are in the music, these instrumentals have solid sounds that continue to switch from stony to eerie In the song "Seattle," wordless except for the occasional "Seattle," the samples make you perk your ears and wonder what the track would sound like backwards. Otherwise, the instrumentals continue with the band's quality noise...
...album plays, however, the sound style starts to switch, so that instead of spewing pure energy, it builds suspense, like a good horror movie soundtrack...
Have a seat. Switch on the computer. Dial into a network. Type in a password. And welcome to the world of the WELL -- the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. Romance may be just a few keystrokes or the click of a mouse away. The California-based electronic bulletin board is one of the many new cybersocieties where men and women can meet and message each other in a network less smoky than a singles bar, less nerve-racking than a blind date. There are no worries about appearances. No flesh. No sweat. Utopia? No way. Romance gone awry has gummed...