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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which continues on the last track as "Lucky Time," gives a respite from the pumped up slam in the first half of the album, but this mellowing effect is countered by the unintelligible "500,000 Scovilles" which leads into one of the album's biggest successes, "What Can I Tell...

Author: By Benjamin L. Kornell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Catty Driving Music For Suburban Illinois | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...bong. The extremely somber Cypress Hill III had a number of serious, grave successes, such as the grim "Killafornia" and the spooky, spiritual "Illusions." Thus it is not surprising that the best songs on Cypress Hill IV are the ones that boast the most chilling sounds. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" is a pleasingly eerie mesh of quiet guitar riffs, chimes and the voice of B-Real clucking "Da da da daaa." "Prelude to a Come Up" features a strikingly solemn piano line that punctuates the lyrics, creating a softly mystical aura. And the album's best song, "From...

Author: By Bill Gienapp, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High Hopes for Rap | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...this clear, candid voice, Lindbergh tackles the daunting challenge of her family's legacy with a delightful mix of honesty, humor and wisdom. And although airplanes do not play a central role in the story she has to tell, this is a story that revolves around transportation none the less. Lindberg intersperses lively descriptions of her father's 6'2" frame folding itself into a Volkswagon Beetle for a quick road-side nap with tales of sleek Pullman trains and Ford Ranch Wagons. Lindbergh writes that her father "may have chosen it [the Ford] more in an attempt to camouflage...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In an Aeroplane Over the Sea; In a Volkswagon of Security | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...Ryan] had a neat way of describing it--bringing emotions into words. I read a lot of poetry so this is a style that I'm comfortable with. Using images to try to tell things in an order that they have never been told in before...

Author: By Glenn A. Reisch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: `Shades of Blue': Credit Where Due | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...persuaded to stay. "Netanyahu's threatened walkout was so obviously feigned that it had to be primarily for domestic consumption," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "It's not like he was given any new concessions to persuade him to stay -- he just wants to be able to tell right-wing Israelis that he got the best deal possible under the circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mideast Peace: Are We There Yet? | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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