Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even though it is a recording, Rewired does show this trippy quality. While the album's blurry red cover art does indicate Lockgroove's hard, masculine sound, it doesn't convey how psychedelic that music can be. It throbs, like a beating red heart. "Come On," a signature track, uses minutes of wavy keyboard woven in with guitar and cymbals to introduce a rhythmic fusion of rock and elecronic music. Soon half-chanty, half-punky lyrics join in and there are occasional whistles and bells. But ultimately the sound is full of relentless waves of guitar, drum and keyboard...
...case, the East-meets-West dynamic that emerges is forced. Anna's character, though played well by a strong and elegant Jodie Foster, is flat. She enters the film a fearless Amazon who shows so little fear that a scene in which she picks up a lantern and scurries to investigate strange howling noises in the dark of the night causes one to laugh at the incongruity of the situation. Her characteristics are anachronistic; the film blunders and attributes to Anna the characteristics of a steely Scully-like character instead of a confused widow desperately trying remain brave...
...always surprising how small a part of life is taken up by meaningful moments. Most often they're over before they start even though they cast a light on the future and make the person who originated them unforgettable." This sentiment is uttered by the king's son in reflecting upon the situation of Anna and his father. Unfortunately, the same can be said about the movie. Though its vignettes are charming and picturesque enough, they lack a unifying, moving message. This is not a bad film--it is entertaining enough to watch the schoolchildren, their instruction by Anna...
Additionally, though men do not face the same threats from HPV, they are capable of carrying and transmitting the disease without knowing...
...magic number before, on several occasions. They're among the finest musicians at Harvard. Also, David Horn used to play in Mayaderen, a previous band of Luke, Pablo and mine. Luke and I have both played in groups with Michael Bernstein and Scott Pagano of Kick the Chemist, though we've never heard them in their newest incarnation...