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...nothing more than lowest-common-denominator pop music. Oberst’s invocation of the American singer-songwriter tradition is particularly frustrating, as he exploits all of its rhetoric without achieving any of its art. His Nebraska never stank of cowdung, and his scrawny middle-class heartbreak is as trite as it is insincere. Fans of Bright Eyes should stop settling for less, ditch the poseur, and celebrate the genuinely talented songwriters this country has been producing for decades, from Woody Guthrie to Lou Barlow...
...even given the album’s often trite enviro-spiritual themes and archaic aesthetic, Enya comparisons would be both unflattering and unfair. Unlike the infamous neo-pagan Yoga soundtrack artist-cum-New Age diva, there is nary a hint of affectation in Todd’s idiosyncratic alto...
...American who has long studied the lethargic, degenerative aspects of European living, I was immeasurably bored by "tripper" Ann Miller's trite comment concerning the Utopian holiday of the Europeans as opposed to the mad American way of life [Oct. 3]. Obviously, the ulcerous worker of the U.S. has to keep up the furious and exhaustive pace to produce the money which permits the lazy Latin and feeble French to vegetate on their numb posteriors. And if the typical American has his ulcer, the typical European most assuredly has his perforated liver...
...basically, what all Harvard students strive to be. She’s even humble about it. In the end, Dell says, “it comes down to what you’re really passionate about and what you believe.” It’d be trite coming from anyone else, but Dell somehow makes it sincere...
...lesson in perseverance, we turn to none other than the Red Sox. Those who would chastise me for juxtaposing the most resounding political blow of our generation with baseball, I say two things: First, sports are a good, if trite, metaphor for life; and second, fandom can teach us a lot about the human spirit. “The time will come” became a Red Sox mantra. Down and out for 86 years, millions of fans spanning generations didn’t stop cheering. Down three games to the Yankees, the Sox triumphed and went on to beat...