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[Now Playing] Vol. 6, No. 36
by Vince Falconi
May 21, 2008
“Jim,” Jamie Lidell—Try to pin down what genre Jamie Lidell falls into, and you’ll find it doesn’t matter. You’ll notice your head is bopping, your toes are tapping, and you’re having such a good time with his soul-filled vocals that you don’t care if he’s classified as polka; you’ll keep the album on repeat.
“Guns, Babes, Lemonade,” Muscles—This Australian act’s CD may have been released last October, but the music was made for summertime. To borrow from the track “Ice Cream,” these songs make you “just wanna dance with [your] shirt off.”
“My,” Okay (from Huggable Dust)—I first heard this song on the NPR podcast “All Songs Considered” and immediately fell in love with its shy sentiment. The sound resembles a combination of Bright Eyes, the Postal Service and, to some degree, Modest Mouse.
“The Slip,” Nine Inch Nails—The free 10-track, digital release holds the same energy and pace as their last few albums, but still has the feel of the older NIN albums.
“Live in Liverpool,” The Gossip—True, the set list for this concert is primarily comprised of songs from their previous albums, but hearing Beth Ditto’s raw, sometimes-strained-but-always-gut-wrenching vocals, as well as Brace’s and Hannah’s rump-shaking rhythms and beats, the songs are new again. And you love them for it.
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COMMENTS
[Kamikaze] The Media Fix Is In
J.T.: Amen to pushing a positive Jackson. And, yes, it is a movement. And, it is moving.
Aug 27, 2008 | 06:17 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: A lot of kids in all our schools are "scary smart." Many just haven't had the chance to prove it, yet. On the not-know-how-to-ask-a-str anger-a-question point -- how many strangers are completely ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:33 PM
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: The kids I've met from the Jim Hill Civil Liberties Club are SCARY smart (they're not just the future; they're ready and able to get out and do stuff now), and the idea that anyone would consider ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:15 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation. Damn right I did. And any given day, you will find up to 20 young people in their teens and 20s in my offices, ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:12 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: Baquan, it's simple really: You generalized about all young people with statements like these: Discipline does not work any more on kids, whether it is beating them or putting them in time out. Young ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:49 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: To Tom Head - lets just agree to disagree. You put yours in time out for stealing or cussing, while with mine, they will just have to meet their maker when they attempt to try it!? Sorry - I will ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:41 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: Donna you did a good article a while back on this generation, where I think you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation. Maybe what I said, was to ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:28 PM
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: Or for selling bad weed. Or for sleeping with your girlfriend. Or... Right. We teach the same pro-violence message with the Iraq War and the death penalty, too, not to mention when leaders go around ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:04 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: That is a vast generalization about young people, baquan, and extremely offensive. I'm more impressed with young people today in their teens, and even tweens, than I ever have been. And the numbers bear ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 03:39 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: after reading all the posts above; whatever it is we are doing; it is not working? Discipline does not work any more on kids, whether it is beating them or putting them in time out. Young men do ...
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