Dodging Snacks, Lucinda Williams Delivers Snark, Spark
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“Tears of Joy,” a new one played early in the set, sounded like a smoky blues tune but was actually a gushing love song. That was soon followed with “Real Love,” Love Poem a Replacements-style rocker whose musical gusto was matched with romantic verve.
After playing another sweet and upbeat new one Love Poem , “Circles [...]
Love Lines: Watch The Love Unfold
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Something very exciting is happening in this world right now. I have mentioned it in these writings before, and those references have raised quite a few questions from readers, so I will try to explain in greater detail just what it is that gives me such hope for this planet Love Quote.
If you want to [...]
‘wall-E’ Turns Animation On Its Head
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Forget Isaac Asimov’s famous Laws of Robotics. WALL·E’s biggest accomplishment may be defying the Laws of Computer Animation.
In a medium that has become formulaic — mix furry critters with celebrity voices, add a dash of pop-culture snark — the Disney/Pixar film has been praised for taking new risks.
Much has been made already of the film’s [...]
Alexie Perks Up Sonics Proceedings
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What they need at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle is a barista serving coffee or a waitress serving cocktails because this Sonics trial drones on at times, and any kind of refreshment would be welcome.
Fortunately a pick-me-up arrived Thursday in the form of another man in a dark suit, yet this one was not an [...]
French Lovers Fret, Sing In Not-So-Silly ‘love Songs’
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Who else would take a story about three young, beautiful, contemporary Parisians having a threesome and turn it into a strange musical with dreary songs about tragic romance, doomed love and gray skies?
The Tallahassee Film Society is showing director Christophe Honore’s chancy, brooding “Love Songs” this weekend at All Saints Cinema. It’s sure to divide [...]
Love: Can’t We Talk About Something Else
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Paul McCartney was right: People do want to fill the world with silly love songs.
But who was the first troubadour — a 12th and 13th century love poet or a songwriter that decided hey, maybe if I sing about love I’ll get the girl?
Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of love songs out there [...]
Bartholomew Owl On The Songs Of For The Thoughts You Never Had
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Sleeptide “This was written on the train from Edinburgh to London. Malcolm and Clarissa worked out the harmonies on the train–a cappella vocals for the first verse, then just vocals and ukulele for the second. We wanted something quite short and bare for the opening track.
We wanted people to either get on board, or immediately [...]
Love Is All At The Bowery Ballroom
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Easy to see now how Love is All’s “Make Out Fall Out Make Up” is heroin to indie rock kids, all reigned-in abandon and bespoke signifiers (the “records” in the song’s first couplet: “Records and clothes on the floor/Remind me of the night before”; cigarettes, red wine, smudged lipstick).
As it happens, lots of tropes [...]
Mind Set True Bliss Is Within You
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet,†said James Oppenheim. True happiness cannot be sought outside of yourself — not in your relationships with others, the groups you belong to, or in the things around you.
Unless you can stand alone in your own shadow and feel happiness [...]
Love Looks Back At Limp And Lumps
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Among the damaged and surgically repaired leg joints being discussed on this U.S. Open cruise, Davis Love III’s ankle is in steerage, with Tiger Woods’ knee in a stateroom.
That’s how it goes in golf. Tiger is royalty. That doesn’t mean Love must resort to being bled with leeches. But face it, Tiger is Tiger and [...]
