Sarah MacLachlan Laws of Illusion-Jesus. Is she still around? Man, I can’t think of anyone schmaltzier, cheesier or sappier than Sarah MacLachlan. She’s about as melodramatic as August Strindberg. I’m just glad I’m dating someone with better taste than others in the past that actually listened to Sarah Maclachlan. What a nightmare that was....
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Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots—I haven’t heard this recording and I don’t think I ever will. I never liked this band. They were a lame ripoff of Pearl Jam, who I also thought sucked, so why the hell should I bother with this crap? I wouldn’t. And neither should you. Sex and the...
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Elvis Costello Secret, Profane & Sugarcane—This release comes out on Tuesday. I haven’t heard it yet but I haven’t any doubt that it’s going to be brilliant. In case you’ve been living under a rock over the last thirty years, Elvis Costello is the most brilliant and prolific songwriter ever. Everything the man touches...
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Prince Lotusflow3r—Apparently, this is a three-CD release from Prince. And although most of Prince’s latest releases have been flops, I’d imagine somewhere on one of those three CDs there’s at least one decent song. The thing is, I’ll never know because I usually don’t purchase my music at Target, where he’s selling it exclusively...
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U2-No Line on the Horizon-In light of most of the music U2 has put out in the past twenty years, it’s pretty much a safe bet that this record falls far short of the mark it sets for itself. Without bothering to listen to a single note or beat, it’s pretensious tone, self-indulgent lyrics...
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