Word: angst
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...into the recent commercial failure of bands like Bush. Alternative rock is now the domain of the hackneyed melding of hip-hop and rock. That is why Machina, the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins release, is so important: no less than these poster boys for traditional alternative rock could resurrect thoughtful angst from its midget-infested Kid Rock death spiral. In the meantime, the 1991-1998 compilation showcases the legacy the Pumpkins have left. The pretentiousness of Billy Corgan aside, songs like "Disarm" and "Tonight Tonight" demonstrate in almost perfect detail what intelligent writing and instrumentals with a sufficiently whiny voice...
...iron man of Italian opera is dipping a toe into the German repertoire, and he proves surprisingly comfortable with Gustav Mahler's song cycle Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth). Domingo isn't quite high-strung enough for Mahler's angst-ridden emotional world, but he makes an impassioned impression all the same, and though he no longer has the brilliance and heft needed to sail effortlessly above the gigantic orchestra, who does? Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic provide solid support. A+ for effort...
...over all of Magnolia's characters, and as he moans his words of warning, we can sense him clutching the pieces of his broken heart. Also moving is young Blackman, who wears the forlornness of game show prodigy Stanley Spector like the best of character actors, depicting impeccably the angst of a child sequestered from the world by the curse of genius. And Walters, who has heretofore been relegated to the margins of Anderson's films, is devastating as the coked-up, brink-of-breakdown Claudia, who can't stand to be loved because she thinks so lowly of herself...
...Marjorie Decker had genuine angst and confusion on her face," Koocher said of her reaction when the roll call to close the mayoral voting was announced...
RETIRING. CHARLES SCHULZ, 77, Peanuts creator, whose angst-ridden Charlie Brown has been a staple of funny pages for nearly 50 years; on Jan. 4; because of colon cancer (see story, page...