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...Russia, the half-dozen or so richest men in the country seem to be living out that teaching. These new oligarchs, all fabulously rich thanks mainly to their intimacy with the country's democratic leaders, control as much as half the country's gross domestic product and many of the most powerful media outlets. Last year they played a major role in the re-election of President Boris Yeltsin. To say, as many Russians do, that the oligarchs run the country is an exaggeration. To say they would like to is closer to the truth...
...second half of this album, unfortunately, is mostly lost in space. While the first half-dozen tracks reward repeated listenings with melodies that grow and bloom with familiarity, there is often no structure to be found in the remaining half-dozen numbers. Songs wander and then wander off, promising much and then dwindling away to nothing. OK Computer does contain some complex, lovely music--the welcoming openness of Airbag; the baroque beauty of Paranoid Android; the steady, solemn build of Let Down. On those songs, this album takes flight, achieves orbit and looks down on all the earthbound bands below...
...success has come despite a paucity of software. Until recently only three games were available for the system, though one of them was the masterpiece Mario. A half-dozen more games are now in the pipeline, including the next expected best seller, LucasArts' Shadows of the Empire, a Star Wars game set for release this week...
...half-dozen suites, the first is by far the most melodic and novice-friendly. In the resonant key of G major, Wispelway's cello soared as he tenderly executed the audible and pleasant arc up to the final G of the prelude. Particularly impressive was his rendering of the rocket fast Courante in the second suite. Shallow, Lamaze-style puffs were audible as Wispelwey frantically kept pace with the technical demands of double and triple stopped crotched chords in an actually quite introspective piece...
...missed, and the museum kindly provides several of his own letters from the time. Selections from photographers whom he supported--Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, etc.--round off the museum's own portrait of Stieglitz and his time. Fans of O'Keeffe will also enjoy the half-dozen or so of her works added as a bonus, which contribute to the shades of avant-garde atmosphere ("Mommy, I've never seen a flower quite like that before...