Word: meaninglessness
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...Gorillaz Demon Days; $13.49 Very few good albums make as bad a first impression as Demon Days. The cartoon characters on the front cover, the irritatingly meaningless track names (Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head) and the menacing prefatory oboes (oboes!) make it seem like a concept album about global warming for kids. Since the lyrics remain a bafflement, it might well be. But give the songs a fraction of the attention that went into making them, and you will begin to catch bits of good stuff from rock, rap, dance and dub. Then, magically, it all comes...
...proof” that Lewis is all wrong. Tolkien was, of course, a devout and serious Christian believer who succeeded in converting Lewis from militant atheism. Somehow, critics imply, this should mean that Lewis’ work is sub par or meaningless. Why Tolkien’s critique should disqualify Lewis’ work is not clear, unless one expects Christians to have identical worldviews and opinions, and to march in a rigid theological lockstep. One could, of course, advance this argument, but it is fundamentally unserious...
...legislative ballot, he wants to expand the number of directly elected seats from 30 to 35?still just half of the total number. For a city of 6.9 million well-educated, well-traveled and well-informed people, the changes fall far short of their aspirations and add up to meaningless gestures. Who can blame Hong Kongers for rejecting such a plan...
...does not secularize the symbol. The naming debacle is just another example of politicians trying to have their cake and eat it too. By attempting to appease those who want religious symbols removed from the government, they angered those in support of the Christmas tree, while offering only a meaningless gesture for those in favor of secularization. If Boston is going to continue to hold a tree-lighting ceremony each winter, city officials should be honest with citizens and call the tree a Christmas tree...
...object/There ain’t no way to cut this tap, you gotta get wet/Your head is throbbin’ and I ain’t said shit yet.” In fact, he never really does say anything. The chorus is a funky yet meaningless refrain: “We got the Hot-Hot Music, the Hot Music...