Word: punks
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...American Psycho touts itself as from the "controversial motion picture." And upon listening, several "controversial" traits are clear: the soundtrack is just as pretentious and just as mildly unsuccessful as the movie. This is not to say that some of the cuts are not appealing. Dope's industrial punk version of Dead or Alive's '80s classic "You Spin Me Round" and New Wave classics from Information Society ("What's On Your Mind") and New Order ("True Faith") are great the first couple of times around. So is M/A/R/R/S' classic "Pump Up The Volume." Hip-hop makes an appearance...
...most recent runway showings, in which the models distinctly lurked rather than strutted. His female companion fervently explained how Rei shreds fabric to create her massive ruffles and pointed out the highlights from the spring shows. His only response was a head-shaking and a throaty chuckle. "So the punk look is back...
...opening cut of Sleater-Kinney's new album All Hands on the Bad One, Corin Tucker shrieks "I gotta rock." So the grrl does what she's gotta do. On their last album, The Hot Rock, the critically-adored all-female trio dropped punk producer John Goodmanson for soundweaving Roger Mountenot and crafted fine-textured rock. Now Goodmanson is back at the desk as the Olympians (as in Olympia, Wash.) swagger back to the looser punk/surf/power pop sound of their earlier albums Call the Doctor...
...warm winters, we settled for roller hockey—a slow, clunky substitute that always ended prematurely after our only ball fell into the rain gutter. To the neighborhood kids, we were heroes; to everyone else on the block, we were a nuisance, on par with skateboarders and punk rockers. We were chased out of the town’s parking lots and tennis courts, cursed by police officers and elderly women. Dark times, indeed...
Hugh P. Liebert can borrow my CD player, if he'd like (Column, April 26). Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, for instance, is not a swing revival band but owes more to the punk movement of the 80s and the ska of the 90s. The "similar bands" Liebert mentions are not at all similar, except in the fact that they are bands: Squirrel Nut Zippers are a ragtime/Dixieland effort, and the Brian Setzer Orchestra is a rockabilly throwback--all three often lumped together by neo-swing detractors. The Voodoo Daddies are a great choice for Springfest this year--enrollment in Literature...