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...camera lens as if it were a mirror. He never finds a way either to put an interesting spin on the incidents of the journey or to link them dynamically. And he doesn't know how to turn a graceful romantic line or how to put real snap into a comic one; his dialogue is mainly street epithets mumbled or run together incomprehensibly...
Kamakiriad is worth the wait. Produced by Becker, who also pitches in on bass and solo guitar, the album picks up where Gaucho and The Nightfly left off and goes one step further, meshing Fagen's urbanely elliptic lyrics with the sonic sass and snap of Steely Dan. The faithful will be glad to know that Becker and Fagen are already writing songs together for a new album, and plans are under way for a Steely Dan tour this summer. Meanwhile, Kamakiriad continues the Steely Dan legacy while deftly sidestepping the quicksand of nostalgia...
...most accomplished composer of the three was Schulhoff, whose String Quartet No. 1 and two other chamber works, which date from 1924-25, reveal the kind of craftsmanship and imagination to be expected from a student of Reger and Debussy. The quartet in particular is outstanding, combining the rhythmic snap of Bartok with the plaintive melodic lines of Kodaly...
...even as customers snap up scholarly tomes and not-so-scholarly works on astrology, much about its origins and practice remain shrouded in mystery...
Need some big hits to fire Harvard up? Call the utility line. Need a goal to snap a scary scoreless drought? Call the utility line. Need some good old fashion hard-nosed hockey? You know what to do. You know who to call...