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There was more, including a page of thoughtful dildo reviews. The “Venus Wrap” is a “bright pink wishbone with not one but two pleasing prongs.” The “Deluxe Crystal Wand” is great for “probing the spot I love the most—the G-spot. It allows you to reach your happy place with finesse and pressure, just as hard as you like.” The “Twist” is a leather arm binder...
...Girls as an album about the portrayal of women in pop music, and there may well be truth to that interpretation, but it is not nearly as simple or polemical as that. Tori has relegated her band to the background after their triumphant arrival on her 1999 release To Venus and Back. On Girls, she picks her way through a wash of reverberating keyboards, as on the Velvet Underground quiet-revolution opener “New Age,” and even some solo piano work that recalls her early albums on “Real...
...first single from the album, the Stranglers’ “Strange Little Girl,” is the sort of quirky, electronic-influenced rock that Tori perfected on Venus, and will undoubtedly turn quite a few heads with its slick, sexy, guitar-driven hook. However, those who are drawn by this track alone will be deceived; though “Rattlesnakes” borders on the same territory, the bulk of the album explores radically different, uncharted ground. Her take on Tom Waits’ “Time,” is, despite the quantum difference...
Jordan was set to announce that he would return to the NBA after a brief foray in general management. Almonte was finally going to start school and pitch against kids his own age. The day before, Venus had defeated her younger sister in the U.S. Open in the first all-siblings final since...
Instead, Michael Jordan decided that his un-retirement announcement will come in the form of a fax. Almonte, after a few days off, finally gets to school in the Bronx. Venus, denied the usual post-victory week of celebrations and talk show appearances, will move on to her next tournament. And Pedros calling it quits...