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POP NOTES.(West)(Dangerous Game)(Sound recording review)
TOWN AND COUNTRY -- Lucinda Williams's new album, "West" (Lost Highway), chronicles the death of Williams's mother and the end of a turbulent romance, and the opener, "Are You Alright?" could be addressed to either of the departed ("Are you alright / 'Cause it seems like you disappeared / Are you alright / 'Cause I've been feeling a little scared"). It might also have self-diagnostic value: the song is pretty enough, but lacklustre, as is "Mama You Sweet," the next track, and "Learning How to Live," the one after that.
The mood has been set, and the rest of the album fails to reset it. Snoozy and boozy and often blurry with self-help cliche, material like "Rescue" and "Unsuffer Me" isn't the equal of earlier work. More distressing is the quality of Williams's vocals. Ten years ago, she would have sung a lament like "Everything Has Changed" with a mix of earthy despair and angelic lightness. Now neither foot leaves the ground. Worse, the most pointed breakup songs ("Come On," which mocks her ex-lover for sexual inadequacy, and "Wrap My Head Around That," an interminable half-spoken kiss-off) prove only that Williams, at fifty-four, can ...
- The Dangerous Game Rifle.
- Magazine article from: Petersen's Hunting BODDINGTON, COL. CRAIG June 1, 2001 700+ words
...common? Both are intended for use on the world's largest and most dangerous game, and both are fully worthy of the title "dangerous game rifle." The purpose of a dangerous game rifle is to anchor large beasts with well-placed shots and...
- Rifles for dangerous game: when danger comes on the run, your firepower had...
- Magazine article from: Sports Afield Coogan, Joe April 1, 2003 700+ words
...error. The best insurance against dangerous game is the rifle you carry. As such...dangerous animal. Calibers Because every dangerous game hunt is different, there is no single...for calibers that should be used for dangerous game, depending on which animal is to be...
- MGM'S 'DANGEROUS GAME' HITS NEW YORK SCREENS ON NOV. 19
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 8, 1993 700+ words
...Ferrara's highly anticipated new film "Dangerous Game" (formerly titled "Snake Eyes...entertainment entity, Maverick, "Dangerous Game" stars Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James...boundaries between life and art, "Dangerous Game is a dramatic film-within-a-film...
- MGM'S 'DANGEROUS GAME' SET FOR LOS ANGELES PLAY DATE FEB. 11
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 1, 1994 700+ words
...MGM will release Abel Ferrara's "Dangerous Game" (formerly titled "Snake Eyes...the Maverick Productions banner, "Dangerous Game" stars Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James...dramatic film-within-a-film, "Dangerous Game" is the compelling story of a director...
- The Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game.
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John August 1, 2001 700+ words
...Steiner: The Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game. William T. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony...The Son of Kong" and "The Most Dangerous Game"? Well, for one, both scores were...pieces of music, it's "The Most Dangerous Game" that stands out. It's more original...
- Hornady Dangerous Game Series ammo.(New Gear Review)
- Magazine article from: Sports Afield Almy, Gerald August 1, 2008 700+ words
...and that's what you get with the new Dangerous Game Series ammunition from Hornady. The best...used in the series, including the DGS (Dangerous Game Solid) and DGX (Dangerous Game Expanding). Featuring a tough alloy core...
- Steiner: The Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game.(Sound recording review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John November 1, 2007 700+ words
...Steiner: The Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game. William T. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony...The Son of Kong" and "The Most Dangerous Game"? Well, for one, both scores were...pieces of music, it's "The Most Dangerous Game" that stands out, being more original...
- Dangerous game of 'playing white'.
- News wire article from: Business Day (South Africa) May 6, 2006 700+ words
...Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Rehana Rossouw Dangerous game of 'playing white' PLAYING IN THE LIGHT Zoe Wicomb Umuzi...groups were called play whites, a term that belied the dangerous game they were playing. Thousands of families were divided...
- India playing dangerous game, Pakistan warns.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire February 9, 2003 700+ words
...From Agence France Presse) India has launched a dangerous game in accusing and expelling Pakistan's top diplomat...South Asia on the brink of war. "India is playing a dangerous game," screamed The Nation daily in response to the...
- Nietzsche's Dangerous Game: Philosophy in the Twilight of the Idols.(Review)...
- Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics Field, Christopher March 1, 1999 700+ words
CONWAY, Daniel W. Nietzsche's Dangerous Game: Philosophy in the Twilight of the Idols. New York...scholarly accounts of Nietzsche's decline, Nietzsche's Dangerous Game may be written off by partisan readers as merely a grave...
