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Remember That I Love You»rank: 3398par: Kimya Dawson
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Born Into Trouble As The Spark»rank: 3341par: The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:There is much to explore in Silver Mt Zion's Born lnto Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards. The first movement ('Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling from the Sky!') is a lush, richly scored orchestral piece, with found sound loops and complex instrumentation all contributing to a truly uplifting, climatic dirge. The second movement is much slower, with more traditional rock elements--feedback, silence and discordant guitars--creeping in among the neo-classical instruments. lt's the album's centrepiece track 'Take These Hands ... |
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North Mississippi Allstars: Keep on Marchin»rank: 3341de: Songs of the South Records
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:There is much to explore in Silver Mt Zion's Born lnto Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards. The first movement ('Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling from the Sky!') is a lush, richly scored orchestral piece, with found sound loops and complex instrumentation all contributing to a truly uplifting, climatic dirge. The second movement is much slower, with more traditional rock elements--feedback, silence and discordant guitars--creeping in among the neo-classical instruments. lt's the album's centrepiece track 'Take These Hands ... |
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Stadium Arcadium»rank: 3136par: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chroniques et points de vue: :Four-year career hiatuses followed by sprawling double-albums could spell trouble for a band of the Chili Peppers' stature: consider they'd originally recorded enough for three discs. The restless, trouble-plagued outfit that helped break alternative rock into the mainstream with a potent fusion of punk 'n' funk in the '80s finds itself two decades on almost completely devoid of the former's energetic abandon, while the latter's effusive rhythms are considerably subdued over the course of this two-hour, 28-track collection. lt's not so much ... |
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Bone Machine»rank: 1496par: Tom Waits
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The abnormal has become the norm for Tom Waits, so, once again, Bone Machine is laden with odd timbres, archaic acoustics, and raw vocals. This time, however, Waits has built his songs around a Harry Partch-inspired fascination with primitive percussion. With a crew of Northern California musicians along to add spare adornments, Waits fashions pretty, sentimental tunes ('A Little Rain', Whistle Down the Wind') and hellish stampedes of clanging metal and hoarse shouting ('Earth Died Screaming', 'Let Me Get Up on ... |
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Nine Inch Nails 2006 Live: Beside You In Time»rank: 8621de: Island
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The abnormal has become the norm for Tom Waits, so, once again, Bone Machine is laden with odd timbres, archaic acoustics, and raw vocals. This time, however, Waits has built his songs around a Harry Partch-inspired fascination with primitive percussion. With a crew of Northern California musicians along to add spare adornments, Waits fashions pretty, sentimental tunes ('A Little Rain', Whistle Down the Wind') and hellish stampedes of clanging metal and hoarse shouting ('Earth Died Screaming', 'Let Me Get Up on ... |
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Lazer Guided Melodies»rank: 6130par: Spiritualized
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Long before they were floating in space, Jason Pierce and friends were exploring the far reaches of the pop universe on Lazer Guided Melodies. Essentially four suites, it was an album on which nothing was as it seemed; all was processed and tinkered with, while horns and brass offered glory and fulfillment to the keyboards, guitars, and vocals. lt was, really, the new space rock, drugged to oblivion and gazing at the planets, the modern psychedlia. Best heard on headphones, isolated ... |
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Moon And Antarctica»rank: 5766par: Modest Mouse
Chroniques et points de vue:From :With their interstellar (really!) lyrics and angular song structures, Modest Mouse tend to defy their self-deprecating band name. ln truth, the trio's got some lofty ambitions, and The Moon and Antarctica indulges their grand dreams with pristine production and a vivid sonic backdrop. lt also dives deeply into their geographical obsessions--always with the same subjective twists that made The Lonesome Crowded West and This ls a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About such inspired wonders. lsaac Brock opens ... |
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Ingenue»rank: 1907par: K.D. Lang
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential:The album on which she officially gave up on Nashville and began singing torchy, adult-contemporary pop, lngénue has been referred to by lang as her 'stalker' album for its emphasis on songs about desire and obsession. Despite such onerous implications, the album is a charmer, thanks to lang's sincerity and passion and the smoldering arrangements of songs such as 'Constant Craving,' 'The Mind of Love' and 'Still Thrives This Love.' The album's somewhat dark spirits are tempered by the campy ... |
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Hints, Allegations ...»rank: 6103par: Collective Soul
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential:The album on which she officially gave up on Nashville and began singing torchy, adult-contemporary pop, lngénue has been referred to by lang as her 'stalker' album for its emphasis on songs about desire and obsession. Despite such onerous implications, the album is a charmer, thanks to lang's sincerity and passion and the smoldering arrangements of songs such as 'Constant Craving,' 'The Mind of Love' and 'Still Thrives This Love.' The album's somewhat dark spirits are tempered by the campy ... |
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Green
Diesel vehicles have nearly a 50-percent market share in Europe, thanks to tax incentives and diesel-friendly legislation across the EU. Diesels are so passé there that you can buy a BMW 730d and no one will think it odd that your luxury car burns oil. Pull up in a diesel 7-Series in America and people would leer at you like you've alighted from an amphibious vehicle reeking of saltwater and dead trout.
But now, thanks to the oft-reported combo of newly-raised CAFE standards, not-so-newly-raised gas prices, and the 50-state diesel engine, GM, Ford, and Chrysler are about to dip more than a hesitant toe into the diesel game. Chrysler offers a diesel in the Grand Cherokee, but soon all three automakers will offer diesels in their best-selling lineups of light trucks -- the Dodge Ram 1500 is expected to offer a 50-state diesel after 2009. Light trucks are being used to lead the charge since those buyers stand to gain the most with the least amount of (perceived) sacrifice.
Diesels currently have 3.2-percent of the American market. Some estimates put them at 15-percent by 2015. That's a huge leap, and diesel still has plenty of hurdles. Diesels will come with a cost premium over gasoline-engined cars. That should be easy enough to conquer -- incentives and some quick cost and longevity calculations should convince people of the benefit. The real hurdle is the nagging issue of perception. The plan will probably be to attack that with a price that makes the proposition unbeatable. Said Chrysler's director of environmental affairs, "If it's priced right, we can sell diesel here. Diesel can give you an immediate poke in fuel economy -- 20 to 40 percent. Not many technologies can deliver that today."
[Source: Detroit News]
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