1. The Way It Really Is, Lisa Loeb. I think my lowest point in 2004 was the entire month of August. This album came out in August, and a lot of the songs really summed up where my heart was at the time. Comparatively speaking, this is a much more stripped-down album than what I’ve …
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Movie Review: S.W.A.T.
Line up. What’s the most honored, respected and professional unit of any major police force? S.W.A.T., or Special Weapons and Tactics. These guys are called in for the big jobs that the regular boys in blue can’t and shouldn’t do. Line up. What’s the summer’s coolest action movie? Believe it or not, it’s S.W.A.T. S.W.A.T. …
Kay Hanley’s CHERRY MARMALADE
One of last year’s best rock records was the JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS soundtrack, which found Kay Hanley merrily knocking out punk-rock verses and power-pop choruses like the 17-year-old girl she isn’t. Her first solo album finds her sounding like the thirty-something siren she’s grown into since her days fronting Letters to Cleo, but the …