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I'm a 40-year-old (as of April, 2004) career Navy public affairs specialist, currently assigned as a television instructor to the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland. I love sports, coach youth soccer, love to read almost anything I can get my hands on from airline magazines to classic novels like 'The Brothers Karamazov' or even Shakespeare. I also love listening to music (variou… Read moreI'm a 40-year-old (as of April, 2004) career Navy public affairs specialist, currently assigned as a television instructor to the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland. I love sports, coach youth soccer, love to read almost anything I can get my hands on from airline magazines to classic novels like 'The Brothers Karamazov' or even Shakespeare. I also love listening to music (various kinds from classical to classic rock). And, of course, I love great movies. A few of my favorites are 'Cinema Paradiso,' 'Raise the Red Lantern,' 'American Beauty,' 'Citizen Kane,' and 'The Silence of the Lambs.' Writing is my ultimate passion; I would someday love to write a great 'novel of ideas' on the level of Thomas Mann's 'The Magic Mountain' or something as well respected as Marcel Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past' or Miguel de Cervantes' 'Don Quixote.'
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Yeah, sure, we all know, Prince is a musical genius, a modern-day Mozart, the purple prince of pop. Whatever. Yada, yada, yada. The point is: listen to the album! This is nothing short of a minor masterpiece. Alphabet Street, the track that got all the airplay, is probably the weakest on the album. The real gems here are Anna Stesia (one of his least known and best songs ever), Lovesexy, Eye No and When 2 R in Love. Again, listen to the album. You will definitely not be disappointed. Prince could occasionally put out some trash, but clearly he was in the groove here, confident in his abilities coming off of the monster hit that was Sign of the Times. This is Prince just having… Read more
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Fiona Apple is pissed off! And that passion comes through loud and clear on tracks like Limp and Get Gone. While most songwriters struggle to be melodic, eloquent, even coherant in their anger and angst, Apple plays these emotions as well as she does her piano. On the whole this is slightly better than her first album, more exciting and rhythmically interesting, though there are few tracks as good as Tidal's Sullen Girl or Shadowboxer. If you've never bought this because you were afraid it wouldn't live up to Tidal, fear not. Just because none of the songs got that much airplay doesn't mean a thing. This is definitely no sophomore slump. All I want to know is when Apple will release… Read more
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Was Fiona Apple really so young when she released this album? Was she already such a great composer, vocalist, pianist and producer? Amazing! Is there a single song on here that is not hypnotic? Absolutely not! Sullen Girl, Shadowboxer, Criminal -- these are all glorious tracks that should make anyone wonder where this girl came from (and especially where she has disappeared to) and where she developed such a seasoned view. She's like the Rickie Lee Jones or Joni Mitchell of the 90s. Fiona, please come back and give us some more great music.
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