Editorial Product Review: :'America's First Tribal Love-Rock Musical,' went the advertising, and nobody could argue with that. Hair opened on Broadway in 1968 and immediately became a smash, although no one could quite discern what it was about. Something like, 'War is bad, drugs are good, racism bites the big one, and nudity is nice.' Although all these sentiments are expressed on this album which, like the show, has not dated well, the quality of the music makes it forgiveable. ...
Editorial Product Review: :Avenue Q will only fuel the frustration of those who think that Broadway has given up on sophisticated entertainment geared to adults. 'Whatever happened to Cole Porter's witty rhymes and mature subject matter?' they'll say. Well, it's hard to deny that Avenue Q's main frame of reference is Sesame Street and that its humor can be very broad--yes, there's profanity and puppet sex. But the show also displays heart ('The More You Ruv Someone' typically begins with ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:From Alexandra Patsavas, the Grammy®-nominated music supervisor Of Grey's Anatomy, The O.C. & Gossip Girl, comes Madmen: Music From The Series, Vol. 1, the soundtrack to Season 1 of the Golden Globe-Winning series.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:From Alexandra Patsavas, the Grammy®-nominated music supervisor Of Grey's Anatomy, The O.C. & Gossip Girl, comes Madmen: Music From The Series, Vol. 1, the soundtrack to Season 1 of the Golden Globe-Winning series.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Exclusive import limited edition digipak is remastered, has extensive line notes and lyrics, and includes four bonus songs, 'Should I Laugh Or Cry', 'The Day Before You Came', 'Cassandra' and 'Under Attack'. 13 tracks in all. :Abba's 1981 swan song is appropriately touched by intimations of loss; The Visitors certainly contains nothing as breezy as 'Does Your Mother Know.' Far from the listless meanderings of a group on its way out, however, the album is alive ...
Editorial Product Review: :One of the best collections of Celine Dion :Doubters who expect little from Celine Dion but turgid ballads will be surprised by her return to recording after several years. On A New Day Has Come, the big production numbers most associated with the Canadian superstar's name ('My Heart Will Go On,' 'Because You Loved Me') are evoked by the two versions of 'I Surrender' and somewhat lifeless covers of 'At Last' and 'Nature Boy.' At the ...
Editorial Product Review: :One of the best collections of Celine Dion :Doubters who expect little from Celine Dion but turgid ballads will be surprised by her return to recording after several years. On A New Day Has Come, the big production numbers most associated with the Canadian superstar's name ('My Heart Will Go On,' 'Because You Loved Me') are evoked by the two versions of 'I Surrender' and somewhat lifeless covers of 'At Last' and 'Nature Boy.' At the ...
Editorial Product Review: :Bathroom escapades aside, there's no denying that George Michael has been responsible for some of the biggest party jams of the '80s and '90s. Have you ever noticed what happens to a room when 'Faith' erupts from the speakers? Aside from the funk-fueled 'Fastlove,' the material from his most recent album, Older, is well and truly overshadowed here by the megahits from days gone by. The first disc starts off slow, with 'Careless Whisper' and his remake ...
Editorial Product Review: :For one brief, shining moment, there was a place known as Camelot--and this 1961 recording is the only document available of JFK's favorite musical, the one that's been used to describe his presidential administration ever since. Truthfully, Lerner and Loewe's musical score for this retelling of the King Arthur story doesn't measure up to My Fair Lady, which was still playing when Camelot opened on December 3, 1960. That being said, the three principals here were stronger ...
Editorial Product Review: :For one brief, shining moment, there was a place known as Camelot--and this 1961 recording is the only document available of JFK's favorite musical, the one that's been used to describe his presidential administration ever since. Truthfully, Lerner and Loewe's musical score for this retelling of the King Arthur story doesn't measure up to My Fair Lady, which was still playing when Camelot opened on December 3, 1960. That being said, the three principals here were stronger ...
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
Small and light enough for a shirt pocket, Samsung's Helix YX-M1 is a one-stop audio entertainment center with an XM radio, a digital music player, and room for 50 hours of tunes, but it comes up short on battery life.