Furio Zanasi was intermittently powerful as Ulisse, at his best after a short tuning break that -- since nothing went to waste in this compact show -- seemed a logical part of the action, a brief fragmentation in the dreams of the sick Ulysses.
The Libertines weren't built for arenas, it seems, where the overlong tuning breaks and laid-back meanderings of "What Katie Did", for example, sound exposed.
After riding a second-line groove for a while, the tune broke apart, becoming a squall of delirious free-form exposition.
On Tuesday, a few slow tunes broke up an overwhelmingly medium-tempo set.
Invite some friends, slap some tunes, break out the chips, and ta-da, you have yourself a good time.
The moment when the tune breaks into nothing,No words, no music, the hush a sound of waterRushing underground, until a boy Laughs while two others wrestle for the mike,And then all three are laughing, hamming it up — "Heavens to Mergatroyd!" "A wise guy, hey!" — Just that, those seconds, "gosh oh gee oh," justThe voices of a ghostly slapstick nowFrom reel to reel to ferry us across.
Many a tune has made or broken the success of a TV show.
After years of reboots, such as Knight Rider and Hawaii Five-O, that had little in common with the original apart from a title and perhaps a remixed theme tune, Prison Break is part of a wave of what you might call "provenance TV": resurrections of existing properties that get the band back together and make a point of telling viewers about it.
One of the LP's most engrossing cuts is "Picture Perfect," a tune littered with shuffling jungle breaks and an infectious vocal line that pulls you downward like an encroaching riptide.
One of the LP's most engrossing cuts is "Picture Perfect," a tune littered with shuffling jungle breaks and an infectious vocal line that pulls you downward like an encroaching riptide.
