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  • U2: The Unforgettable Fire

    U2: The Unforgettable Fire
    Somehow, strangely, I had never heard this album until a few months ago. And I'm a big fan of the band. Of course it's a little more 80s than No Line, but if you can get past that, this is a magnificent album. Bono's wordplay adds texture to music that's already electrified and taken with American culture (Elvis, MLK and the 4th of July surface more than once). Highlights: "Pride", "Bad", "MLK" (****)

reviewed in 09

reviewed in 08

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29 March 2008

And Now for Something Completely Different

PythonAnd Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Directed by Ian MacNaughton
***1/4

It's cheeky. It's clever. It's basically Monty Python's sketches put together into a film-length feature. From "Dead Parrot" to "The Lumberjack Song", from "Blackmail" to "Hell's Grannies", enjoy all the over-the-top bizarrities your laugh muscles can stand. As a film, it doesn't really work, cause it seems to last longer than the Energizer Bunny. But if you like MP, or the multi-sketch-at-a-time approach they developed, it's worth a look.

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