Charm factory
Would you describe yourself as good-looking? has got to be one of the worst questions you can expect to answer she writes.
She dedicates a whole chapter to this hang-up entitled Send me a pic?. You can paint a picture of people through their writings. I was always taken aback by someones personality and charm rather than how they looked. I wanted to meet the person face to face as quick as possible because that way you can instantly tell whether they are for you. She says.
Ultimately looks come and go but personality lasts for ever
He offers spoken introductions in several places, and vigorous harmonies by his band members add to the energy level and live, spontaneous feel. In at least one instance Williams adds different lyrics to one of his older hits, 1949's 'Mind Your Own Business,' providing another hint of his turbulent home life: 'If I get my head beat black and blue/That's my wife and my stove wood, too.'
Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Travis, 'Ode to J. Smith' (Red Telephone Box)
Travis was right to shake things up. The Scottish band was floating further and further away from the Britpop charm of its breakthrough album, 1998's 'The Man Who.'
But 'Ode to J. Smith' (Red Telephone Box) written in five weeks and recorded in two doesn't sound urgent, as the band intended. It sounds unfinished and thrown together. The bulk of the album sounds gloppy and aimless, built around too much fuzzed-out guitar and not enough melody. Only the intense single 'Something Anything' and the chiming pop of 'Song to Self' show what Travis really can accomplish.
Glenn Gamboa, Newsday
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