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From Huh. Diary of the Hip.
Not the Joneses/CD/Spire Records
Grade:
- B-
- Well, that's a better grade than I
received in philosophy...
Categorey:
- Pop
- We think it's more like Pop
Rocks... Complete with exploding brains!
Lyrics speak from:
- The genuine Christian Experience
- Above Statement Defined:
"Life in general. In CCM; at least you are still alive and have some
sembelance of a career." - From the Steve Taylor Christianeese to
English Lexicon
- A Sunday School Lesson Plan
- 3 out of 4 Sunday School Teachers
Recommend NTJ to their pupils who chew music...
Music appropriate for:
- A High School Dance
- You know, I remeber when R.E.O.
Speedwagon
played our High School's Senior Prom circa 1976... Of course I was only in
4th grade at the time. Boy was it tough to pass as an 18 year old. Me
and Charlie tried crashing the
party...
Smells alot like:
- Extreme
- In fact, we just ordered a case of
"eau de
Nuno." Hey, Isn't Gary Cherone going to be singing with Van Halen
now? Cool.
And Furthermore:
- We think they ARE the Joneses Poppy tunes with the occassional hard
edge, but Mr. Cleaver would still nod his paternal approval.
- Interesting theory; Poppy Tunes
with an edge =
Joneses. I like that! Unfortunately our name is not derived from the
type of music we play, rather our condition as individuals and how this
positions us in society as a whole. What was Mr. Cleaver's first name
anyway? Meat? ...sorry.
- They do mention Nietchze, but clearly haven't read anything by him.
- This may sound like quite an
obscure reference to those of you who have not yet listened to the CD.
Though not stated, I am assuming that the reviewer is referring to the
song "God is Dead." This title cites the infamous quote by 19th century
Existentialist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Said quote appears (among
other places) in his work "Also sprach Zarathustra". The reviewer does
not qualify his statement in any way, so I am not sure as to how it
is clear that I haven't read anything by Nietzsche. By admission,
I am not a serious student of the philosophical arts. However, I am not
exactly philosophically impaired either. True, I have not read any of
Nietzsche's works in their original German context, but I have
read enough of their subsequent English translations to know how to spell
his name correctly.  
 
Perhaps the name of their web-zine puts it best: Huh?
<coffee_talk>Talk amoungst yourselves...</coffee_talk>
Real Audio:
Ashes to
Ashes & God is Dead
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