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 By Andy Argyrakis |
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Street Week: Goo Goo Dolls return, Cohen chronicled on tour
Monday, August 30, 2010 While the Goo Goo Dolls didn't hit the charts until the mid-1990s, the band's actually been together since 1986. The group's longevity remains with the brand new studio release Something For The Rest Of Us (Warner Brothers), which finds front man John Rzeznik writing about society's current uncertainty. Musically, the band extends plenty of muscle from ramped up rockers to power ballads in its epic tradition. Filmmaker Tony Palmer spent his formative years chronicling The Beatles, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, followed by time on tour with Leonard Cohen in 1972. The results of that latter journey can be traced throughout the Leonard Cohen DVD Bird On a Wire, which hasn't  been seen since its original release in 1974. This restored version comes after finding 290 rolls of film in 2009 and has since found a home in deluxe digipack packaging, complete with a poster reproduction of the original flick.Even though Chocolate Genius Inc. figurehead Mark Anthony Thompson set out to record a trilogy of albums tracing first person stories with a cathartic resolve for the singer/songwriter, Swansongs turned out to be the fourth project in that 12 year song cycle. Marking the follow-up to 2005's Black Yankee Rock, the focus revolves primarily around loosing both of his parents, along with lamenting the passage of time in general. It's a lot to digest for those starting with this chapter, but anyone who followed Chocolate Genius Inc.'s journey thus far should have no trouble being moved and grooved by his humble reflections. |
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