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I believe that although we smile, think happy thoughts and all try to get along peacefully, deep down we are hurting for we know the planet, our brothers and sisters, and all of earth's creatures are in serious danger because of global warming and because of the shrinking rainforests. I find I tell myself that I shouldn't care because it's already too late. But that way of thinking is dead wrong. I think we all do care. And it will never be too late to change our behaviors and do what is right. Our nations are democrocies and we should all do everything in our power to create clean air and forests forever. So I guess, this is what "The Rainforest Song" music video is about. It's about hope. It's about change. It's about living on a healthy planet that we can pass on for many generations. Also, the good elves in the video represent humankind's positive aspect, whereas the evil elves represent humankind's negative aspect. Yours, PK SILVER
Beth Orton is a famously good singer, as evidenced by the three albums that have so conspicuously built her worldwide reputation over the past decade. Not even that illustrious body of work, however, can properly prepare you for the extraordinarily personal, almost naked and most certainly honest emotional qualities of "Comfort of Strangers," Beth Orton's new album released in February 2006.
Its production values are deceptively uncomplicated. Deceptive, because the album's stripped-down sonics allow the emotional complexities of Beth Orton's performances - and particularly her premiership talents as a songwriter - to flourish; at times sad, funny, playful and poignant, romantic, always lyrical and on occasion even a touch sentimental. Indeed, coming after her opening trilogy of albums, "Comfort of Strangers" represents a total sense of reinvention, a fabulous alchemy resulting from a set of simple rules that Beth Orton decided for the new CD.
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The 404 408: Where we sweat while Libe Goad is here doing nothing
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The 404 446: Where the cheese stands alone
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