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Feb. 28th, 2004 06:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxmonkeyNote to self - two memes: five fic kisses, ten important events.
6:31 a.m. That's the kind of night-lifer I am, baby. Which means not that I'm still up from having been up all night, it means I just woke up from having been asleep all night. Woohoo! I rock! ::Lance's devil horns hands::
Sadly, I think I'm going to bid adieu to the Haven LJ style. I like it and I've gotten used to some of it's quirks. It's pretty customizable, but jeez. No edit button? Come on. Also, my screen is cutting off at one side, and I can't figure out why. The sizing issues are the last straw, sadly. 100% is too much, and 90% is too narrow. 95%, of course, isn't an option. Were I handier with html and all that, I might be able to further tweak at the layer level, but HAH! Yeah, that'll happen. So style-change whore that I am, it's time to change again.
Yeah, I know that some of you probably read the subject line with glee. And then thought, It's about damn time! We're into the home stretch reviews-wise, so I'll edit this entry during the day rather than spam with tons of review entries. And away we go...
Seen by me at the Board of Doom, posted by Jayne. From getoutaz.com
JC Chasez
‘Schizophrenic’
The transition from boy band member to solo artist is a tricky one.
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter released an album under his own name only to watch it disappear without a trace while ’N Sync’s Justin Timberlake's effort, “Justified,” has made him one of the biggest stars on the planet. JC Chasez, also of ’N Sync, is the latest singer trying to grow out of his teen pop image and become an adult artist.
To his credit, he's ready to sink or swim on his own merit having co-written all but one of 17 songs and with his fingerprints all over the disc’s production as well. “Schizophrenic” is an apt title for the CD as it's a stylistically scattershot affair bouncing between dance club-inspired electronic ditties, guitar-driven rock, reggae, stripped-down funk, sweeping ballads and new wave synth-pop. Surprisingly, it works quite well.
Chasez has a fine voice — that was never in question — but, who knew he could apply it successfully to such varied styles? Growling here, cooing there and poking fun at himself in the comical “One Night Stand,” the singer has a commanding presence throughout the disc. Lyrically, he still has a long way to go as stock song titles such as “If You Were My Girl,” “Come To Me” and “Everything You Want” attest. There’s no telling if “Schizophrenic” can match the sales juggernaut of “Justified,” but the album shows Chasez possesses enough musical creativity and talent to play second banana to no one.
Grade: B
— by Thomas Bond, Get Out
6:31 a.m. That's the kind of night-lifer I am, baby. Which means not that I'm still up from having been up all night, it means I just woke up from having been asleep all night. Woohoo! I rock! ::Lance's devil horns hands::
Sadly, I think I'm going to bid adieu to the Haven LJ style. I like it and I've gotten used to some of it's quirks. It's pretty customizable, but jeez. No edit button? Come on. Also, my screen is cutting off at one side, and I can't figure out why. The sizing issues are the last straw, sadly. 100% is too much, and 90% is too narrow. 95%, of course, isn't an option. Were I handier with html and all that, I might be able to further tweak at the layer level, but HAH! Yeah, that'll happen. So style-change whore that I am, it's time to change again.
Yeah, I know that some of you probably read the subject line with glee. And then thought, It's about damn time! We're into the home stretch reviews-wise, so I'll edit this entry during the day rather than spam with tons of review entries. And away we go...
Seen by me at the Board of Doom, posted by Jayne. From getoutaz.com
JC Chasez
‘Schizophrenic’
The transition from boy band member to solo artist is a tricky one.
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter released an album under his own name only to watch it disappear without a trace while ’N Sync’s Justin Timberlake's effort, “Justified,” has made him one of the biggest stars on the planet. JC Chasez, also of ’N Sync, is the latest singer trying to grow out of his teen pop image and become an adult artist.
To his credit, he's ready to sink or swim on his own merit having co-written all but one of 17 songs and with his fingerprints all over the disc’s production as well. “Schizophrenic” is an apt title for the CD as it's a stylistically scattershot affair bouncing between dance club-inspired electronic ditties, guitar-driven rock, reggae, stripped-down funk, sweeping ballads and new wave synth-pop. Surprisingly, it works quite well.
Chasez has a fine voice — that was never in question — but, who knew he could apply it successfully to such varied styles? Growling here, cooing there and poking fun at himself in the comical “One Night Stand,” the singer has a commanding presence throughout the disc. Lyrically, he still has a long way to go as stock song titles such as “If You Were My Girl,” “Come To Me” and “Everything You Want” attest. There’s no telling if “Schizophrenic” can match the sales juggernaut of “Justified,” but the album shows Chasez possesses enough musical creativity and talent to play second banana to no one.
Grade: B
— by Thomas Bond, Get Out
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Date: 2004-02-29 01:00 am (UTC)That's a nice review.