2008-03-03 - 11:58 a.m. Today I was called upon to review an album by Winds Of Plague called Decimate The Weak. I looked up the title in the database here at work, and learned that several other bands have expressed strong opinions, via album titles, about what we as a society should do to the weak. Here are some fun suggestions: Dementor takes a practical, utilitarian approach, counseling us to Enslave the Weak (which makes sense, given that the weak are famous for their hard work). The cuddly Aryan ensemble Pantheon takes a harder stance and asks us to Crush the Weak, although they�ve left out any mention of the proper tools to do so, whereas Jungle Rot leaves much to the imagination with the evocative Slaughter the Weak. (Although I may be misreading--perhaps this is simply an indictment against Murray from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.) I recently watched Gone Baby Gone and was pretty impressed with Ben Affleck's directorial debut. It occupies a similar niche as Clint Eastwood's more recent pictures--basically a mainstream film, and subject to all the nonsensicalities of such, but done with artful, human touches and good performances. Plus: a satisfying and twisty ending and Ed Harris (looking strangely like Viggo Mortenson).
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