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THE OPENING ACT
RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
What We’re Into
New releases
‘The Blacklist’
Calvin Harris’ last star-stud-
ded funk album in 2017
sported several hits but left
listeners wanting more. Now,
the DJ from the UK has deliv-
ered a second volume, titled
“Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2,”
featuring even more tracks and
big names, but bigger doesn’t
always mean better.
The album emanates laid-back
summer vibes similar to the fi rst volume,
this time with a little more disco — it’s
making a comeback. Soaring string
interludes accompany punchy basslines,
putting this album at the crossroads of
the ’70s dance genre and funk.
Most of the tracks are smooth cele-
My wife and I have been binge-watch-
ing “The Blacklist,” with James Spader
and Megan Boone on Netfl ix. We’re on
season 6 now, but it’s still being broad-
cast, so we
don’t know
how long it
will go, but
I believe
there’s a
season 9 in
the works. It
keeps draw-
ing us onto
the next
episode.
Although
there’s
plenty of
violence — which, of course, is staged —
there’s little sex or language that can’t be.
So it’s not too family unfriendly.
It starts with Spader, as one of the
FBI’s 10 most wanted, surrendering to the
FBI and off ering to help provide names
on the “Blacklist” — people who have
committed crimes the FBI doesn’t even
know about.
He admittedly helps for selfi sh rea-
sons, but both he and the FBI win. Howev-
er, he insists he’ll help ONLY if he gives his
information to Boone. Their relationship
and questions surrounding it are at the
core of the series.
There’s plenty of mystery — questions
that need to be answered and sometimes
are. I won’t give spoilers, so you’ll have to
watch it yourself.
Characters come and go, with the
writers not afraid to kill off important ones
on occasion. They really make the series
work.
The thing we keep thinking about is it
just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
There’s adventure, action, humor and a bit
of romance.
— Bill Bradshaw, reporter,
Wallowa County Chieftain
‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’
brations of youth, perfect for
playing on a summer drive
around town with the top
down. Most of them, that is,
with maybe a few exceptions.
The dud of the album is
the fi rst track after the intro,
“New Money,” with its under-
whelming instrumentals un-
derneath rapper 21 Savage, which didn’t
do the rapper’s equally underwhelming
lyrics any favors.
“Stay With Me” also lacks as an awk-
ward combination of three very diff erent
artists — Justin Timberlake, Halsey and
Pharrell Williams, whose contributions to
this song fall short of cohesive.
— The Associated Press
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