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AUGUST 25�SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
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THE OPENING ACT
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‘THE HORSES AND
THE HOUNDS’
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
am really into video games.
From developers like Insomniac
Games, Ubisoft, Naughty Dog,
Bethesda Softworks and many
others, I get to enjoy and delve
into fantasy worlds like Spyro, As-
sassin’s Creed, Crash Bandicoot
and Elder Scrolls.
The designing and develop-
ment that goes into producing a
video game is a long and atten-
tion-to-detail-oriented process,
which produces wonderful and
magical games to play.
I love the scenery, quests,
storylines and treasures that
you fi nd along your adventures
through these virtual realities.
Another aspect I appreciate is
that these games are based on
idea that just sparked into be-
should share it with others via the
platform known as video games.
Honestly, it’s also another way
for my husband and I to bond.
Sometimes trying to fi nd a trea-
sure or the quest itself becomes
diffi cult and one of us will chime
in with, “Well, have you tried this?”
And it’s showed me how much
diff erently my husband and I think
and perceive things. We also
make it a healthy competition by
seeing who can fi nish the game
faster and achieve the most
n recent months, James
McMurtry test-drove some
of this material during twice-a-
week livestream performances
from his home near Austin,
Texas, occasionally interrupted
by digital gremlins or a barking
dog.
“The Horses and the
Hounds” is McMurtry’s fi rst
album in six years, and the time
taken to develop the new songs
shows. These 10 tunes have
been woodshedded until they
sound both broken in and built
to last, which makes it standard
stuff from one of music’s best
storytellers.
The set rocks, thanks partly
to stellar electric guitar by David
Grissom. He fi rst worked with
McMurtry more than 30 years
ago, as did producer Ross
Hogarth, who oversees hand-
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some, varied arrangements that
also feature cello, keyboards
and accordion.
McMurtry assumes the voice
of quirky characters who share
wisdom won and explain their
scars while contemplating an-
noyances great and small.
Elsewhere McMurtry’s quin-
quagenarian blues lament bad
decisions, militarism, lives too
short, road tolls and time the
revelator. He bites off the words,
even when he invites a smile.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
hidden quest agendas. I look for-
ward to these shared moments.
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