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"Throughout the session," the Post notes, "Gore attempted to defuse tension by making jokes, mentioning obscure scientific theories and repeatedly announcing his Web site address."
is the vivid tension he generates between earnest romanticism and howling discord" (David Fricke, Rolling Stone ). Reviews compare the band's sound with predecessors as diverse as Wire, Hüsker Dü, and Lou Reed, and several mark the similarity of Martsch's voice to Neil Young's.
In the Far East, the big issue is the tension between China and Taiwan over the latter's abandonment of the "one China" principle.
But as product variety has increased and product life cycles have shortened, this tension has become increasingly acute, prompting inventory management practices to evolve in recent years to meet rapidly changing market demands.
EdTV has none of the edge of such "mockumentaries" as Albert Brooks' Real Life (1980) or This Is Spinal Tap (1984) or even HBO's The Larry Sanders Show , all of which exploit in hilarious fashion the tension between just being and performing for a camera.