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1 La Femme Nikita - The Complete Fourth Season
1 Welcome to the Drama Club

Shipped via USPS (estimated arrival date: 22-September-2006).

I'm not taking calls next weekend.

What do we have to look forward to with Season 4 Nikita??
... Nikita's brainwashed,
Of course Michael's going to save her
Adrian is still alive!
Michael really does love Nikita!
Nikita brings Michael back from the brink of despair
...only to seemingly betray him
The Cardinal!
Mick Schtoppel is Mr. Jones??!?
Madeline won't have her future dictated by "some ad-hoc bimbo"
and Nikita isn't ready to see Michael die. Awwww!

The drama! The stotic, longing glances! The clothes. And cars! Oh yeah, there is the unsightly poo laid when they killed off Birkoff and recruited his suave, twangy twin, Jason. Seeing Michael actually happy forgives all transgressions.
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And what do we have to look forward to with the new Everclear album, "Welcome to the Drama Club"?

Hopefully any song better than "Hater". I love the early reviews from Amazon.com:

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
I Don't Understand The Negative Reviews, September 13, 2006
Reviewer:Mit Huston (Allentown, PA USA) - See all my reviews

A lot has changed for Art Alexakis since the last time Everclear released a full length album in 2003. He has declared bankruptcy, divorced for the 3rd time, and Craig Montoya and Greg Eklund, his bandmates for 11 years left to do other projects, all within a year. Take that into consideration when listening to the album.

He has since rebanded with 4 new members including a keyboardist to form a more "mellower" Everclear sound similar to the Everclear of old, but different. That's due in part to the keyboards and the workmanship of the new members of the band.

Most of the album was recorded from live takes with everyone in the studio, something that hasn't been heard from Everclear in several years. The album has a lush sound similar to So Much For The Afterglow, but without the sweet production.

The album deals with Art Alexakis' realization of his sex addiction, his wrongdoings, and is a journal of his life from the past few years. That is something you can easily hear from songs like 'Now', 'Broken', 'The Drama King', and 'Shine'.

I really enjoyed this album, and have to say this album is a huge improvement over 'Slow Motion Daydream', which I hate. [Ed: I don't... it's a stronger album than most. Especially "Chrysanthemum "] I really enjoy songs like 'Taste of Hell', 'Portland Rain', 'Now', and 'A Shameless Use of Charm' which sound like the typical Everclear song but definately have a new element in them that is interesting. 'A Shameless Use of Charm' sounds like a Ben Folds song, and 'Portland Rain' has a 'Maroon 5-ish' pop vibe going on, which is actually worth listening to and has some of the best guitar work on an Everclear related album in years.

The faults of the album were the lyrical content, which aren't as articulate and thought provoking as some of the lyrics found on the earlier albums, but I really don't think it matters for the songs as I still feel his message is expressed in a meaningful way, take for example, 'The Drama King'. And if you want to base judgement on the album after hearing 'Hater', don't, because it's the worst song on the album and really is out of place with the rest of the songs.

Give it another chance!

There is hope yet.