Glam sham.Glam GLAM Glamorgan (Welsh County) GLAM Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (Australian Society of Archvisits) GLAM Grinning Like A Maniac GLAM God's Love And Mercy sham Doll * Kevin Cahoon and Ghetto Cowboy * Anchor C Despite the lip service glam rock paid to style-as-substance with its silver lame space suits and sexual ambiguity, there's no denying that its icons communicated something essential; outsider adolescents worshiped classic Bowie with good reason. Judging from his debut CD, actor-rocker Cahoon knows the genre well--he certainly looks the part--but his performances stop short of the rabid insanity of Iggy Pop or Freddie Mercury's extravagant affectation af·fec·ta·tion n. 1. A show, pretense, or display. 2. a. Behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality. b. A particular habit, as of speech or dress, adopted to give a false impression. . The album begins and ends promisingly, with the snotty pop-punk reminiscence rem·i·nis·cence n. 1. The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events. 2. An experience or event recollected: "Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety" "Doll" and the lighters-in-the-air anthem "Mirrorball Prophecy," but the remaining originals never quite ignite. All the well-executed guitar riffs and bitchy bitch·y adj. bitch·i·er, bitch·i·est Slang 1. Malicious, spiteful, or overbearing. 2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky. posturing can't conceal the lack of jaw-dropping weirdness and a shortage of melodic ideas. Still, if you caught Cahoon onstage as Hedwig and left wanting more--here it is. |
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