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Mojave Crossing (Louis L'Amour)

 "Sackett Goes to California" 2009-02-13
By C. Travis (Tennessee, USA)
This is one of the better Sackett stories. It is the eighth in the Sackett series and the second that involves Tell Sackett (the first is the novel "Sackett"). It covers survival in the mojave (several interesting secretes about finding water in the desert) and different skills for survival in the wild young city of Los Angeles (lots of the old place names for hotels and bars are used); and of course, there is a girl and a "black sheep" Sackett coming to the rescue. It has very thing including an old retired pirate and his hidden treasure of gold. It is colorfully written and is non-stop action. In fact, I did not want it to end and that is the best recommendation I can give.

Excuses for Travellers

 "Will Always Be One of My Favorites" 2005-09-18
By B. VanLaeken (Pembroke Pines, FL)
I first owned this on record. This is the perfect album for:
Roadtrips alone.
Roadtrips with a good friend.
A broken heart.
Anytime.

Neil Halstead reminds me of Nick Drake. Prayer for the Paranoid is a great song. I like that so far all of Mojave 3's albums have sounded somewhat different. This album has more of an "Out of Tune" feel to it than "Ask Me Tomorrow". It isn't Slowdive, but that's fine because it's nice to hear more than one type of music from a good band.

Mojave Moon

 "not worth the effort" 2009-06-01
By The Delite Rancher (Phoenix, Arizona)
"Mojave Moon" is a zany story of just what can happen in the desert during a full moon. Recently retired, Al McCord hasn't yet made peace with his new situation. The doldrums of his life are broken when he meets Ellie, an attractive young woman. After giving Ellie a ride into the Mojave Desert, an unlikely entanglement grows with the young woman's mother. The mother's unstable boyfriend soon complicates the situation. "Mojave Moon" has several issues. First, the writing is mediocre. The main characters are caricatures of themselves. Such a deliberate attempt is made to have the actors and actresses play the roles of rebellious teenager, sweet housewife, mean redneck and restless retiree that the characters become static stereotypes. In the end, there is almost no character development. Also, if the premise taps into the notion that people do weird things on the night of the full moon, why does the time frame span a week or so? Whether it's the dialogue, individual scenes or plot architecture, the writing is a drawback. The second issue is the acting. Granted, it can be hard to tell where lackluster writing ends and acting begins. The actors and actresses may have made the best of working within the limits of the script as interpreted by the director. It's possible but unlikely. It seems that the primary reason this film remains in-print is so that fans of Angelina Jolie can enjoy one of her earlier roles. (Indeed, while she was almost unnoticeable on the original movie poster, the new DVD cover prominently features the actress.) As Ellie, Jolie plays a teenage vixen. While she's as attractive as ever, Jolie's acting in this role is garden variety. Given this work, most would have a hard time predicting that the twenty-one year old actress would eventually earn Golden Globes and even an Academy Award. Given the overall timbre of this movie, it's hard to believe that it was released in 1996 as it has that silly feel of films from the early 1980s. "Mojave Moon" has merit but it should only be watched by the most curious Angelina Jolie fans.

Bluebird Of Happiness

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 "A last ghostly gasp from Concrete Blonde" 2009-09-28
By Don Nelson (Pine, CO USA)
A definitive work that gives up all of their "pop" sounds from the past, Johnette and Mike make some very interesting tracks, apart from the silly "Mike needs an animal". Striking are the mystical tunes "The A Road", "Hey Coyote" and "Mojave". A psychedelic tour on "Himalayan Motorcycles" is a nice trip. Johnette's interpretation of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" is hypnotic.

Overall, this is not an album for someone looking for another "Joey" is looking for. This is the transition to Johnette's "Scarred" and other works.