Nobody Knows How to Talk to Children Anymore (Variety)
Aug 29, 2004 12:00 a.m. - Yahoo! News - Entertainment - Movies
Variety - Brother-and-sister act Jack and Meg White -- he plays guitar, she's the drummer -- don't need help with their hipster image; the duo is famously obfuscating with interviewers, and their punkish take on rural blues styles certainly puts them in unique sonic territory (even while occasionally recalling that "Ghost World" band specializing in "authentic Delta blues"). But little that's said in the wings of a four-nighter at New York's Bowery Ballroom contributes to their mystique. Nor do greenroom visits from such as Macauley Culkin and the Strokes yield startling insights or even basic amusement. Despite sonic glitches, music segs are often strong.
