Word: 80s
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Only Harvard's WHRB over the years has consistently shown strong, imaginative classical music programming. The Bach "orgy" in the early 80s will go down in broadcasting history. Its many orgies before and after have provided unparalleled opportunities for listeners to deepen their appreciation of the composer selected for celebration. Its daily blocks of classical music have filled much of the void in Boston's desolate airwaves...
However, Bok said that although compensationfor work in the private sector increased, workerdissatisfaction in the '70s and '80s decreased. Headded that the emphasis on salaries which occurredin the '80s "did not help the workers or society...
LIKE A TROUBADOUR ADRIFT ON the blue highways of America, John Mellencamp has hitched his muse to the hopes and broken dreams of the heartland. Even before the mid-'80s, when he renounced the pop artifice of his John Cougar past and took back his given name, he had found his calling as a spinner of hook-laden odes to the ordinary man. Early hits that hinted at the darker dimensions of suburbia, like Jack and Diane and Pink Houses, sold millions and made Mellencamp an MTV star. On later albums, like Scarecrow (1985) and The Lonesome Jubilee...
These days it's also best for business. Champagne houses like Mumm may be talking quality, but what they are really worried about is quantity. Since the heady years of heavy champagne consumption in the late '80s, sales have dropped dramatically, and profits with them. In 1989, 249 million bottles were sold; by 1992 the number had slumped to just over 214 million. Part of the problem is cyclical: the sluggish world economy has provided little incentive to pop champagne corks. But the French producers are also paying for aggressive pricing in the days of high demand. Prices nearly doubled...
Another in a long line of disco one-hit wonders, "Funkytown" epitomizes the mechanical, methodical sounds of '70s robot funk. The Minneapolis studio group's lone hit was released in 1980, and it features some of the best production techniques of the late '70s and early '80s. Where, exactly, is "Funkytown?" Once it's pulsing beat gets hold of you, you no longer care...