Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drum. At times, there are so many diverse elements to a song thatmany of his innovations can only be appreciated ifcarefully heard three or four times. In sharpcontrast, on the very next track, "Build itUp--Tear at Down," cyber distortion combines witha relatively slower beat tempo and a conspicuously'80s hair-rock vocal refrain. The overall effectof these seemingly unrelated and clashing soundsamples can only be understood in the context ofFatboy Slim's mixing style and amazing abilities.In lesser hands, such combinations would soundawful, but it appears that Norman Cook can makeanything sound good...
...nearly twenty-year-old band since the release of Monster in 1994. After the departure of Bill Berry, R.E.M.'s drummer for the past 18 years, the idea of another "new" R.E.M. seemed inevitable. The departure left Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and Michael Stipe as the remaining core of '80s indie-rock's greatest band, despite their previous promises that the band would break up if one of the members left. The absence of a real-life drummer has opened the band up to critics who have ragged on the new album for using a drum machine, a faux...
...There was no holistic sense of women's health then," Byrne said, referring to the early '80s when she was diagnosed. "There weren't the options there...
Maynard was one of the creative editors of the '80s and '90s who reinvented and revitalized newsmagazines, once considered news-rehashing dinosaurs. Although he had the hard-news instincts of a foreign correspondent, he developed a fingertip feel for the kind of cultural, social, family and health trends that transcend last week's headlines and become next week's dinner-table conversations. His competitive instincts caused him, like the rest of us, to make an occasional mistake, but his legendary intensity made him not merely a survivor but a person who prevailed in the struggle to keep journalism smart...
...against too much restored confidence, however. For one thing, the rate cut could mean that Greenspan views the economy as even weaker than it looks, which of course would not bode well for stock prices. As for the insiders, they are famous for buying too early. During the late-'80s banking crisis, bank executives bought their own "cheap" shares two years before bank stocks hit bottom. And last year, just as stocks were selling at nosebleed prices, corporate purchasers at 1,700 companies announced buybacks worth $220 billion...