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Switching to Capitol Records and teaming with ace producer Don Was, Raitt finally found the up. Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw (1991) made her a best seller without selling her out. "Here I am, not having sought it, but somehow getting it," she says. "But the idea of playing the game of being 'hot' is offensive to me." The fact is, Raitt loves the road; hot or cold, she'll be happy as long as she's working. "When the lights go down, it is the same gig as 15 years ago. I have the coolest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Bonnie and the Blues | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

...roommate always blasts that frickin' "I saw the sign" song by frickin' Ace of Face, or Ace of Mace or whatever the group is. I hate it. What should I do? May I please destroy her CD player? Sick of Sucky Song in Stoughtom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's the Sign? | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...could sing along to the CD together as you did homework or as you got ready for classes every morning. I think you'll find that learning about your roommate's music will bring the two of you closer together and "open up your eyes" to the works of Ace of Base (forgive me; I'm often tickled by inserting puns in my writing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's the Sign? | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...some point, they all had to be pushedaside to make way for weight training, bus trips,extra shifts in practice, or whatever else it tookto become an ace in the deck of Harvard hockey.Body has never made a formal choice between golfand hockey, but everyone else has. Always leftthere is always the passion of hockey. Best leftfor explanation by a Canadian...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Finishing in Style: The Class of '94 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...them much anymore; newspapers are nostalgia items for the geriatric Gutenberg generation. And even more anachronistic are newspaper movies, which were nearly always about rapacious reporters chiseling bereaved losers out of their private dignity. Five Star Final, The Front Page (His Girl Friday in the Cary Grant edition) and Ace in the Hole were papers in nutshell, tabloid on celluloid. They gave you the headlines, the editorial and the funnies too. The subject of these movies wasn't even newspapers; it was the American urge for speed and aggression -- corporate, personal, romantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Take Two Tabloids and Call Me | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

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