Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...your typical coming-of-age story, this tale of the making of a '70s porn star (played by the artist formerly known as Marky Mark, no less) evolves into a touching, refreshingly quirky family drama, as the "star" finds himself part of a veritable clan headed by Burt Reynolds' would-be visionary filmmaker. Director Paul Anderson displays a remarkable eye and ear for the fluffy vacuousness and conspicuously awful taste of the disco era, while paying cinematic homage to the period's greatest directors...
...tracks ending the album are by themselves worth the price of the CD. "Now keep in mind, I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my shit," Badu says before introducing "Tyrone," the only previously unreleased track on the album. She has nothing to worry about. "Tyrone" is four minutes of slinky feminist blues that is sure to be the R&B song of early 1998. A conversation with a selfish lover who's more interested in hanging out with his buddies (including the aforementioned Tyrone) than Badu, the track takes Mary J. Blige's "Not Gonna...
Starting in the late '80s with the seminal Boston indie-pop band Blake Babies, Hatfield has built a career around her girlish, often straining voice and simple, pop driven song structures. The recent release of Please Do Not Disturb, however, marked a sharp departure for the Boston-based artist. With its hollow, often menacing production, heavily distorted bass guitar and aggressive, direct lyrics, the EP opened up for her a whole new arena of musical possibilities. Hatfield's show reflected all of the strengths and weaknesses of the new approach...
...Donald Margulies' Obie-Award winning comedy/drama about a Jewish artist in a mid-career tailspin. Free. Loeb Experimental Theater...
...large extent, Lord's artistic sustenance has depended on her ability to draw a crowd to her stage; busking (playing in subways) in Boston, Seattle and L.A. requires an artist's material to have a certain universal appeal...