Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most people seem to like the eye-bending work of artist M.C. Escher, but have you ever thought your doodles, too, could be Escher-quality...
...overall record sales were flat and creativity seemed flatter, Beck has become a critics' darling, deservedly so, and has garnered an impressive number of end-of the-year accolades. Rolling Stone's music-savvy readers voted Odelay the Album of the Year; rival music magazine Spin selected Beck as Artist of the Year. Says Michael Greene, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences: "(Beck) crosses so many genres and creates so many emotions. He can be poppy; he can fuse rap and rock. He's a pretty remarkable...
Mixing rap and folk, however, seemed doable, even natural. After all, Beck's family was artistically eclectic: his father was a bluegrass musician; his mother, who raised him in Los Angeles, played the occasional gig as a singer; and his maternal grandfather, Al Hansen, was a pioneering multimedia artist and colleague of Andy Warhol's. As a teenager, Beck traveled to New York City and got caught up in the music scene; later he hooked up with hip-hop producer Karl Stephenson and cut Loser. The song became an unexpected hit, he was signed by Geffen records...
...hilarious seduction scene. But overshadowing them all is the enigmatic Mouse, who combines terrifying bloodthirstiness with naive romanticism; he murders his stepfather so that he can inherit the money he needs for his wedding. As Easy observes in a typically terse but pungent passage, Mouse "was an artist. He always said a poor man has got to work with flesh and blood...
...recognize a single artist or group in your selection of the best music. Perhaps it's time to change the setting on my car radio." BARBARA PRICE Dayton, Ohio...