Word: billboarded
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This “revolution” was televised, but few people were actually watching. None of the breakout albums from the Big Four ever went platinum, nor did any of the five singles between them crack the Billboard Hot 100. Though it may seem unwise to equate significance with sales (the Velvet Underground and Nico model could naturally be evoked here), let’s face it: any major rock movement worth its salt sells a few records. Many magazines comparing the garage rock revival to the early 90’s grunge movement failed to mention that grunge...
...neon nightscape of Tokyo, Bob Harris' face sort of smiles from an electronic billboard. Bob (Bill Murray) is an American actor in town to shoot a Santori commercial--as he puts it, "getting $2 million endorsing a whiskey when I should be doing a play or something." After 25 years of marriage and a stagnant career, Bob has eased himself into the warm bath of depression. The cunning jokes he emits are the fart bubbles that keep others amused and himself awake. During the Santori shoot he agreeably mimics Rat Packers Dean Martin and Joey Bishop and, because the photographer...
...With that bankroll, they have shouted yes slogans in every legal form. Though political TV advertising is outlawed, the country is awash in debate. On Stockholm street corners, workers dutifully dispense yes or no pins from little huts. And would-be voters are assaulted by huge hanging banners and billboards: "Better krona in your pocket than euros in your unemployment check," said one billboard erected by the no campaigners. Persson's main argument is economic: join the euro now and trade will increase with the rest of the euro zone, interest rates will drop from the current...
...Jump, jump." HANGZHOU CROWD, Chanting to a Chinese migrant who climbed a billboard and shouted for help after being robbed on a train to Hangzhou...
...making a play. This week marks the arrival of The Neptunes Present ... Clones. The album features JayZ, Nelly, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes rapping over characteristically ebullient Neptunes tracks as well as rock from N.E.R.D. and Spymob, the Neptunes' house band. It should debut at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart. But the real gift on Clones is Williams. He comes out from behind the mixing boards to sing on the album's first single, Frontin', which sounds like nothing else on the radio. Over a jumpy, lover-man R.-and-B. riff, Williams slides into a quavering falsetto...