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...explain it fully is dreaming. But incredibly lucky timing is clearly part of the Madonna craze. As it happens, few other big rock stars are diluting media attention. Also the neoconservative mood of the kid culture seems to be just right for an entertainer whose personality is an outrageous blend of Little Orphan Annie, Margaret Thatcher and Mae West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Madonna Rocks the Land | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

...turquoise-colored one that my grandmother had given to me a long time ago. One day I decided to wear it as a necklace. I thought, "This is kind of offbeat and interesting." I mean, everything I do is sort of tongue in cheek. It's a strange blend -- a beautiful sort of symbolism, the idea of someone suffering, which is what Jesus Christ on a crucifix stands for, and then not taking it seriously at all. Seeing it as an icon with no religiousness attached to it. It isn't a sacrilegious thing for me. I'm not saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Now: Madonna on Madonna | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

...microchips mix with potato chips? Do electric typewriters go well with pasta? Will photocopiers blend with hamburgers? Far from being a recipe for corporate indigestion, this is just the kind of formula favored by Carlo De Benedetti, 50, chairman of Olivetti, Italy's giant maker of office automation and data-processing equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mix of Microchips and Pasta | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...their recent Boston debut at the Channel. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions put on a well-received show featuring the pleasing blend of guitarists Cole. Neil Clark and bassist Lawrence Donegan. The band is still a little stiff live, but Cole's cryptically personal songs bridge the band's charisma...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Aural Fixations | 5/10/1985 | See Source »

THOUGH THE CHARACTERS often blend into each other, the cast makes an admirable effort to compensate with solid singing, well-primed and energetic dancing, and a fairly lively ensemble spirit. A number of performances shine, and the directors have nicely managed the shifts between the 40-odd spoken or sung segments. The inspired moments of the production come with upbeat numbers but quite a few monologues--especially those by Nikki (Karen Gordon)--are provocative or funny and sometimes both...

Author: By A.m. Mcganner, | Title: Running for Realism | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

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