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CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY was tuned into Hootie & the Blowfish long before they became the South's answer to Pearl Jam. "I remember seeing Hootie play when only about 40 fans showed up," he recalls. Farley, who frequently reviews music for TIME, journeyed to Columbia, South Carolina, to investigate the roots of Hootie's sound--an assignment that entailed some bar hopping with the band. "It's regional music with a national appeal," says Farley. Music was an inspiration to Farley in his first novel, My Favorite War, to be published this summer by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. "It's not about...
...sitcom's theme song, I'll Be There for You--a hit single that received endless mtv airplay and launched the career of its performers, The Rembrandts--appears in two versions on the record. The rest of the collection showcases songs from such artists as the Pretenders, Hootie & the Blowfish, k.d. lang, R.E.M. and Lou Reed, all of whom will be heard on the show this season. Compiled in part by Friends executive producer Kevin Bright, a music buff with an 8,000-volume record collection, the CD reflects the sitcom's young, urban sensibility. "What I didn't want...
...Valley. This is where the great outpouring of pop culture comes to market, a market that caters to all the moods of the American disposition, from moonglow to bloodlust. At Sam Goody's, the chain record store, the CD bins are stuffed with amiable releases by Hootie and the Blowfish and Boyz II Men. But they also hold the gangsta rap of Bloods and Crips and Tupac Shakur. Nearby, at the Time Out video arcade, Jordan Trimas, 16, is playing Primal Rage, a game in which dinosaurs tear one another to pieces. "Sure, the violence influences kids,'' he shrugs...
...House of Blues, a Hard Rock Cafe-style restaurant chain that features blues-inspired live music. The chain has spawned a TV series on the U.S. cable channel tbs called Live from the House of Blues, which features blues-tinged acts like the rock group Hootie & the Blowfish...
...Redford says the club, which plays Top 40 music and hosts performances by a local classic rock band called the Kennel Boys--who play "in the style of the Gin Blossoms, Counting Crows and Hootie and the Blowfish"--welcomes the Harvard students no matter how they dress...