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...Discovery Networks. "When something like Barney comes along, it changes what the world can expect from preschool success. People tend to fish where the fish are." The creators of Barney caught a lot of fish: he has sold 44 million videos, 34 million books and countless Barney and Baby Bop plush toys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: TUBE FOR TOTS | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Yeah, we'd go MMMBop bop bop. (making punching gestures...

Author: By Sumeet Garg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Southern Comfort of Lunatic Showmen: Feeling the' Five | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...lead voice is sometimes a bit nasally, but only enhances the endearing pop cheesiness that occasionally oozes through. The pop-lite style gives Love an ironic twist, especially in some of the more cynical tunes. Singing in a teeny-bop voice, Buni reflects on the complexity and bitterness of many of his relationships. The sugary tunes do become saccharine sometimes, as if they were a parody of pop history from the Byrds to R.E.M. After a while, the constant tambourine shaking and acoustic guitar strumming become grating. "A Fire," for example, relies heavily on pop love song conventions--the chorus...

Author: By John T. Reuland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Buttercup Shows Innovation, Reflection With `Love' | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...negative thoughts do arise like this one during the concert, they are quickly dispersed as the girls continuously bop around the stage, leaving no time for criticism if keeping up with the performance is a priority. At times, Rogers and Denike regroup at center stage to sing, smile and shout in each others' faces, only to split again and head straight for the throbbing audience. Working their way around the leading ladies, guitarist Jason Hammon and bassist Mikey Weiss pump out DHC's musical foundation along with the stationary but flailing drummer Gavin Hammon. Despite the necessity of the male...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Red Hot 'Crashers' Warm Bitter Winter Night | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

Though these musicians are heralded as some of the foremost exponents of neotraditionalist jazz, drawing from the influential hard bop artists of the fifties and sixties, they defy such categorization. The tune "Twenty-Seven Summers," in which McBride played a five-string, electric fretted bass, marked a dramatic shift in style. This was the least well-received tune of the set: the audience seemed taken aback by the ethereal, echoing sound of the electric bass and the fusion elements of the medium-tempo arrangement...

Author: By Abraham J. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Joshua Redman Trio Electrifies Crowd | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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