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...essays court a broad readership. They offer insight into the literary scene and the relationship of poetry and popular culture. Regardless of your political bent, you will find Can Poetry Matter? accessible and appealingly frank--a well-lit tour through American poetry, and one which aims to catapult the genre from its subcultural obscurity...

Author: By Amanda Schaffer, | Title: The Heart of the Matter | 3/4/1993 | See Source »

Then there's the album, Erotica, which includes "Where Life Begins," an ode to oral sex that gives new meaning to "Parental Warning Advisory: Explicit Lyrics." How come I have this dreadful feeling that "Where Life Begins" is your next single? The ensuing public riots would certainly catapult you into First Amendment martyrdom, which, I suppose, is what you're after...

Author: By Thomas S. Hixson, | Title: An Open Letter to Madonna | 11/6/1992 | See Source »

Schmeltzer was not the only non-candidate oncouncil ballots this year. A Dunster Housegrassroots campaign tried to catapult longtimenon-candidate candidate Ross Perot into studentgovernment because Harvard, too, needs to "cleanout the barn and take out the trash," as onecampaign poster...

Author: By Daria E. Lidsky, CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS | Title: Imaginary Candidates Add Spice to Elections | 10/17/1992 | See Source »

...intimate layered sound--Peter Buck's brooding acoustic strumming, Mike Mills' subdued bass and ex-Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones' rich string arrangement. Singer Michael Stipe, meanwhile, provides a compelling vocal that aches for carefree youngers years. This is definitely an older Stipe speaking. In Murmur's "Catapult" from 1983, he ponders childhood ("We were little boys/We were little girls...Did we miss anything?"). Now, ten years later, it's early adulthood he recalls ("Hey kids, rock and roll/Nobody tells you where to go") as he laments the passage of time in the chorus ("Maybe you rocked around...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: R. E. M. | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

...intimate layered sound-Peter Buck's Brooding acoustic strumming, Mike Mills' subdued bass and ex-Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones' rich string arrangement. Singer Michael Stipe, meanwhile, provides a compelling vocal that aches for carefree younger years. This is definitely an older Stipe speaking. In Murmur's "Catapult" from 1983, he ponders childhood ("We were little boys/We were little girls... Did we miss anything?"). Now, ten years later, it's early adulthood he recalls ("Hey kids, rock and roll/nobody tells you where to go") as he laments the passage of time in the chorus ("Maybe you rocked around...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: Reviews | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

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