Word: cd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...road looked a lot like the next, if not exactly like a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. Smooth with little edge on the outside, functional within--how many cup holders does yours have? Even luxury cars, from Lexus to Lincoln, have become all but generic, right down to their CD players and navigation systems. Think of them as wombs with a view. Reliable? Absolutely. Efficient? You bet. Dull? Unequivocally...
...improbable dream: to create an AIDS charity album with pop stars singing Cole Porter songs. In 1990 the dream was realized when Red Hot + Blue was released, featuring such stars as David Byrne and U2. Carlin, 43, still can't believe he pulled it off: "That CD was inspired by naivete and sheer will...
...cutting edge. Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994) deftly combines the talents of jazz acts (Ron Carter, Joshua Redman) and hip-hoppers (the Roots, Spearhead). Red Hot + Rio (1996) features such performers as Maxwell, Sting and Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora exploring the music of Brazil; a terrific companion CD, Nova Bossa: Red Hot on Verve, showcases the work of Brazilian acts from the '50s, '60s and '70s (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso...
...your epithet. They were in love with the sound of their own voice. They wouldn't shut up. You could gag them with terry cloth, wrap them in cellophane, dump them in the Mariana Trench--you could plug your ears with a Walkman and crank up a Def Leppard CD to 10--and still you'd hear the little tinny yap-yap of some office seeker promising cleaner streets, safer subways, cavity-free teeth. There was no end to the talking. It was inescapable, depressing, mind numbing. Those were the days! Now it's worse, much worse. Now they listen...
BARDS AND IN CHARGE Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, a hawkish Russian nationalist, has a CD of military ditties due out. Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, has seven CDs out already. How do the lyricists compare...