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...hate them. The Strokes' effortlessness is pure fiction; not since the Velvet Underground met Andy Warhol has a band so effectively been art directed to achieve the look of not having been art directed. But when you hear the Strokes, that cultivated cool disperses with every passing guitar chord, and suddenly, just by listening, you're cool too. That's how good their melodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Different Strokes? | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...hate them. The Strokes' effortlessness is pure fiction; not since the Velvet Underground met Andy Warhol has a band so effectively been art-directed to achieve the look of not having been art-directed. But when you actually hear the Strokes, that cultivated cool disperses with each passing guitar chord, and suddenly, just by listening, you're cool, too. That's how good their melodies are. The Strokes' first album, 2001's Is This It, contained 11 aggressively simple songs about love, sex and getting drunk in the boho paradise of New York City's East Village. For their follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Hate Them . . . | 10/19/2003 | See Source »

...pilgrimage to Fatima to give thanks, and the assassin's bullet is now welded into the crown of the statue of the Virgin at Fatima. His devotion to the Cult of the Virgin may not necessarily move the elites of the post-modern West, but they strike a deep chord in the Church's primary growth zones in the developing world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pontiff for Our Time | 10/15/2003 | See Source »

...dollar, wagers Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple--or 99¢, to be exact. When Apple introduced its pay-per-song service last spring, many doubted the computer maker could succeed where so many had failed. But the straightforward concept and uncomplicated design of iTunes immediately hit a chord with consumers, who downloaded 1 million songs in its debut week. The service's popularity underscored Jobs' argument: free file sharing can be a pain in the neck. Once you square yourself with breaking the law, there's also the virus-ridden software, the porn links, the cumbersome downloads. "We're all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Go Legit | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...Striking a Chord Want to be a rock star? Guitar Center caters to musical dreamers--and created a billion-dollar business

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Table of Contents: Sep. 15, 2003 | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

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