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Though the title "Everything About You" might lead you to expect yet another heavy metal power ballad, don't be fooled. The "cheesy, happy vibe" of the piano and light, clean guitar combine with Whitfield Crane's lilting vocals to create delightful irony in the chorus: "And I, get sick when I'm around/I, can't stand to be around/I, hate everything about...
Eichstadt and Crane, who grew up together in Palo Alto, joined up with drummer Mark Davis to form a band that rehearsed next door to another new group which included guitarist Roger Lahr. After the bands played a couple of gigs together, Lahr accepted the invitation to join Eichstadt, Crane and Davis since, as Lahr laughs now, "My band sucked anyway." With the later addition of bassist Cordell Crockett, Ugly Kid Joe as we know it was complete...
Antwan gets his second break. The defender's office assigns his file to chief public defender David Fishkin, a gentle giant who looks like a bearded Ichabod Crane. More than anything else, Fishkin decides, efforts must be made to keep Antwan "out of the system" by placing him in a "diversion" program, which offers counseling and individual attention rather than harsh penalties like incarceration. Like everyone else in the courthouse, Fishkin knows that once a kid falls deeper into the justice system, he may never get out. But the lawyer is worried that the prosecutor on the case may have...
...some cases, debts of $10,000 and more were rolled over month after month, with no penalties and no interest charged. Sergeant at arms Jack Russ, who is in charge of the House bank, bounced a check for $10,000 in 1989. Republican Phil Crane of Illinois announced that he had heard of one case where a member had bounced a single check for $23,000 in the House bank, while already owing...
...anyone offended yet? Does anyone out there feel like stringing up the self-described "epitome of morality and virtue"? (If you do, bring a crane; the man weighs 317 lbs.) Rush would be shocked if you did. "I try to make my points with humor," he says mildly. "I attack the absurd by being absurd." Flattered as he is by the praise of those who despise his opinions, Limbaugh thinks he is popular because most Americans -- disenfranchised by the liberal media -- agree with what he says. "The majority of people just don't want to hear their country ridiculed...