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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hipster approach will never attain the ultimate level of musical and dramatic rapture that is the supposed province of opera. But the Absolute Beauty or Bust approach is not always the best, particularly when dealing with the imperfections of baroque opera. Why shoot for the heavens, perhaps to crash and burn, when you can get a nice modern chalet on Mt. Everest...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: On Opera: | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...very likely that it was an accident, or a turn of fate that I was chosen," Lindauer said. "Bob Rivers, the record producer, told me that my stuff was real 'crash, bang, boom,' and said that was what they were looking for," he said. He refused to state how much money he will receive for the video...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MTV May Run Junior's Video | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

...coming in every day with double vision. It's like having a saltwater hose going flat out into your face." Murray and crew now wear sunglasses, which must constantly be cleared of caked salt with squeeze bottles of fresh water. Kookaburra Mainsheet Trimmer Peter Gilmour, known as "Crash" for his aggressive tactics as Murray's starting helmsman, sometimes wears an industrial dust mask to protect his face from sunburns and windburns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The America's Cup: Auld Mug's Game | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...attended a party largely because he had been told the food would be good. There he met his wife Francoise Rosenthiel, who now runs boutiques at the Paris Opera and at the new costume wing at the Louvre. "She walked in, we saw each other and crash! Ever since, we have never been apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Welcome to The Fresh Follies | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

Jackson, as Captain EO, crash lands his ship on a hostile planet, and it's a high-volume, high-speed, high-powered moment, though it borrows a lot from the Rebel Death Star raid in Star Wars...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

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