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Word: djs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...notch rock and roll songs, then rerecorded them in what the trade calls "cover" versions, using their own stars. Shamefully, most of the radio disk jockeys-with exceptions like Freed -obliged the big companies by playing their issues. In the end, though, both the record companies and the DJs were foiled. "The audience was determined to have the real thing," writes Gillett, "not a synthetic version of the original. Independent companies, sensing this desire, were eager to satisfy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Getting It Straight | 9/28/1970 | See Source »

Krackerjack's is every bad thing about youth culture and hip capitalism that you could imagine. DJs from WCBN (the local hip-rock station) slither in and out like sleek lizards, nattily attired in the latest $100 mod outfits. Everything in Krackerjack's is very expensive, and the store unconsciously parodies and shamelessly exploits every good thing the movement does...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Cosmic Laughs in the Square | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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