Word: elvises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. ALBERT GOLDMAN, 66, author; of a heart attack; en route from Miami to London. After stints as an English professor at Columbia and a critic for Life magazine, Goldman found his calling as a merciless demythologizer of such pop icons as Lenny Bruce (in 1974's Ladies and Gentlemen...
SINCE HIS ARRIVAL ON THE POST-punk scene 17 years ago, Elvis Costello has shown himself to be one of the most prolific and protean songwriters of his generation. Known for lean, melodious three-minute songs with scathing lyrics about sexual guilt and revenge, he reigned for more than a...
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" had more precious little details than you could shake a stick at--unless, of course, you were the conducter! The preceding is a perfect example of the level of humor in currency among the musical-going crowd. Here's another: as a slave in...
As if it weren't bad enough that Donny Osmond (who I must admit retains his youthful good looks, for what that's worth) played Joseph, there was an Elvis impersonator in the role of the pharoah. Elvis, i.e. the king, i.e. pharoah get it? As ifthatweren't bad enough...
DIED. LEWIS GRIZZARD, 47, humorist; from complications following heart surgery; in Atlanta. "A Faulkner for just plain folks" was how one publisher characterized Grizzard, who made hay of everyday angst and irritation in a syndicated column and 14 books -- not to mention on speaking tours and sundry media gigs. The...