Word: flacks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...become the second superthin catwalker--Christy Turlington broke away last year--to pull out of Fashion Cafe. In a statement, Schiffer said her continued involvement was made "simply impossible" by "old problems" at the chain. Fashion Cafe founder Tommaso Buti has had problems paying bills, but a Cafe flack insists this wasn't why Schiffer left. It's another ripped seam for the eatery, which has recently seen closings of its Barcelona and New Orleans outlets. And, of course, there's a lawsuit. Investor Luigi Palma is suing Buti, claiming embezzlement, a claim Buti denies. Is it time...
...H.O.R.D.E. was great, we met some really good bands, made friends and had a good time. Lollapalooza was much more work and a lot more rock stars around. I just think H.O.R.D.E. is just a much more musical tour. It's gotten a lot of flack for being a hippie tour, that kind of Blues Traveler vibe, but personally, if I'm going to walk around at some festival in the middle of summer, all day long, I don't mind those kind of people because they're easy to be around. At Lollapalooza, the crowds are basically just mall...
Most of Lisa Stansfield is a slow-building, slow-burning pleasure. This is soul lite, harking back to the '70s, to Barry White, Roberta Flack and Diana Ross. The song Never, Never Gonna Give You Up evokes the throb of disco, but in a comely, cooing, classic way; Honest is a soul-baring ballad with an intimate, unadorned sound that leaves Stansfield's voice free to shimmer in the foreground; and I Cried My Last Tear, Last Night is an unabashed I-won't-get-stepped-on-in-relationships call to arms that makes its case passionately but not gratingly...
...them preaching the gospel of small personal sacrifices for the greater public good. If you build it, suckers will come. As will thousands of jobs, millions of dollars in tax revenues and a rising tide of new prosperity that "will float all boats," as Whitman's flack says...
...publishers has been happy confusion. The lucky books are rushed back to the presses for multiple, emergency printings, and publicists are running in circles trying to play the new game. "Authors of books on subjects like libertarianism phone me up and say, 'Get me on Oprah!'" reports a frazzled flack. "How do I tell them she's probably not interested...