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...typical Saturday night, thousands of American teenagers flood Tijuana's Revolucion Avenue in search of the kind of fun they can't find at home. The legal drinking age here is 18, not that anyone bothers to check. There are hookers. And drugs. And there's a rumor that if you know the right people, a particularly exotic combination of both can be arranged without too much of a hassle. When the sun goes down, the crowds thicken outside the 80-odd cantinas along the avenue, and pulsing jock-rock mingles with the aroma of stale beer and fresh vomit...
...artists, not as revenue-generating products. Money is made from concerts and corporate sponsorships for acts or events. So his company stamps just enough CDs to attract the pirates' attention, who then do what they do?effectively functioning as a free and highly efficient promotional machine. "We want to flood the market with live recordings," Clark says, in the hope that more people will pay to see the live shows. The albums are recorded at concerts, for which Pulay Music has devised a site-specific recording unit. No need for studio time, so its expenses are minimal. The pirates...
...environment every year at about 15 tons or lower, but he acknowledges the dangers of contamination. "It could turn into a national crisis" if something isn't done, he concedes. But the safari-suited former professor of civil engineering says there is little he can do to stop the flood of mercury. "It's the force of economics," Sompie shrugs. "The environment gets put aside...
...least the drug companies and politicians have something to argue about. Given the painfully slow development of effective cancer treatments over the past three decades, the flood of positive results reported at last week's oncology conference was especially gratifying. "Cancer treatment has always been a satisfying profession," says Dr. Michael Gordon, a cancer specialist at the University of Arizona. "But now it's truly exciting. I've been wondering to myself about where I will be in 20 to 25 years, and I'm thinking that I might just be out of a job. And that will be great...
...band sang, "This is the game that moves as you play." Even as one barrier is defeated, another goes up. File-sharing services allow a river of music to flow across your desktop--though lawsuits may slow the flood to a trickle. The practice of sampling that lies at the heart of DJ culture is encouraging a new generation of music fans to investigate the sounds of eras gone by--but unless hip-hoppers can find a way to preserve their own creations, they may simply be spinning their discs. And as today's country queens and hat acts gallop...