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...would be the definitive piano rocker in part because he was, in the music's infancy, one of its last. (The saxophone, primal ax of early rock, also went nearly extinct.) He worked under another disadvantage: A pianist, unlike a guitarist, couldn't take his instrument to a gig; at least back then he didn't. Janes ascribes some of Lewis' extreme behavior on the road to his annoyance at being given "some pretty bad pianos to play... A lot of the wild stuff he did on piano would be out of frustration because they'd give him pianos that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Golden Sun | 8/10/2002 | See Source »

...board--and for all members of its audit, nominating and compensation committees--to be "truly independent" and to "ask tough questions." But this should be spelled out further. Independent should mean more than someone who doesn't work for the company; it should exclude anyone who has a consulting gig or supplier deal or who has recently left the company--as the New York Stock Exchange recently proposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Reform and Less Hot Air | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

Martin S. Bell ’03 is an associate sports chair of The Crimson. Sensing that an internship with the Al-Jazeera television network would be ill-advised this year, the Winthrop House government concentrator snagged a summer gig with Sports Illustrated in the Greatest City in the World...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, | Title: Fear and Clothing in New York | 7/12/2002 | See Source »

...next year called simply Fergie. The ex-wife of Britain's Prince Andrew has served as a correspondent for the Today show and host of a poorly received talk program in England, and has starred in Weight Watchers TV ads. She says she's a natural for the gig because she loves talking to people, whether they're famous or not. "I'm not talent, I'm not a celebrity, I'm not an actress, I'm just me," says Ferguson ever so humbly. The president of Universal Television, which will produce the show, says Ferguson is "the person next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 24, 2002 | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...Chicago gig, like every other date on the Hives' current U.S. tour, was sold out. All their fans seem to know--or care--about them is that the Hives are an oddly dressed punk-pop band from Sweden. U.S. fans are flocking to the shows largely on pronouncements from the giddy music press and the desperate American record business that a) rock is back and b) the Hives, along with American kindred spirits the Strokes and White Stripes, make up rock's new ruling class. Never mind that none of the would-be rock revivalists has yet broken through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Meet The Hives | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

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