Word: goth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...words on Kip Kinkel's favorite CD, Nevermind, by Nirvana: "Death/ With violence/ Excitement/ Right here/ Died/ Go to hell ... Take a chance/ Dead." It's not completely clear what Kurt Cobain had in mind with these lyrics, but they are lush with nihilism. Luke Woodham listened to goth rocker Marilyn Manson, and Mitchell Johnson to rapper Tupac Shakur. One doesn't have to support censoring any of these artists to see that hurt, isolated kids may not understand any intended symbolism...
There are startling similarities with the previous cases: the kid in Pearl tortured animals too and, like Kinkel, went through a "Goth" phase, dressing in black and voicing grim imaginings; Kinkel had a fascination with guns to match that of the Jonesboro boys; like the young man charged in West Paducah, he seemed possessed of a death wish. When he was finally wrestled to the ground and disarmed, Kinkel pleaded with his captors, "Just shoot me." But if these parallels are merely coincidental, others are not easily dismissed. Once again the murderous drama features a troubled youth and a community...
...most trafficked sites on the Internet? It even beat out the second-ranked search service Excite in some studies. Yet, for all its traffic, will GeoCities actually make any money selling ads on those users' pages? Who, after all, wants to advertise on Claudia Lake's Goth haven? Lots of folks, apparently...
...meter is on the running-on-fumes side of EMPTY, and there's even an exclamation mark shining crimson on the dashboard. But Campbell, preternaturally polite, continues blithe small talk. "Is that band the Cult still together?" she asks. You confess that when it comes to '80s goth-metal bands, you're no trivia master. She continues, "I went for coffee with this guy who was in the Cult, and I was wondering if they were still doing anything." The needle dips further. You're close enough to the hotel. You get out so she can get gas. She drives...
...controls 45% of the company and 70% of a special class of voting shares began carping about its lackluster returns. While the Dow Jones industrial average has soared, Dow Jones' laggard stock has made it the lowest ranked company in the S&P publishing index. That sent Elisabeth ("Lizzie") Goth, 34, and William ("Billy") Cox III, 42, heirs of Clarence Barron, the 300-lb. patriarch who purchased the company in 1902, looking for advice from investment heavyweights such as Warren Buffett. Their conclusion: it's the management. "Finally, someone within the family started to question things," says Cox, who resigned...