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...this music is innovative, not just a kowtow to the blues progressions of 70s rock nor an insipid imitation of punk. If we are confronted with a smorgasbord of styles, it may be because Rock peaked in the seventies and frayed in the eighties in the face of gum-snapping pop mall music from hell. Rock is resurfacing in the 90s like a groundhog scared of its own shadow, and many musicians claim they'd rather be dead (or unsigned) than be imitators of their predecessors or of each other. So we're left with a load of musicians scrambling...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Of the "Not" Generation: Notes of an Alternative Music fan | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...AWAKENED several nights ago by the slow collapse of one of my posters as my Harvard-issue poster gum once again displayed its worth. The poster, entitled "Don't I Know You," features Bo Jackson in a series of athletic outfits. There is Bo, the former Kansas City Royal, brandishing a bat with those massive arms. Several Bos down, there is LeBo, star of the Montreal Canadiens, with skates half-laced and (according to my Canadian roommate, who should know) holding his stick the wrong...

Author: By John L.S. Simpkins, | Title: Say Goodbye to Fading Stars | 4/3/1992 | See Source »

Spike Lee pulled a piece of gum from his mouth and deposited it somewhere behind the podium. Then he began to speak, in slow, measured tones...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof. Spike Lee Arrives for First Class | 2/1/1992 | See Source »

...addition to the damage caused by the chair, three wads of gum were stuck to the roof of the cruiser. Two Au Bon Pain cups were lying near the tires...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vandals Smash Police Car | 1/31/1992 | See Source »

...vandals] spit gum on the roof and saw no one was in the cruiser," Cooper said. "They must have run backand gotten the chair, thrown it and ran like abastard...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vandals Smash Police Car | 1/31/1992 | See Source »

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