Word: ices
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first-years settle into Orientation Week, most recently having gorged their way through last night's traditional Ice Cream Bash, upperclass students are getting down to business--at least in their extracurriculars...
Brian Turner, president of Priority Records, a hip-hop label whose roster includes Ice Cube, says hip-hop, once called a fad, is now an essential part of American culture. "The hip-hop industry, in general, is stronger than it's ever been, in terms of units sold, in terms of the number of releases," says Turner. "Rap has proved itself to be the rock 'n' roll of the '90s." And today's hot rockers--Beck, Korn, even, to a certain extent, Alanis Morissette--often draw on hip-hop rhythms and attitude...
...music isn't subtle: the volume on each song, just as in This Is Spinal Tap, is usually turned up to 11, and too many of the songs are simply numbing sonic assaults. But a few tracks grind along successfully, most notably Children of the Korn, in which rapper Ice Cube makes an engaging appearance. And the band's goofy audacity and Zeitgeist-savvy sense of humor are, at points, captivating. It's hard to completely dislike a CD that makes references to both the Waco disaster and Austin Powers' chest hair...
...Vanilla Ice's new album --The team that wins the American League wild card --Coverage of the anniversary of Di's death --Film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a fashion designer --Y2K --UPN show about Lincoln's butler --More millennium lists --The inevitable Ben Affleck-Gwyneth Paltrow breakup --Dan Quayle's next campaign --The new Olsen twins show --Bo Derek playing the widowed mom of surfer brothers on NBC --Footloose: the Musical...
Most cabbies don't venture down Parnell anymore. They say it's too deadly, a place where their chances of getting beaten or murdered for money outweigh the chances of driving away with a good tip. Somehow, though, the Blue Bunny ice-cream truck seems to enjoy safe passage. Every few hours, the old-fashioned white van graced with a goofy baby-blue rabbit comes rolling up playing Pop Goes the Weasel. But the trip is mostly in vain. Kids have long ago learned that a nickel in their pocket is hardly enough to purchase a Popsicle, let alone...