Word: jam
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Artist is married (his bride Mayte was one of his dancers) and has an infant child, and his album reflects his new domesticity. ("So what does your wife call you?" the Artist is asked. "She calls me many things," he replies.) Emancipation champions monogamy--especially on the swaying jam Friend, Lover, Mother/Wife. The Artist also seems anxious about the world his child will inherit--several songs, including New World, deal with technology's dangers...
...longer. Last week the Artist held a coming-out party. Three hundred guests streamed into Paisley Park to hear him perform. The show started with a recording of Martin Luther King proclaiming, "Free at last, free at last!" The Artist then took the stage to play Jam of the Year, from his new album, and Purple Rain, one of his biggest hits. The concert ended when he announced, "Hey, man, it's my wife's birthday, we gotta get outta here! Nov. 19! Don't y'all let us down...
...filler. In the end there are just too many middling songs. Still, listeners can indulge in a little emancipation of their own and make one great album out of this three-CD set. Directions: 1)Buy Emancipation and a blank tape; 2)Record these songs off the three CDs: Jam of the Year; Somebody's Somebody; In This Bed I Scream; One Kiss at a Time; Soul Sanctuary; Emale; Let's Have a Baby; Friend, Lover, Mother/Wife; My Computer; and the title track. A little extra work? Sure. But well worth it. Freedom has its price...
Disney usually releases an animated feature for the holiday season, but this year the studio has a live-action remake of a cartoon classic, 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close as the dognapping Cruella DeVil. Warner Bros. steps into the vacated slot with Space Jam, a $90 million mix of animation and live action that teams two pop-culture potentates, Michael ("Air") Jordan and Bugs ("Hare") Bunny...
...street. I was in a huge traffic jam, going in the wrong direction. Ahead of me was some sort of viaduct, choked with traffic. I couldn't get over the notion that it was the bridge to the 21st century...