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...state." Standing between bales of hay and farm tractors, Bush drew only broad strokes for reduced taxes and regulation, free trade, a strong military and an aggressive approach to education. He made official the mantra of his run. "I'm proud to be a compassionate conservative. I welcome the label and, on this ground, I will make my stand...
Senators got into the production too. Presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona and his colleague Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut have proposed a bill to force the show-biz industry to label violent products with government-approved warnings. The labels would fall under the law that requires warnings on cigarettes. (Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, a crabby film producer suggested this text: "Enjoy the Film, but Remember: Uncontrolled Firearm Use May Be Dangerous to Your Health...
...around the time Vanilla Ice caused white hip-hop to be seen as something of a joke and almost all white rappers to be viewed as suspect. Kid Rock had to beg his skeptical father for a loan to put out an indie record (he has his own small label, Top Dog). At a local record signing early in his career, Kid Rock was challenged by a young Marshall Mathers--who would eventually become Eminem--to a battle rap. (He declined.) Kid Rock eventually signed with Atlantic/Lava. MTV embraced Devil Without a Cause, and he soon found himself trying...
After three decades on the Reprise label, singing acerb ballads and jingles that became hits for others (I Think It's Going to Rain Today, Mama Told Me Not to Come) and, vagrantly, for himself (Short People, I Love L.A.), Newman has moved to DreamWorks to release his first album of plain old songs since Land of Dreams, his 1988 masterpiece of autobiographical melancholy. How nice to discover that a change of venue hasn't changed his mood. On the 12 cuts of Bad Love, Newman still sees the world as a nasty place full of sad, warped people...
Indeed, some say the kind of trendy, quirky neighborhood Harvard Square was traditionally touted as is now a more suitable label for these other squares...