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...since Geffen Records in the early 1980s has a record label so dominated the industry. This year five of Interscope's albums have hit the Top 10, including the bland pop-rock act the Wallflowers, smooth R.-and-B. quartet Blackstreet, and shock rocker Marilyn Manson. "They keep things lean and focused," says Geoff Mayfield, charts editor of Billboard magazine. "They don't have a ton of acts, but they have a very high batting average with the ones they...
...says it all. The band's silky, milky pop is as sweet as the name. And Love-who can argue with that? It is happiness condensed into 40 minutes of audio bliss. These masters of sweetness fall somewhere between Matthew Sweet and R.E.M. on the pop/rock spectrum, and occasionally lean a little toward 70s hillbilly rock. Solid song writing and singing make `Love an engaging and endearing listening experience. Simplicity is the name of the game for Buttercup, and the band never let the songs, none of which runs longer than three minutes and 45 seconds, escape their tight control...
...lean back in my chair and stare at the ceiling." --Vivek Wagle...
...Scott Paper, Dunlap's last labor, doing these days? Swallowed by Kimberly-Clark. How about former charge Lily-Tulip Inc.? Now a lean, mean division of Fort Howard Paper Co. Once Dunlap's bum-to-plum magic act is done lining shareholder pockets (Dunlap himself owns several million in Sunbeam stock), he takes the last sure price-boosting step: feeding it to a big rival. Then ? poof! ? he's gone...
McNamara: At the moment, I lean to the blockade because I think it reduces the very serious risk of large-scale military action...