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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unknowns, lead singer and guitarist Butch Walker, bassist Jayce Fincher, and drummer Slug, strolled on stage with their leather jackets and tight black pants to be met by the blank stares of the many attending that had never heard of Marvelous3. Nonetheless, they opened with a blast of pop energy with "You're So Yesterday." A few fans immediately bounced to the rollicking sound and cheery vocals, but most were skeptical at best. But this skepticism soon faded away, as the crowd became mesmerized and invigorated by Marvelous3's crazy stage antics and contagious energy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marvelous3 Goes to the Ball, And Runs Away With It | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...heart of that temple of knowledge lies the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Room: paradise for yours truly. The walls are made of books--leather bound, glass-encased and reaching to the ceiling. And a giant portrait of the almost-tragic millionaire watches over the Oriental rug and the mahogany paneling with goofy dead eyes...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: Endpaper: Frozen Out of Widener | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...heart of that temple of knowledge lies the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Room: paradise for yours truly. The walls are made of books--leather bound, glass-encased and reaching to the ceiling. And a giant portrait of the almost-tragic millionaire watches over the Oriental rug and the mahogany paneling with goofy dead eyes...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: FROZEN OUT OF WIDENER | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...past, simply because they're supposed to be acclaimed artists. But this gives me hope for the future of the Grammys." Of course the industry's pundits may have some trouble decoding the genre-bending messages from Wednesday's award ceremony -- Shania Twain's close-cropped black-leather stylings confirmed that country music has wandered far from the range; Burt Bacharach picked up his third pop Grammy in as many decades; and Best Hip-Hop Album went to Jay-Z, who combined ghetto-reality lyrics with a chorus from the musical "Annie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grammys Follow Music's Money | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

There's another reason why it's too early to bid farewell to the Monicorps. With three all-news networks slugging it out to deliver constant, inexpensive infotainment, talk shows populated by manic commentators are bound to proliferate. (MSNBC has started airing a version of NBC's McLaughlin Group--leather-lunged punditry distilled to its essence--four nights a week.) As with the O.J. trials, Monica has turned sometime "expert" analysts into full-time TV personalities: cybergossip Matt Drudge got a show on Fox News; flaxen-haired lawyer Cynthia Alksne now anchors MSNBC's Equal Time next to Oliver North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pundits: Out of Gas? | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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