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...because they were for idiots," he says. "They kind of lick your hands and are friendly...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: CYBER Prof | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

...song about a girl that mistakes a glue stick for her lipstick." The lighthearted tone of the latter song creates a playful atmosphere among the band members and shows that Eve's Plum knows how to have fun. Incorporating the lyric "All I want to do is lick my lips and purr" into a catchy song like "Lipstuck" makes Eve's Plum is even more irresistible...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Eve's Plum Is a Sticky-Sweet Treat | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...rarely watches a congressional filibuster on C-SPAN and thinks--hey, add a guitar lick and this would make a really rockin' song. Still, politics, or at least social commentary, can add an invigorating edge to pop music, and it's something too many musicians shy away from. What are they afraid of? Doesn't singing for the umpteenth time some ditty about a troublesome lover or adolescent angst get a little tired after a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: CIVIL PROTESTS | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

After scoring a $20 million, three-movie deal on the strength of last year's Clueless, would ALICIA SILVERSTONE be lured back into the role of Cher for the TV series based on the film? As zif! So producers found a reasonable facsimile. A lick of makeup, a smattering of hair product and Cher is reborn in the body of 19-year-old Toronto native RACHEL BLANCHARD, right, who has been on two TV series before but has visited Beverly Hills only a few times. "I don't think it's a conscious thing to make me look like Alicia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 15, 1996 | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

More than one astronomical discovery has disappeared on a closer look, though, so Marcy and Butler headed for the telescope, determined either to debunk or verify the Swiss team's claims. Sure enough, says Marcy, after four nights at Lick and many hours of computer time, "everything they'd said about the planet was confirmed." (Butler and Marcy did, however, show that hints the Swiss team had found a second planet around the same star were mistaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

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