Word: listenability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conditions inside Baton Rouge schools were not bad enough, students and teachers must also contend with pollution alerts. Listen to assistant superintendent Christine Arab describe life amid the petrochemical plants...
...Doubt and Sublime for selling out. You see No Doubt and Sublime on MTV and hear them on the radio. You shouldn't not like bands simply because they're on the radio. You should be happy that good bands get played on the radio so you can listen to good stuff instead of the crap they usually put on." And he adds, "I don't think we are really expressing resentment against things that we try that don't work." This would be all very well and good, except that the songs express resentment, not simply frustration...
...before forming the Cardigans. Sveningsson explained: "We wanted to become a pop band; [Peter and I] played in individual hard rock bands back in the '80s. We met because we needed someone new to play with. Peter is still in that scene, but I have found other things to listen to." Keyboardist Johansson had a more pithy account of new, harder Cardigans: "We're back, and we're loud...
...Listen to some West Coast sensibility tonight when author T.C. Boyle reads from his book Stories. Known for his extravangant, irreverent personal style, Boyle has become an bad boy icon for 20-something readers. Boston University Law School Auditorium, 765 Comm Ave, Boston. 7 p.m. FREE...
...many of you answered the roommate application form question on musical tastes with, "I'll listen to anything but country?" But Mary Chapin Carpenter is about as far from the 10-gallon hat and high-heeled boots stereotype as possible. Genre-bending as only a Brown graduate can be, Carpenter was a favorite on the D.C. acoustic scene before making it big on country charts. Next you're going to start digging line dancing. 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre, One Hamilton Place, Boston. 423-NEXT. Tickets...