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...condemned to Winthrop House--the "high school" house, the house where Madonna blasts at every party, the house where gossip runs rampant from one dining hall table to the next...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fine House | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

...sure, are connoisseurs of camp. In recent years, gay friends in New York have reported that the Hasty Pudding has been less entertaining than in years prior. I suspect the reports will be quite different this year. In fine form and playful wickedness, camp is back. Move over Madonna, Rupaul's here, and she's more fierce than thou...

Author: By Adam J. B. lane, | Title: New Notes on Camp | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

...goofing off consists of various interviews and off-stage hijinks, all of which seem to involve Thurston Moore in some way. One notable exception is a short parody of Madonna's "Truth or Dare" in which Madonna, as played by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, is made to pay for her castigation of the well-meaning dolt Kevin Costner, as played by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain. All the rest of the bits feature the wit and wisdom of Moore, who states at one point that "my mind is turning into a huge gelatinous ball of pepper...

Author: By John Donahue, | Title: Before Punk Got Big | 2/25/1993 | See Source »

Most books that make it to the top of The New York Times bestselling non-fiction list get there either because they probe the private lives of Madonna or the Royal family, claim to have solved the mystery of the Kennedy assassination or--in the best of cases--wrestle with burning contemporary issues such as feminism, the Gulf War or the economy...

Author: By Adi Krause, | Title: The Ideology of Modernity | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

...give up the ghost of his creative past. After decades of distancing himself from the Beatles, he has in recent years embraced the music that made him famous, and on Up Close he cheerfully continues that trend. His renditions of Lennon-McCartney classics like Fixing a Hole, Lady Madonna and Michelle are enlivened by the unabashed enthusiasm of his band. And McCartney has never rocked harder than on the extended version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which includes a blistering jam of dueling electric guitars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Magical History Tour | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

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