Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talk about democracy's discontents, the end of civic virtue, and the dissolution of the American family unit, chastity has largely been left out of the mainstream solutions which have been suggested for ending our national civic malaise. To the extent that pre-marital sexual promiscuity is correlated with high teen-age pregnancy and divorce rates, a greater emphasis upon the merits of chastity may help to alleviate some of the most pressing social ills resulting from our national loss of innocence...
Some folks blame the big country-radio stations, whose playlists lull listeners. "The stations play the same 50 records every week," says Mercury Nashville president Luke Lewis. "I call it Prozac radio." The hope never dies for a purer, "alternative" country voice, but that's hard to find on mainstream radio. "A lot of program directors come from the rock format," says Holly Gleason, a premier Nashville publicist who has midwifed the careers of stars Patty Loveless and Collin Raye, "and don't have a feeling for the country tradition. Their allegiance isn't to the roots...
...miserably in the last 15 seconds--indeed, it is the first time in his career that Van Sant has stuck with a happy ending, and it dilutes the rest of the film's impact. Instead of a powerful character study, we're left to ponder a sudden dive into mainstream cheesiness...
...holiday release of Scream 2 promises to once again send chills down America's spine, the movie's soundtrack delivers a unique mix of R & B and mainstream modern rock tracks that half-heartedly attempt to characterize the film. The combination of the two genres, however, provides a refreshing change from the normal movie soundtrack which, instead of providing variety, usually throws together a collection of similar-sounding tracks...
...sings hypnotically while the backing music provides the ultimate in sublime background for a slasher movie. The movie's theme "Scream," by Master P featuring Sukk the Shocker, presents a wailing cry for help, obviously fitting into Wes Craven's attempt to bring the horror movie genre into mainstream pop culture. Most humorously, the Kottonmouth King's "Suburban Life" recreates the spirit of idiotic teenage angst that hasn't been so perfectly dealt with since the "You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party" by the Beastie Boys...