Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the recent popularity of bands like No Doubt, Sublime and Goldfinger, the ska scene has seen its music, or at least a kind of diluted derivative, vaulted into the radio spotlight. Goldfinger's "Here In My Bedroom" deservedly broke through to the mainstream with its undeniably infectious intro melody and catchy chorus. The song's radio air-play was probably what packed the sold-out show at the Middle East with a predominantly teenage crowd. Yet no matter what the listener's motivation, whether radio or devotion to a particular band, the audience was graced with two extraordinarily energetic...
Adventure breathes throughout Hemingway's story: there's no doubt about this. The running to the front to save the soldier, the near loss of a leg -- this is all great stuff. But the fatal choice of two decidedly flat mainstream stars somehow reflects the movie's mindset that the story of Hemingway and a general idea of Hemingway's own character and conflicts with his nurse are enough, when what we really want to see is Hemingway, no-holds-barred, as close as they...
...like her 1992 book, Sex, a collection of kinky erotic photos, which finally pushed her provocative public image one notch too far. "If you read the text, it was completely tongue in cheek," she says. "It was a joke. Unfortunately, my sense of humor is not something that a mainstream audience picks up. For me all it did was expose our society's hang-ups about our sexuality. Yes, I took a beating, and yes, a lot of the things that were said were hurtful and unfair. And yes it made my life really difficult for a while. But there...
...word down near zero, could carry this atomizing trend to unplumbed depths. Of course it may not, but already it has taken the first step: empowering legions of obscure but enterprising people who harbor ambitions of spiritual leadership. Out on the fringe of the World Wide Web, beyond mainstream religion, storefront preachers and offbeat theologies are springing up like mushrooms. Here--as in many realms of culture and politics these days--the forces of fragmentation compete with the forces of integration...
Rubin said equipping the poor to reenter the economic mainstream requires efforts by both the public and private sectors...