Word: metallic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...black -- to play their music. "Radio is now the stumbling block," says Nuumi Rayfield Jarvis, founder of the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Rock Coalition, a national network of 50 bands that organized seven years ago to promote black rock. Because it ranges from jazz fusion to thrash metal, black rock doesn't fit neatly into any of the traditional grooves that determine how music is marketed. Executives who program for traditional rock stations fret that the white teens who make up their audiences won't identify with black rockers. Black programmers argue that their listeners are turned...
...walls may be falling. Columbia Records executive Randy Jackson says 25% of the 100 or more demo tapes he receives each month now come from black rock-'n'-roll groups. And just last week hard-core rapper Ice-T released a debut album with Body Count, the new heavy-metal band he has started. Meanwhile, Little Richard, who has quit the business several times since becoming a Seventh-day Adventist minister 35 years ago, believes the time may be ripe for another comeback. "I've got what it takes to do it," he says. "If they come and make...
...economy is a basket case, boasting the second lowest per capita GNP in Latin America. Despite impressive metal resources, the only time foreign investors got really excited about Peru was during the 19th century, when 80 percent of government revenues were derived from the export of guano (which is, well, bird shit...
...grey paint on the plywood floor has been worn away where Felix stands. Ranges of bare wood reveal the compass of his days, in front of the edge trimmer, metal fast, heel sander, finishing machine...
...seems clear that I should have majored in accounting rather than sheet metal when I was at Southie High," said Moakley, a 20-year veteran of the House and chairman of the powerful Rules Committee. "I take full responsibility for my actions...