Word: metallism
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...glory of the gold, the silver, the bronze--well, sort of. "You wouldn't expect real gold, silver and bronze, would you?" chortles one shameless rule bender. "The medals issued to winning cheaters are actually pot metal, painted. So afterward, when they sell them to some unwitting dupe for big bucks, it'll be a memory to last a lifetime...
...years, including icons such as LTV and Bethlehem Steel. With a strong dollar still favoring imports and a global recession crimping demand, the U.S. firms staying afloat say their position is precarious. The most efficient and profitable American steelmakers--the so-called mini-mills that refine steel from scrap metal--stand to pick up market share from the dying dinosaurs. But even the mini-mills are now clamoring for trade protection...
What's good for big steel, though, is likely to spell trouble for the larger U.S. economy--and especially for workers, managers and shareholders of American companies that use steel. The metal is a major component in thousands of industrial and consumer products, from machine tools and office buildings to cars and cookware. Most of those products face tough competition from goods made in countries where steel is already cheaper than...
...pyrotechnic stage shows, Oyamada would go on to vent his wild side through his uninhibited, almost childlike sonic stylings. This obsessive fascination with music as an aural portal to his (and our) more Dionysian alter egos made his 1998 album Fantasma an international breakthrough. The charged orgy of crunchy metal riffs, mutated Disney-like anthems and psychedelic vocals propelled the album to the top of America's college charts and prompted an 80-city tour of the U.S. and Europe as well as appearances at England's Reading and Glastonbury festivals. Now, with the release last month...
...bored with touring, perhaps, but never fatigued of expressing himself in the studio. Much of Point is still a microcosmic view of Oyamada's kaleidoscopic tastes in sound?on the track I Hate Hate, for example, he leaps across genres spanning thrash metal, techno and jazz. Point, as the words of the album's subtitle from Nakameguro to Everywhere suggests, is Oyamada's more grown-up, global take on life. The album's introspective mood (with ambiant sound effects of birds chirping and of rushing water) reflects recent developments in the artist's own private life: namely his marriage...