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Word: moderns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...midst of 20th-century pop culture mania, when sincerity in music is at an all-time low, it's almost like a breath of fresh air when we encounter seriousness in modern music. We're baffled by a singer who believes there is truth in what she sings. We are utterly mystified when confronted with a theme other than teen euphoria or angst. And so Janice Robinson's debut album, The Color Within Me, may well be, unabashedly, the subject of our confusion. Robinson's rock/pop, soul/gospel/funk roots fuse together to produce a sound that blends the mainstream appeal...

Author: By Kelly L. Ramundo, | Title: Album Review: The Color Within Me by Janice Robinson | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...have a strong artistic bent, but modern school is the enemy of creativity," he said. "And creativity is the essence of art, therefore I prefer art in a setting other than the classroom...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Lewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Gets Some Moores | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

Almost no one--certainly not I--would deny that recognizing, studying and criticizing the latest in academic thought is important or that modern texts can be fascinating...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Closing the Door on the Past | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

...would posit that we cannot be credible critics of any academic discipline, and especially not of its historical canon, unless we first recognize, study and criticize the great flow of scholarship that came before us or our modern critics...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Closing the Door on the Past | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

DIED. MILT JACKSON, 76, jazz vibraphonist and improviser who co-founded the Modern Jazz Quartet; in New York City. Composer of the Quartet's signature Bags' Groove, Jackson got his start in Dizzy Gillespie's band and recorded with John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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