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...fascinating, if paradoxical, that a pop star would shine brighter in the dark abyss of death than in the daylight of life. The late rapper Tupac Shakur is no exception to the rule [SHOW BUSINESS, April 16]. Like the work of fellow musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison--who were all cut down in their prime yet are still selling big some 30 years later--Tupac's music undoubtedly will be sold, purchased and heard for many generations to come. Why? Partly because he was one heck of an artist and partly because of the secrets that remain...
...listen to everything from Mingus, to bands that open for us, to Radiohead’s newest album to Yo La Tengo. But aside from all the Indie-rock stuff, we’re also going back to Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, E-Rex . . . Subconsciously everything influences your writing...
...America's Best" will begin in July with an issue devoted to the Arts. The debates are already under way in the hallways, with staff members arguing best novelist (Toni Morrison? David Foster Wallace? Philip Roth?), best songwriter (Ani DiFranco? Lucinda Williams? Beck?), and best comedian (now there's a long list). Over the subsequent four months, we will focus on Science and Medicine; Culture and Society; Business and Technology; and Politics and Community. CNN will air five one-hour specials on the choices. By the time we finish in November, we will have a wonderfully eclectic list, from America...
...excited chatter is about two octaves higher than usual, and a quick inspection reveals a 20:1 girl to guy ratio. Indeed, it seems the only specimens of the male persuasion are reluctant boyfriends—one of them is curiously out of place in a Jim Morrison jacket, trying to look nonchalant. Somewhere, off in the far rear section of the line, an impossibly shrill voice pierces the winter frost and highlights the ineffable strangeness of the night: “Oh my God! I touched...
...pleasure of creating art lies not solely in the political statement. Like a fine musician, Morrison tunes her language. And follows her words with no fear...