Word: mtv
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MTV "Rock the Vote" push to "Vote because it's cool" doesn't work either. Not only is it patronizing and superficial, it's just not true. The gang on "Friends" and the hipsters in music videos rarely hang out at polling places...
Rebecca Romijn, a swimsuit model who has taken over as host of MTV's House of Style after several high-fashion models failed at the job, says the new, odder-looking models aren't going to become famous. "Women don't want to look like the women who are now in fashion magazines," she says. "That's because the fashionistas call the shots, and they're not in tune with what America wants. They want to be edgy and progressive." But the new models are probably what fashion models should look like--all freaky and gawky and striking, yet elegant...
There used to be a time when you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing Juliana Hatfield's face. Whether it was Beavis and Butthead commenting on her masochistic video for "What A Life," her 1993 "buzz track" for the scathing "My Sister" or her turn as a homeless angel on everybody's favorite teen-angst drama My So-Called Life, Juliana was a pervasive presence on the airwaves. Add in hot rumors about her relationship with cuter-than-thou Lemonhead Evan Dando and also her supposed virginity, and Juliana was prime Kurt Loder fodder...
However, like a child who grabs for the shiniest, newest toy on the shelves despite the piles of playthings strewn about the floor at home, capricious MTV's embrace of her music slowly faded away. However, that doesn't mean her music has lost any of its gusto, as shown by her performance at The Middle East Saturday night...
Overall, veteran rocker Juliana Hatfield knows how to put on a polished, powerful rock show. MTV be damned; in a different venue with better ventilation, her talent and skill will be truly appreciated...