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...MTV loves America. According to the Associated Press, J. Lo, Kid Rock and Ja Rule are off to a “U.S. Military base overseas” to entertain the USO troops during the holidays, sponsored by the popular music pantheon. Those stationed in Kosovo will have the pleasure of being serenaded by Mariah Carey. U2’s Bono ended the band’s Elevation tour in Miami with the exclamation, “I’d like to say how much we love this country and we wish you safety and prosperity...
While self-satirization through frenetic reproduction—as demonstrated by emergent movements at the end of the 1970s like photo-realism—remains a continual theme in the avant-garde art world, rock and roll has lost its sense of humor. The creation of MTV turned rock songs themselves into commercials, and the 1990s have seen the increasing importance of commercial success to rock and roll. At the beginning of the decade, athletes endorsed soft drinks; now that honor goes to Britney Spears. As seen by the reaction of the musical community to the current American war effort...
While at Harvard, Smith has elegantly managed a social conscience and a social life. Smith will undoubtedly create a comfortable niche for himself in the future—whether at Oxford or MTV...
...MUSIC MAN: Next week, MTV Books/Pocket will publish "Aaliyah: More Than a Woman," a mass market paperback original by TIME senior writer Chris Farley, who interviewed hip-hop soul artist Aaliyah not long before her death. According to his publisher, "Farley has talked to dozens of Aaliyah's friends, family members and acquaintances, from the singer's mother to her high school vocal coach to the director of her forthcoming film "The Queen of the Damned," which was completed after her death. Farley also interviewed Aaliyah's celebrity pals and admirers, including her producers Missy Elliot and Timbaland, vocalist Beyonce...
While Spears is vocally unremarkable, she has succeeded by creating a series of charming music videos that made her an MTV mainstay. The Nigel Dick-directed “Oops! I Did It Again” combined a cornball plot with a Martian princess interpretation of her exotic sexuality. “Oops!” was colorful enough for the young set, yet interesting enough for a broader audience. MTV’s Total Request Live gives teen pop more exposure than most other genres, and in an age of Billboard chart apathy to her singles...