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...magazine editor over a bad review of a rap band he's producing. "For some reason, sometimes hip-hop artists, they seem to feel like they can operate outside the rules of normalcy," said Jesse Washington, editor of the new magazine Blaze. Jean denied the allegation on MTV. "Wyclef Jean pulls no gun. Wyclef Jean plays guitars, and I have love for my family, respect for the artists that I roll with, and I respect the media very much." As persuasive as a loaded weapon at short range is, Washington said it did not influence his decision to pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 24, 1998 | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...director of the new movie First Love, Last Rites. Peretz is probably best known as the former bass guitarist of the band The Lemonheads, and since having left the group, he has achieved a considerable amount of success, directing a number of music videos and commercial spots for MTV as well as a few short films. True, First Love, Last Rites is his first full-length feature, but the movie is by no means a rookie effort. Indeed, the film serves as a vehicle through which Peretz displays the most interesting ability to infuse what could very well have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alum Sets First Film in Steamy, Sensual Bayou | 8/14/1998 | See Source »

...brainiest physical comedy in a long time. Their performance skills are Cirque du Soleil quality (one of them, Michael Dahlen, is a member of the surreal mime troupe the Blue Man Group), and even they hope to bring their slacker vaudeville to TV. When clowns are having meetings with MTV and Castle Rock, you know TV has killed the stand-up star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Funny: The Next Generation | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...late, his album sales have slumped. This year Master P, the head of the New Orleans-based label No Limit Records, is the top dog in the gangsta world: Master P's current solo album sold more than 400,000 copies in its first week out; at the upcoming MTV Music Video Awards, he'll be a featured act. So Snoop has allied himself with No Limit, declaring himself a "No Limit soldier," sharing in Master P's heat, his street cred. When Snoop's new CD, Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Leash On Life | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

Most of Siouxsie's songs were new ones from the band's upcoming album Anima Animus. She announced from the start that few of her songs would be from the past. "No MTV dumbing down here," she smirked. This all-new material found a receptive audience, as did the few older songs that The Creatures played: the beautiful "Miss the Girl," for which Sioux strapped on a bracelet with bells, was especially enjoyable, as were some of the new songs such as "Turn It On" and "Prettiest Thing...

Author: By Roman Altshuler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Two Musicians, Friends Converge On Stage | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

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