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Publishers indulge the whims of authors who sell hard-cover books in the millions, and it wasn't a lot of trouble to get Atlantic Records to hire some studio musicians and produce a CD. Nothing in it will worry Garth Brooks or Willie Nelson, but Waller's thin voice isn't disgraceful. It is just ordinary and needs some shower-room tile to bulk it up. Somebody is kidding somebody else here: Does Waller realize that the CD is mediocre? If so, does he suppose his fans won't care? Is he simply -- and at any cost, even ridicule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Mushmeister Returns | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

...season marks the departure of the show's creator and original host, Joel Hodgson, to pursue other comedy avenues. However, the new host, head writer Mike Nelson, promises to continue and possibly to improve upon the show's tradition of biting, eclectic humor at the expense of awful movies...

Author: By John Donahue, | Title: Play MST For Me | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

However, this episode is worth watching to see the skits in which the show orchestrates the transition of hosts. Mike Nelson (Mike Nelson), the new host, is hired as a temp by the evilbosses to help organize their office for an audit.Meanwhile, Cambot, a third robot friend whoappears only in skits, plans Joel's escape. Iwon't reveal the brilliant climax, except to saythat Mike finds himself as Joel's unfortunatereplacement on the Satellite of Love...

Author: By John Donahue, | Title: Play MST For Me | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

...Mike Nelson a la Conan O'Briensuccessfully makes the step up from writer tohost. Those who are overly distraught at Joel'sdeparture should heed the advice of the MST 3Ktheme song--"Tell yourself it's just a show, Ireally should relax...

Author: By John Donahue, | Title: Play MST For Me | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

...sold millions and made Mellencamp an MTV star. On later albums, like Scarecrow (1985) and The Lonesome Jubilee (1987), he used electric violin and accordion to evoke the bucolic grit of rural America. At the same time, his longstanding commitment to Farm Aid, which he co-founded with Willie Nelson in 1985, gave his prairie- roots message an activist urgency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heart of Darkness | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

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