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...this revue ain't nothin' but seven singers performing a history of the blues, from traditional African chants to Motown, with side glances at Hank Williams and Peggy Lee. The rotund Ron Taylor (one of five co-authors) is the show's soulful heart, while Eloise Laws and Gretha Boston have the most impressive vocal turns. So poor was Broadway's musical season that this minimally produced concert got four Tony nominations. Talk about the blues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...Jesus, I don't get it. I swear I see nothin' but the prosperity of the wicked." Let's kick it so you can see the end that's predicted, When...sinful men get evicted... But God the Son is gonna rise like a biscuit, Come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 11, 1998 | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...Jazz Singer, after Al Jolson says, "You ain't heard nothin' yet," he doesn't burst into speech. He sings Toot Toot Tootsie. In the dawn of sound, talking pictures were often singing ones. Hollywood released 55 musicals in 1929, an amazing 78 in 1930. And these were just the feature films. To pad the program, studios made shorts (typically 10 minutes) in which stars from Broadway, radio and nightclubs performed and, as best they could, acted in a dramatic setting. Back then these films--the equivalent of short stories, but with songs--were fillers. Today they're thrillers, precious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MAKERS OF MELODY | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

...arrested and the victims' memory of more attackers. "If the girl said there are 12 or 13 of them, where are the other seven?" asks Idella Hollis, 70, grandmother of the Hollis brothers. "I just don't trust them. There are too many black people down in jail for nothin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TRAIN HOP TO TRAGEDY | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

Those disappointed in the Supreme Court's tacit approval of Title IX won't like this further prediction from Lopiano: "You ain't seen nothin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR WOMEN | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

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