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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...vaudeville vibrato of fear and trembling, Bobby Guy?s smart-guy growl (a nastier version of the Ray Charles tout-voice), Dub Jones? mindshaft bass delivering the cool catchphrases (as parent: "You better leave my daughter alone" and "Don?t talk back!"; as Charlie Brown: "Why is everybody always pickin? on me?") The Coasters? hits were loud, terse, vivid and un-sit-down-to-able: baby, that is rock ?n roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahmet?s Atlantic: Baby, That Is Rock and Roll | 8/3/2001 | See Source »

...SLIM PICKIN' Samsung, a company known for its stylish wireless phones, is sashaying into the market for combination phone-organizers with the SPH-1300 ($400). Billed as a hipper alternative to Kyocera's powerful but rather homely Smartphone, the SPH-1300 has the sleek good looks and 256-color screen of a high-end Palm. It weighs just 6 oz. and is about 5 in. long. There is no keypad, though, so you will have to dial with a stylus or by voice. It will be available in August through Sprint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: May 7, 2001 | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

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