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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indigo Girls aren't made-for-video babes. They are not about belly buttons or cleavage or appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman chewing cigars and spouting four-letter words to get attention. Although their CDs have sold consistently well -- their self-titled debut album went platinum -- both Girls harbor acid feelings about the image-conscious video age. "MTV has hurt music in one sense because people now judge a song by more than just the song," says Ray. But, she concedes, "in the sense of having another art form around -- video -- MTV is probably a good thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: The Power of Two | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

...Rubin; on the surface, it seems as ill-advised a pairing as, say, Dan Rather and Connie Chung. Cash is a contemporary of Elvis Presley's and was once the host of a network variety show. Rubin is a hairy, ripped- jean-wearing studio virtuoso who has produced platinum albums for rappers like Run-D.M.C. and for the punk-funk band Red Hot Chili Peppers. As it happened, their different backgrounds didn't matter, for Cash and Rubin agreed on the most important thing: the sound they wanted. All you hear on American Recordings is Cash's guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Dream Album | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...love snow. It gives me the chance to take my new snow shoes out for a spin. Yes, yes, yes," insisted Kirshner. She then proceeded to attempt to convince this reporter that she had, in fact, dyed her hair platinum blond to match the winter landscape...

Author: By Elisabeth A. Mayer, | Title: Snow, Snow Baby | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

John McArthur receives his own platinum...

Author: By G.k. Wenceslas, | Title: Intimations of Crimson Munificence | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...dessert (because who gives an entree as a gift?), there's 500 chocolate truffles (1 year, 4 months, 13 days' worth if consumed one per day) from Sweet Stuff, in the Shops by Harvard Yard, or 33 Platinum gift-wrapped balatons of Neuhaus Belgian chocolates from Cardullo's. Or what about 557 Australian candy-dipped preserved two-inch diameter apricots (that's a string of apricots 93 feet long) from Crate and Barrel, 48 Brattle Street? If your gift recipient is a pre-med and keen on staying up late to study, $1,000 will get you 166.66 pounds...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Gifts for One Thousand Dollars | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

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