Word: platinum
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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...
...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...
...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...
John McArthur receives his own platinum...
...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...