Word: playground
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...should just turn off the TV or radio. "It isn't necessarily what we keep our kids from," he says, "but our inability to keep other kids from certain material, who then share it with our kids in school and elsewhere. It's like dumping toxic waste in a playground...
...Duran Duran, Mötley Crüe and others back into recording studios. But while those acts made their previous albums within the Napster era and had modest expectations for their comebacks, Idol, 49, has been inactive since 1993's disastrous Cyberpunk and believes that his new collection, Devil's Playground, out March 22, may restore his former glory. "I'm not a retro act," Idol says in his parched English growl. "All these new bands got their music, and I got mine. And I guarantee you mine is more powerful...
...about the face at my age," he says, "but you can keep your body together. I can still take my shirt off.") Impressed by his drawing power, Sanctuary Records--current home of Morrissey, Robert Plant and Kiss--signed him to the 2003 deal that resulted in Devil's Playground, which ... is really not bad. There's an inexplicable Christmas ditty in the middle and tracks titled both Sherri and Cherie, but the songs are well crafted and full of energy. If Idol is a little thinner at the top of his range, his growl still brings on fits of delight...
Regardless of how Devil's Playground sells, Idol says making his first album in a dozen years has given him new respect for his previous accomplishments. "It's a fantastic thing to think that I start a song in my room on acoustic guitar, six strings, and it ends up having some 20- or 30-year life. Even if it's just playing in Bed Bath & Beyond, there's somebody shopping to Cradle of Love...
...Parents Weekend—and the many parents in attendance seemed to be enjoying the spectacle immensely. Many of them said they enjoyed the opportunity to meet other parents, see their children shine on the court, and reminisce with them about their own days of playing dodgeball on the playground...