Word: popped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NINE INCH NAILS The Fragile (Nothing/Interscope). Into the orgy of urgently escapist pop that ruled music this year, Trent Reznor dropped this monument to loneliness and psychic angst. A powerful and creepily beautiful rock-'n'-roll album, The Fragile brought hope to alienated youth everywhere...
...Clean Slate/Epic). Like shards from a shattered mirror, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter's latest album glitters with reflective surfaces and sharp edges. Apple's songs, richly produced and intimately performed, explore the opposite of romance: betrayal, breakup, failure to commit. Apple has matured into more than a pop prodigy, more than a girl, interrupted. She is now, as an artist, a woman in full...
...millennium is almost here--unless you're watching The Green Mile, in which case the old millennium may drag on a decade or two. This year was bueno for Spanish speakers (All About My Mother, Latin pop), but not so good for the Irish (the malarkey of 'Tis). New technology emerged (MP3), but old shows still charmed (Kiss Me, Kate). When a century passes, we look to artists to celebrate what we've learned as a society. Then again, it's still the year 4697 in China, so the lessons can wait. Herewith our lists of the entertainment events...
...What luck! I spotted the next big music phenomenon when two girls and two boys took to the stage as the opening act at a recent pop extravaganza. Critics will argue that they've got it that vaguely-defined, over-emphasized star quality which makes success inevitable. But I'm pretty sure that they'll launch hit after hit because they've got the five ingredients to be a pop culture phenomenon...
...Smackdown each week and knows the wrestlers by name. The other? A girl reporter straight out of boarding school who worried about the possibility of getting soiled by wrestler sweat. We'll have full coverage for you in an upcoming issue....And for those of you not titillated by pop culture phenomena, we'll have you enraptured too: look for a special interview with Jane Campion, director of The Piano and Holy Smoke, in January....Have you ever tried explaining instant replay to somebody who has never heard of it before? My cousin and I tried it the other...