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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...improvisations set the city on its head. The stiff rhythms of the time were slashed away by his combination of the percussive and the soaring. He soon returned to Chicago, perfected what he was doing and made one record after another that reordered American music, such as Potato Head Blues and I'm a Ding Dong Daddy. Needing more space for his improvised line, Armstrong rejected the contrapuntal New Orleans front line of clarinet, trumpet and trombone in favor of the single, featured horn, which soon became the convention. His combination of virtuosity, strength and passion was unprecedented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUIS ARMSTRONG: The Jazz Musician | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

Sadness strikes at the heart of Potato Country once again: Frank Sinatra has passed from our stage. We hadn't seen or heard him for years. And that perhaps was better; entertainers -- and Frankie was arguably the greatest of this century -- are best remembered in action. If you've been clicking or flipping around since you heard the news, you've probably heard it all already. CP has written it already. So let us not croon overlong in this space, and deliver what is CP's raison d'etre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Sinatra to Eternity | 5/15/1998 | See Source »

...swabbing herself down. It has been cold lately, and windy, so at night she wraps herself tight in a sleeping bag, leaving only a small hole for breathing. Beneath an electric blue tarpaulin draped around the branches, she cooks vegan meals on a single-burner propane stove. "Her potato-squash stew was yummy!" says Doug Wolens, a San Francisco filmmaker who is shooting a documentary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Julia Hill, Butterfly: Five Months At 180 Ft. | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

INCREDIBLE EDIBLE Get vaccinated by eating veggies? Maybe one day. Scientists have bioengineered a potato to contain a protein that causes diarrhea. When subjects eat it, they develop antibodies to the diarrhea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: May 11, 1998 | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

That David vs. Goliath matchup otherwise known as the U.S. government vs. Microsoft rages in Washington, which brings a lump to the Couch Potato?s throat. Forget Bill v. Janet -- we?re strictly old school here, and this reminds us of cinema?s epic battle -- the one between Godzilla and a succession of plucky residents of Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Godzilla vs. the Potato | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

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