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Burns is a historian working on film, however, not a prophet. Despite the huge number of jazz reissues carrying the series' imprimatur that are currently weighing down the record racks, neither is he a promo guy flacking for the future. His object is not to move CDs, but hearts. He means to reinvigorate the American imagination with the glories of this music, and at the same time, to remind and warn viewers that jazz was born out of a fierce challenge to the abiding shame of American racism. If that means looking back longer than looking forward, then that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Fascinating Rhythms | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...promise that surrounded Fyvush Finkel's return to network television was too much to resist. Somehow, the promo in which he said, "Look at my knockers!" only got funnier each time I saw it. So I watched...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved by the Bell: Beyond the Back Page | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...removed from the Corrs in time for their third album, In Blue. Already, the Corrs have begun to construct an international cult of fantastically loyal adolescent males and pre-adolescent girls, who will no doubt flood from such competitors as Britney Spears to send them up the charts. The promo literature on the Corrs still makes much of the Celtic streak in their tunes, but that has been steamrolled over by a synthetic, processed sound. And, believe me, this is pop with two capital Ps, and a capital O thrown in for good measure. In Blue is to music what...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

Sydney's official trio of cloying mascots will not compete unopposed. A local radio station, tweaking the Games for its history of drug-assisted athletes, is sponsoring some alternative mascots. Proceeds from the promo will go to a children's hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Symbolic/Metabolic | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Lesson One (The Payoff Mix)" Double Dee and Steinski (Tommy Boy promo) Hip-hop requiring no turntable skills and no rapping ability, therefore massively inspiring for people in the U.K. Launched the phenomenon of bedroom producers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Best Hip-Hop Songs | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

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