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...generation of rock bands that emerged in the early to mid-'90s. In that era, grunge, punk and "alternative" bands--Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots--ruled the hearts and wallets of young listeners. Then, almost without exception, they dropped from the top of the charts, replaced by rap acts and, later, boy bands and girl divas. Some lingered but grew less relevant (Nine Inch Nails' 1999 The Fragile was a critical smash but a sales disappointment) or less edgy (a Foo Fighters song became the theme music for the NBC romantic comedy-drama Ed, for cripes' sake...
Well, not overnight. Rock never really died--after the alternative-rock craze bottomed out in the late '90s, rap-rock hybrids like Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock as well as more straightforward rock bands like Creed have clicked with audiences and gone multiplatinum. And record-company executives, like anxious analysts anticipating a tech bubble burst, have been anticipating a correction in teeny-pop's long boom. They have devoted more resources in the past year to signing and developing rock acts, believing the tweens who flocked to pop would soon be ready for a different sound. "They want [their music...
Arizona prides itself on not suffocating charter schools with red tape. Most states grant charters for five years; Arizona's span a full 15. Short of requiring that an applicant not have a rap sheet, there are no resume requirements for running a charter school. The state has closed down just four schools, none of them for academic reasons...
...extra technological challenges that sounds like it might entail. In truth, nothing could be easier than navigating TiVo's menus. All you really need to know how to use are the buttons market up, down, left, right and select. But computers have gotten such a bad rap with the technophobic, as slowing PC sales suggest, that a computer even in the guise of an easy-to-use consumer electronics product just will not fly off the Circuit City shelves...
...Noted "We'd always say to each other that I was Frank and she was Ava, you know what I'm saying?" SEAN ("PUFFY") COMBS, U.S. rap star, comparing himself and actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, his former squeeze, to Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner...