Word: roading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...collar workers. Not only does it offer the usual American pastimes--fast cars, parades, costume balls, picnics and all-night music--but it also provides the more contemporary attractions of survival camping, neon lights, nudity, performance art and staged extravaganzas. It's got the sun-dried culture of postmodern road warriors: deep ritual without religion, community without commitment, art without history, technology without boundaries. As essayist Bruce Sterling writes in the only book about the event, Burning Man (HardWired; 1997), which I and others at Wired magazine had a hand in producing, "It's just big happy crowds of harmless...
...paragraphs and voila!, instant profit. Riverhead editor Mary South puts it in gentler terms: "Cookbooks are a great way for celebrities to do a biography without having to do a tell-all." South will help Patti LaBelle, who was been known to rustle up a mean meal on the road, dish out her culinary secrets next year. Even a reed-thin celebrity who was never seen in an apron will do. Or at least her cook will. Scribner's most recent deal is with Jackie Onassis' chef of 25 years, Marta Sgubin, whose book will also be coming out next...
...Here Now finds the band once again aping the Beatles. One song, Magic Pie, has a title that echoes the name of Paul McCartney's last solo release, Flaming Pie; on another, the frenetic My Big Mouth, Liam sings of going "down the long and winding road." There are a few surprises on Be Here Now; at some points, Oasis cribs from bands other than the Beatles. Much of the album is informed by the crunching blues-rock of the Rolling Stones. One of the worst songs, however, draws from a less impressive source: the spaghetti-western-style guitar work...
...appeal. So far, though, Oasis hasn't come close to creating a body of work that will make the young, hot, upstart rock bands of the future want to borrow from it. But the band is still a fairly new one. And there's a long and winding road ahead...
...Carey has been down this road before. Earlier federal probes have focused on alleged ties to the Mob (he was later exonerated), and the purchase of a string of pricey vacation properties. But with the UPS settlement under his belt, notes Van Voorst, Carey should still be able to defeat Hoffa in the fresh elections scheduled for December. But the timing couldn't be worse: Teamsters are gearing up for an agressive membership drive. Charges of corruption aren't the best advertisement...