Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...breakup of the "old" Clash was deemed imminent following the success of the 1982 release Combat Rock, containing the radio/video hit "Rock the Casbah." The band's ensuing tour was riddled with disputes between Strummer and former band member Mick Jones. Aside from commercial problems, the two were faced with differing musical styles. Strummer favored the loud, fast guitar sound that was most evident on earlier Clash releases, while Jones wished to pursue the synth/dub style evident on Sandinista! and Combat Rock. Jones's new band, Big Audio Dynamite, has gone on to do what they intended. Strummer, however, seems...
...almost totally irrelevant. The boys have completely ceased to do what they once did so well, possible because of Mick Jones's absence, and possibly because of Joe Strummer's stepped-up presence. With this record, the band has sunk even deeper into the muck out of which Combat Rock crawled--and The Clash will be inextricably stuck in the muck unless they manage to cut the crap...
...rock was thrown through a window of Adams House's H-entry around 7 p.m. Tuesday, causing $50 worth of damage. No suspects were identified...
...telling you, I fear that my fervent belief in the goals of the Beech Society is no longer matched by enthusiasm for its brutal and unsubtle methodology....I long to compete on the fields of mental battle, far away from the sordid and unhealthy aspects of cross-burning and rock-throwing....What was your PSAT score...
...from far less civilized terrain--New Jersey. A frustrated suburban housewife of a swimming pool salesman. Arquette goes on a spiritual quest after Susan, a debauchedly primal nymphet played by the debauchedly primal Madonna. Dewitt thinks there is something inherently fishy about equating nature and primal being with a rock star whose love handles are as big as her breasts, but the film nonetheless satisfies the teen viewer's instinctive need to have his lifestyle of Fritos and junk jewelry vindicated on film. Natural primacy as a pair of Capezzio flats? Forget...