Word: rockers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Rock will have its place, with U2 and the Wallflowers readying new CDs, and soul will have its day, with Erykah Badu making a welcome return and Sade making a welcome and long-awaited one. As for hip-hop, the Atlanta-based duo Outkast, jazz rapper Guru and rap rocker Everlast are ones to watch. With so much to choose from, Napster never had it so good...
...asked. In my experience, when immigrant cab drivers ask that question, they want to know your nationality--usually, that of your parents. Usually I mumble something about India, but for some idiotic reason I said "Georgia." "Really?" he said, now interested. I thought he was going to mention John Rocker. "From the former Soviet Union...
...cinematic action is to have people walk briskly and talk loudly while the camera jitters like a hophead cadging a handout. Because Gregory Hines and Jim Belushi, as the Spin sleuths, are too good cop-bad cop. And because the white suspects are yokels who'd make John Rocker sound like John Gielgud. Your Honor, please, can we have a little order in this courtroom drama...
...discuss personalities. How is Bryant Gumbel different from, oh, John Rocker? Both are performers in the public eye who have been guilty of invective. Rocker happens to have a more vivid prose style than Gumbel, and, shall we say, a more encompassing sociological vision. But Gumbel, dismissing Knight as a "f---ing idiot" on grounds of Knight's religious convictions, works in the same ball park...
...Rocker syndrome has struck again. More than platforms or ideals or issues, bitterness and ill-will continue to drive the New York Senate race. If Lazio wins, it will probably be not so much because New Yorkers embrace his vision but rather because they could not muster the strength to cast their ballot for a non-New Yorker (And let that be the least of their problems with Clinton). But this may not be such a bad thing. New York politics are interesting again. There's a real and important issue to discuss and the race is receiving attention...