Word: rocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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TRUE STORIES The folks of Virgil, Texas, "don't want freedom/ We don't want justice/ We just want someone to love." Is that weird? Naaah. Not in this surreal funfest from David Byrne, rock's Renaissance guy. Lotsa laughs and neat songs...
...September mood of euphoria at CBS suffered accordingly. Says one mid- level executive: "Half the people here curse Tisch." A television producer at the Manhattan headquarters known as Black Rock described employee morale as "pulverized with fear." Staffers soon coined a bitter name for the layoffs: to be fired was to be "tisched." In the past few weeks, as the wave of firings seems to have again subsided -- at least for a time -- the mood at CBS has become quietly resigned. Says one employee: "The feeling here is follow the rules, do your job, don't make waves...
Since starting up in August, KLSP has broadcast from a room in the prison compound using equipment donated by a charity. Amin and the Duke deliver news on the hour but don't bother with traffic reports. They also play musical requests. Among the favorites: Jailhouse Rock and Chain Gang. The station will soon include a weekly program on legal topics like recent Supreme Court decisions. "It's entertaining, educational and a way to get information quickly to inmates," says Assistant Warden Roger Thomas. The DJs eventually plan to broadcast performances by prison bands. Says the Duke: "Some people think...
This year's fashion doll is Jem, with her own rock band, the Holograms, and her own theme song, "Jem is truly, truly, truly outrageous." She is related by plastic to Cricket, a talking tot ("Are we having fun or what?"), and to Barbie, the original glitz princess. Barbie's clothes alone sell more than 20 million pieces each year, making Mattel the largest manufacturer of women's wear in the world...
...Leonard Nimoy, a special pet rock...