Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only problem was, when Jim Burns and Robert Small, the inventors of MTV Unplugged, woke up the next morning, they forgot they were joking. Now, MTV Unplugged has become a '90s rite of rock 'n' roll passage. It's an easy way to gain some artistic respectability and seem down to earth all at the same time: go on TV and perform in an intimate setting, quietly strumming your aged and weathered guitar. Rod Stewart's done it. Neil Young's done it. R.E.M. and Arrested Development and Eric Clapton have all done it, and all have made some...
There are no dressing rooms, just a couple of mirrors propped up against bare walls. When you have finished your scavenging, you haul your sack to the door, where the man weighs your bulging load. One dollar per pound. The man makes change from a roll of dog-eared singles. No cash register, no receipt. It is a no-nonsense ritual which repeats itself every weekend, starting...
...turns out that the savants had a lot to learn about retrograde, reprobate ^ rock 'n' roll. Bat II slipped through a crack in the pop Zeitgeist to occupy the No. 1 slot on Billboard's album chart, above Nirvana and the other pricey rockers half Meat Loaf's age (46). Somebody must like this stuff, someone who remembers what rock once did -- and still could -- sound and feel like. Three, maybe four chords; an amoral homily twisted into a catch phrase; adolescent yearning and ecstasy so confused that they become harmony...
...Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are, he is haunted by three pushy ghosts: a friend, a father, a long lost love. The only substance this fellow abuses is beer; now he prays "to the God of Sex and Drums and Rock 'n' Roll...
Picture a kindergarten of the future as the teacher calls the alphabetical roll: "Armani, Burberry, Cartier, Fendi, Gucci, Hermes . . ." all the way down to ". . . Valentino, Vuitton and Zabar." Instead of superhero lunch boxes, these kids will tote personalized shopping bags. And what about children cursed with parents whose taste in store names is simply too plebeian? On Geraldo, talk-show shrinks will discuss the trauma of low-rent names like Kmart Smith and Shoe-Town Jones...