Word: sinatras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Frank Sinatra April 20 at the Centrum
...scene, where designer names often grow to billboard proportions, the tag of the moment is Stussy. Designer Shawn Stussy, 36, of Laguna Beach, Calif., has made a splash with surf-meets-rap sportswear. Stussy and partner Frank Sinatra Jr. (no relation to you-know-who) say revenues hit $17 million last year in stores from Los Angeles to Manhattan. Stussy, a former surfboard maker, started his business in 1982 by transferring surfboard graphics to T shirts and shorts...
Brownstein walks us through some of the early history: moguls sycophantically pursuing Presidents; Bogie and Bacall barnstorming for Adlai Stevenson; the Hollywood Ten and the House Committee on Un-American Activities; the unholy Jack Pack of Frank Sinatra and J.F.K. (Gary Hart and Warren Beatty being the more cerebral, 1980s version). Much of the book's second half deals with the travails of a coterie of wealthy Hollywood liberals -- from Norman Lear to Rob Lowe -- who are desperate to be taken seriously...
...Frank Sinatra: The Capitol Years (Capitol); The Reprise Collection (Reprise). Does popular singing get any better than what is represented in these two editions? The first (three CDs, 75 songs) spans 1953-62; the second (four CDs, 81 songs...
...some deeper tidings of comfort and joy. For those with a global perspective, there is plenty to inspire gratitude this season: the country is not (yet) at war; there are families in Romania, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia sharing the holidays in freedom and safety for the first time; Frank Sinatra just celebrated his 75th birthday. But try as they will to count blessings, many Americans who read the newspapers, check their bank statements or listen to the tinny jingles from Washington have a hard time believing that 'tis the season to be jolly...