Word: singer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Optimism in the face of harsh reality, then, is Reed's new-found philosophy. The singer constantly agonizes over "the world's impending storm" and "a world in a terrible state." But unlike his earlier works, a warm and positive feeling suffuses. The Blue Mask. Reed, a veteran of a difficult business and a difficult era, could easily have become a cynic with age. But instead of displaying unalloyed disgust, Reed confronts us with a touchingly realistic album that tempers anger with hope...
...Communist countries, but Communism is in itself a variant, the most successful variant, of fascism. Fascism with a human face." The left "did not have ears" for this truth, she told the sometimes booing and hissing crowd-composed of about 1,300 left-wing activists, among them Singer Pete Seeger and Novelist E.L. Doctorow-because of its haughty reluctance to be associated with its "enemies" on the right, who were considered to be simplistic Red baiters. Said she: "Imagine, if you will, someone who read only the Reader's Digest between 1950 and 1970, and someone who read only...
...weary of waiting for their leader's demise, were attempting to force his resignation by impugning members of his family. These stories were fueled by a series of scandals that have erupted in Moscow involving extortion and illicitly obtained diamonds. One centered on Boris Buriatov, a sometime singer known as Boris the Gypsy, who reportedly made himself conspicuous among the drably dressed denizens of Moscow by wearing a long sable coat, mink tie and diamond neckpin. He was arrested earlier this year and is rumored to have been involved in a multimillion-dollar diamond theft ring. When Boris...
...singing career is concerned," says Shari Belafonte-Harper, 27, the daughter of Singer Harry Belafonte, "I'm not waiting around for my Banana Boat to come in. So for now, I'm concentrating on my acting." A sampling of Shari's dramatic skills, a co-starring role in If You Could See What I Hear, the film version of the 1975 autobiography of blind Pop Singer Tom Sullivan, 34, will be released next month. Shari does give one musical performance each year-when she croons Happy Birthday to her dad. Last week the elder Belafonte turned...
...Heard I Was in Town" is Buffett's sentimental report on returning to Key West--once the singer's home--in the wake of his fame. He notes the way things change as life progresses: "Don't it seem funny/Word gets around/I heard I was in town...