Word: singer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this, at any rate, he has something in common with the two singer-writers represented here. Since humor on these two albums is in short supply, it is interesting to speculate on what Lardner might have made of Terence Trent D'Arby's "T.I.T.S."/"F&J," an exceedingly unlikely -- beautifully unlikely -- evocation of the Frankie and Johnny legend. Or what he would have done with Janet Jackson's Throb ("I can feel your body/ pressed against my body/ when you start to poundin'/ love to feel you throbbin'/ throb/ throb/ throb"). Or what it might have done to him. Cole...
...that David Koresh fronted a rock-'n'-roll band because many kids look for the same things from a rock group that they do from a cult: a sense of belonging, a sense of worship and the feeling that what they're doing will drive their parents absolutely crazy. Singer Perry Farrell's previous band, the Los Angeles-based alternative-rock quartet Jane's Addiction, provided fans with concerts of pagan celebration: their music was bursting with guitar-powered Dionysian frenzy and golden calf-esque imagery (Bored with your lives, children...
...Helmsley is soon to be released, it may be because her consultant is able to dramatize the harsh treatment she has received in comparison with other tax evaders. As the judge was reminded in Helmsley's court filing, singer Willie Nelson was allowed to settle $15.6 million in unpaid taxes and penalties without any jail sentence at all, partly by agreeing to produce an album -- which he titled Who'll Buy My Memories: The IRS Tapes -- and turn all proceeds over to the government...
...House office, is trying to curtail the trend. "We don't want to discourage the enthusiasm," said Thomason last week, "but yes, there may be too many of them around." Maybe so, but Hillary Rodham Clinton was so impressed by a recent Liza Minnelli performance that she invited the singer to stop by for a visit next month...
...surprised. Willie Nelson's gone and grown up -- but he's done that before. From Nashville tunesmith to Austin outlaw, country singer to pop star, counterculture plaything to movie personality, conscience of Farm Aid to IRS whipping boy, he's remained a maverick without portfolio or apology. The only consistent quality about him has been his unpredictability...