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That's because Omaha is earning a rep as a hot spot for cutting-edge rock. One reason for that is the Faint, a band whose latest album, Danse Macabre, sounds like a cocktail of such slick Reagan-era synthesizer bands as New Order and the Cure, with a shot of alternative-rock grit tossed in. Singer and keyboardist Todd Baechle, 28; his brother Clark, 21, on drums; keyboardist Jacob Thiele, 22; guitarist Dapose (just Dapose), 22; and bassist Joel Petersen, 27, plan to embark this week on an arena and theater tour with the hugely popular No Doubt...
...resulting understated documentary plays more like an independent film than a slick network news special. Says co-producer Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS's 48 Hours: "Everything about it has to be respectful and can't call attention to itself." There are no commercials, thanks to sponsor Nextel. Robert De Niro, a longtime resident of the Tribeca neighborhood near the WTC, provides a brief introduction and closing remarks. The Naudets got the blessings of the fire company--fire fighter James Hanlon co-produced and narrates--and they offered advance tapes to the families of fire fighters who were killed...
...course, that sidesteps the question of whether HP and Compaq can successfully merge without leaving the floor slick with blood. Most large-scale tech-firm mergers have been hideous disasters. Compaq's last acquisition, the Digital Equipment Corp., was a textbook example of how not to do it. Good products died, top talent fled and resentment lingered for years after management cut 15,000 jobs. Now HP plans, upon the merger, to lay off 15,000; it also hopes for cost savings of $2.5 billion. A team of 500 is working full time on integrating the companies, though most...
...recorded Nashville's first platinum album (Wanted: The Outlaws); of a diabetes-related illness; in Chandler, Ariz. With his black Stetson and brash persona, Jennings, along with Willie Nelson, led country's outlaw movement of the late '60s and early '70s--a honky-tonk response to country's slick pop sound. Perhaps best known for Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, he recorded 16 No. 1 singles. Once a bassist for Buddy Holly, Jennings was scheduled to be on the plane in 1959 that killed Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper...
...grizzled Grammy-winning country singer who recorded Nashville's first platinum album (Wanted: The Outlaws); in Chandler, Arizona. With his black Stetson and brash persona, Jennings, along with Willie Nelson, led country's outlaw movement of the late '60s and early '70s?a honky-tonk response to country's slick pop sound. Among his 16 No. 1 singles was Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. Jennings was scheduled to be on the 1959 plane that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, but gave up his seat to another musician. DIED. VICTOR POSNER, 83, corporate raider...