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...most poorly-represented school on the board. In a league that Penn and Princeton have dominated for decades, the other schools usually scare up enough interest to start threads about various topics, such as Cornell’s guaranteed improvement next year (“Like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,” one fan intones, “it’s time for The Rising...
Each of the band’s five members went their separate ways. Tiny Lights cellist Jane Scarpantoni went on to play with high-profile bands and performers including REM, Bruce Springsteen, the Indigo Girls and Natalie Merchant...
...closet has a right to be suspicious. Music executives prophesy long-term success for their artists all the time. Davis, however, has a track record. During his 35 years as a label president, he has signed and developed Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, Patti Smith, Laura Nyro, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston. "I'm not really sure what it is with him," says Alicia Keys, whom Davis introduced to the world at his 2001 pre-Grammy party. "He just knows talent when he hears it, and he never hesitates about his own instincts...
...history of pop music, there is exactly one great song about winning: We Are the Champions, by Queen. Otherwise, from Orbison to Springsteen to Eminem, losers and loners have ruled the school. Kathleen Edwards, an alt-country singer from Ottawa, has titled her jangly debut album Failer, so clearly she has been paying attention to market trends...
...screenwriter. The author of Clockers and Freedomland--lush, knowing, best-selling books about struggle and redemption in the projects--has been up in that high-priced league for more than a decade. Which means that in the eyes of the world, he suffers from a variation of the Bruce Springsteen Problem. You can't help wanting a guy who knows the streets that well to live in the hood...