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...context. Part of the reason why neither disc of this set works is that many of the songs work best within their albums' genre. Trompe le Monde, a very punky and loud album, doesn't mix well with Bossanova, full of surf music about aliens, or the southwest-influenced Surfer Rosa. The Pixies like to put strange sequences of conversations and feedback between songs on their albums. They're odd, but they fit, and they make the album work as a whole. Without this context, the album lacks any kind of continuity and makes the purpose of Death...

Author: By Whitney K. Bryant, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Death' to the Pixies' Record Executives | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

Atlanta-based Hooters of America employs 10,000 "Hooters Girls," young women the chain describes as "the surfer girls next door." Got up in orange short-shorts and tight-fitting tops, they earn $2.13 an hour plus tips dispensing food, drink and cheerleader charm at the company's 204 restaurants in 40 states and five foreign countries. Last year the chain, which is privately held, brought in revenues of $325 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEXISM WILL BE SERVED | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...more politically fireproof sentence has yet to be conceived by mortal man. On the surface the policy seems reasonable, given the prevalence of offensive sites and the ease with which even a novice Web surfer can find them (though most porn sites these days can't be accessed without a credit card). But free-speech advocates call censorware a cure worse than the disease. Filtering programs block Web pages in one of two ways. The more primitive method is to search for key words in the pages' titles, a system with all the subtlety of a Gatling gun. America Online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSOR'S SENSIBILITY | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

Barely employed, she became a surfer girl, writing songs on the beach, including the future hit Who Will Save Your Soul? She wrote many of the songs on Pieces of You during that difficult period. And yet, while they recognize that reality bites, the lyrics are surprisingly optimistic. Jewel explains, "It's so easy to feel alone and to feel like you're the only one going through whatever you're going through. You feel very isolated in it--especially when you're young, when you're around 18. When I was that age, I was amazed and so thankful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE SHAPING OF JEWEL | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

...SECRET SURFER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 9, 1997 | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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