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Coffeehouse pop is gentle but not tame--there is a quiescent anger within it over social issues and matters of the heart. The songs seek to engage life, not shrink from it. "There was an innocence that prevailed in the '60s that was crushed by the assassination of J.F.K. and King," says Jewel. "Our parents have become disillusioned. It is their disillusionment we deal with in many ways; it's a kind of crust we have to break through." In the title song on Pieces of You, Jewel attacks religious and sexual intolerance, her voice breaking as she sings...
Actually, it's the central theme of mankind. Indeed, ever since Plato divided the soul into reason, passion and appetite, people have struggled to explain how to become disciples of themselves; they have groped to understand how to use reason--the most venerable of our faculties--to tame our less auspicious features. This relationship is, of course, the answer to the singular question which a humane education should answer: How should I live...
...couldn't rid its flavor from our mouths. The Sprite was too tame to conquer its flavor; the chicken's juice spread like a cancer through the rest of our plates. First it took over the rice, then the pasta. One friend of Dartboard was lucky enough to move his roll from his contaminated plate before it was too late...
DOLLY PARTON's brand of music doesn't normally conjure up images of a crowded club full of sweaty bodies gyrating until dawn. But that may change now that the singer who makes Antoni Gaudi's buildings look tame has had a few cuts off her latest album, Treasures, remixed as dance tunes. The deed was done by Junior Vasquez, a New York City nightclub fixture and producer, who says the first cut, Peace Train, is already a big hit at Arena, the club where he's a deejay. "If I don't play it, they start shouting...
...will try to tame Fenno without censoring him," Friedman said. "Fenno will continue to do the things he has always done, but we'll be more careful in the future about people who have a radical interpretation of Fenno...