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...want you back," Michael Jackson once sang--but do we still want him? Legions of boy bands are desperately trying to moonwalk in Jackson's footsteps, but now the man behind Thriller is returning with Invincible (Oct. 30), his first album of new material in six years. It's too early to tell if he's still the King of Pop, but such current-day musical royalty as Britney Spears, Jill Scott and Ricky Martin are scheduled to pay homage to him at the tribute concerts he's throwing for himself at Madison Square Garden on Sept...
...perceived incompatibility of these genres was more than musical; it was subcultural. The cheerleader listened to pop, the wannabe-street kid listened to rap, the aspiring Sundance auteur with the sideways haircut listened to punk. When the genres did mix, like on the soundtrack for the forgettable 1993 thriller Judgment Night, it was with breathless pomp and circumstance (News flash: Pearl Jam rockin' and Cypress Hill rappin' on the same track! Very likely kicking back and sharing a doobie!). Now, not only is there nothing remarkable about a band that stirs rock, rap and pop into the same song...
...week. When I confessed during a chat that I hadn't finished a Jonnie Jacobs book they were discussing, they kindly talked around the ending so as not to ruin it for me. I felt so indebted that I stayed up until 3 a.m. to finish the 400-page thriller by Stuart Woods that they were planning to discuss next. I was surprised how much fun we had debating which clues were obvious and which caught us by surprise...
...Fifth Element) who produced Dragon, wrote the story, set the dark, violent tone, signed French music-video ace Chris Nahon to direct and chose Karyo, the angular menacer who shone in Nikita, to play the spuming villain. The film's other star is Paris. Like any self-respecting thriller set in a famous city, Dragon stages action scenes in many local landmarks: the MEtro, a bateau mouche, the gorgeous Gare de l'Est, the Regina Hotel and the Paris sewers...
...While last year was still an adjustment, the changes were very visible on the ice this year. Harvard nearly upset the eventual national champions, Boston College, in a home thriller in November. But the Crimson really came into its own down the stretch run, dumping conference-leader St. Lawrence at home, 4-1, on Feb. 17 by killing off eight Saint power plays in the game...