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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spin doughnuts in the mud, then stand an Ellie May or a Daisy up in the back and drive slowly through cheering throngs. When the girl collects enough Mardi Gras beads from slobbering Bubbas, she answers their obscene chant with a lift of her shirt. Fights break out. Sirens wail. It's like spring break, except nobody came from college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASCAR: Babes, Bordeaux & Billy Bobs | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...opted as soon as the bombing started, and throughout the country there is a uniform hum of pro-Milosevic, anti-Western diatribe. What's more, the bombing has become less terrifying to Serbs. The sirens still sound at 8 o'clock each night in Belgrade, but the wail is now muted. The residents of the embattled city have given the sirens an affectionate nickname, "Esmeralda," after the popular Mexican soap opera that used to appear on Serbian television at 8 p.m. Increasingly the war seems like just something to watch on the tube, a long-running melodrama with only occasional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Serbia: Mind Game | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...first solo record after meeting ex-Prince producer, David Z. The album's debut single and title track, "Lie to Me," saw some heavy rotation on MTV and extended play on VH1. On the video, he was able to capitalize on his all American pre-pubescent mug. Riding the wail of his electric manhood. Lang's acceleration to the top of the charts was fueled by his lanky frame, laid-back cool and thickly applied accolades from every blues brother. He is now being hailed as the musical messiah of the next millennium...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HERE'S JONNY! | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...sense of musical restraint and variety. Though they've gained press for one of the leaders of the girl rock movement, don't count on Sleater-Kinney showing up at Lilth Fair anytime soon. The album opens with "Start Together," showcasing Corin Tucker's hair-raising wail over Sleater-Kinney's familiar variety of punk that somehow manages to tease out pop hooks in the most unexpected places. The first single, "Get Up," shows how powerful and--gasp--poppy Corin and company can be when they're not trying to damage your hearing. While the new directions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sleater-Kinney | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...first solo record after meeting ex-Prince producer, David Z. The album's debut single and title track, "Lie to Me," saw some heavy rotation on MTV and extended play on VH1. On the video, he was able to capitalize on his all-American pre-pubescent mug. Riding the wail of his electric manhood, Lang's acceleration to the top of the charts was fueled by his lanky frame, laid-back cool and thickly applied accolades from every blues brother. He is now being hailed as the musical messiah of the next millennium...

Author: By Marcelline Block, AND CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Visual Arts and Music | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

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