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...they put forth "Definition," a first single that achieved the seemingly impossible--i.e. reusing BDP's "1-2-3" hook and still coming off--and then slowly gave the world little tastes of glories to come, such as tracks featuring Common and underground hero Wordsworth's best appearance on wax to date. Everyone I talked to was in concurrence: This album is gonna be bananas...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Hip-Hop Apocalypse Has Been Postponed | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Jezak can't help but wax rhapsodic when he gets going, "It's totally American. Drag racing was born in America, people come from all over to see it." It's hard to dispute the particular American-ness of the whole thing. Weaving between the last few cars waiting for their final run of the night, we pass a slim, demure-looking girl with glasses and a pink sweatshirt. She's chatting with a man tinkering with the monstous engine of his Mustang. "What's it like running out there?" she responds to our question, "Tonight was shitty. The accelerator...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Drag Night | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

McCarthy said the officials believed that the group had caused $800 worth of damage in a demonstration a few months ago. Specific damage included candle wax dripping onto the bricks...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tibetan Prisoner's Mother Urges Pressure on Chinese | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

This week and next week, a little bit earlier than most of us wanted to think about it, the Class of 1999 was called in to pose for yearbook pictures. One could wax eloquent about how funny we all looked trying on caps and gowns, but there was something much more amusing going on at the Yearbook Office. Each student being photographed was told to check off items on a list of activities, showing those they had participated in during college and indicating any offices they might have held in those activities...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Who's Reading That Yearbook? | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...Helsinki airport, a Coke vending machine has a mobile number instead of a coin slot--dial up the machine and a Coke drops out, with the charge appearing on your phone bill. There's also a Helsinki car wash you can operate without leaving your car: dial 1 for wax and 2 for no wax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Flying Phones | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

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