Woodstock ‘94: Watchin’ puddles gather rain
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- Woodstock ‘94: Watchin’ puddles gather rain
- Flaming Lips turn up heat in Pomona
- Breakingviews.com Rock ‘n’ Roll Then and Now
- Alt-rock rides again
- (Following Advance for Use Tuesday Aug. 25) | KXNet.com North …
- Rock paper scissors just might end Pa. fiasco
Woodstock ‘94: Watchin’ puddles gather rain
Myrtle Beach Sun News
“h my dreams it’s never quite as it seems never quite as it seems. “Woodstock’s stage also added prominence to what was becoming an increasingly mainstream alliance of hip-hop acts with predominantly alternative-rock lineups. MTV was well integrated by then playing Snoop Dogg videos in the same heavy rotation as the Smashing Pumpkins but the audience crossover had yet to be fully acknowledged – there was no Eminem or Kid Rock yet to bring full attention to the suburban love of rap (the Beastie Boys were an anomaly). Yet Woodstock ‘94 prominently featured Ice-T Cypress Hill Salt ‘N Pepa and others. Entire genres were blooming at the time. Electronic music now seamlessly embedded into nearly every pop song on the market was then still a novelty but Woodstock ‘94 featured some of its pioneers including Aphex Twin and the similarly named British acts rbital and The rb.
Flaming Lips turn up heat in Pomona
San Bernardino Sun
“This idea of being from klahoma has for whatever reason made people believe in my work ethic as a real thing not just some image” lead singer Wayne Coyne says. “And the things that we sing about the absurdness of life being from klahoma it becomes authentic because we’re not from L. or New York and this isn’t a pose” Coyne said.
Breakingviews.com Rock ‘n’ Roll Then and Now
New York Times
the promoters charged $18 in advance. When adjusted for inflation that would be about $106 in today’s dollars. Now compare that with the price of admission to.
Alt-rock rides again
Arkansas Times
Call thempost-grunge hard or alternative rock just don’t call them washed up. Almost one year to the day since they last came to town Candlebox isback still logging miles while harvesting new material for theirupcoming 2010 album. Lest you’ve forgotten the Seattle band’s 1993debut album sold an impressive 4 million copies with plenty ofassistance from radio and MTV’s rotation overkill. After albums in 1995and 1998 Candlebox remained below mainstream’s radar for an entiredecade.
(Following Advance for Use Tuesday Aug. 25) | KXNet.com North …
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Actor Robert Maschiois 43. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 43. Alternativecountry singer Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is 42. Actor David Alan Basche(BAYSH) is 41. Television chef Rachael Ray is 41. Actor CameronMathison is 40. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 39.
Rock paper scissors just might end Pa. fiasco
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
District Judge Gregory Presnell ordered bickering attorneys in a civil lawsuit to play rock-paper-scissors to determine where a deposition should be taken. At the time Presnell said he was employing “alternative dispute resolution. Why not use that same alternative method to break the budget impasse? Nothing else has worked. Even with a court order though the rock-paper-scissors solution doesn’t guarantee a spending plan would be immediately finalized. Given the antagonistic air in Harrisburg weeks could be lost to negotiations over whether the series should be best-of-five or best-of-seven.
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