Word: boying
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Hollywood to be functional, it needs to have a power axis-at any given moment, there has to be an "it boy" or "it girl" to either praise or bash. It's crucial that Tinseltown have a "buzz" person of the month; everyone has to feel like they're responsible for creating and destroying stars. That way, no one can get too big an ego, no one can get too far ahead, no one can turn the power axis into a power black hole. There's only one exception to this general rule. When there's a presidential election, Hollywood...
...empty nest syndrome. First she becomes an Oprah book club devotee and now she's turning to religion. I'm afraid she's going to join a cult. E-mail my mom pick me-ups at mrs_chainani@hotmail.com...A while ago I told you that I thought the new Backstreet Boys single was awful. I changed my mind. Now I love it!...The Office for the Arts asked me to serve on a panel on "Creating Hype and Buzz" this Friday. I'm sitting alongside two expert adult professionals-people who actually have jobs. Why do I feel like a fraud...
...metal band Slipknot comes to Avalon while sensation Jill Scott sings at the Paradise. Jill Scott is, of course, part of that same amazing revival of Philly R&B and soul that produced the Roots. (Indeed, Scott wrote the Roots' slinky hit "You Got Me.") Next Friday, Badly Drawn Boy (ne Damon Gough) comes to the Paradise to promote his stunning album The Hour of Bewilderbeast. Or, to use movie-trailer speak, if you like the Beta Band you'll love this...
...Borofsky manages to reach past his rather ordinary voice and create some beautiful music. But Borofsky's major stumbling block is his lyrics, which detract more from his music than they add to it. Borofsky obviously means well, tackling tough political and social issues such as homosexuality in "Beautiful Boy" and war in "On D-Day," but even the best intentions do not make for great lyrics. And regrettably, the songs on Never Enough Time stumble through incoherent, seemingly random lines like "A rock thrown through/The rear window/They took my socks" in "Smash the Car" and "I keep trying...
Although the show was disappointing overall, it had its moments of profundity. In the pilot episode, the school's star running back was declared academically ineligible to play in the big game after failing a number of subjects. Not surprisingly, the boy's outraged father confronted the faculty. What followed was a very interesting dialogue on the weightier issues surrounding the kid's situation: the school's burden of fault for letting him get that far, the parent's responsibility, and the purpose of a high school education...