Word: jacksonism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first world tour, the Fes Festival of Sacred Music brings together a unique blend of European, North African, and American cultural acts. Inspired by the yearly festival that takes place in Fes, Morocco, the show will feature Andalusian Jewish music from Francoise Atlan, gospel music from The Anointed Jackson Sisters, and south Moroccan tribal traditions from Hadra de Femmes de Taroudant. Jon Pareles of The New York Times calls the show “A festival of believers, but not for believers alone.” Many of the acts are considered masters of their art but are relatively unknown...
...Unfortunately the bleep - intended as a fleeting comic throwaway inspired by the famously blue-talking diva - did not happen.? My KCRW engineer - still employed at the station - forgot.? And this moment became what Ruth Seymour, my station manager, would describe to Reuters as my very own "Janet Jackson performance piece...
...three dedicated long-distance firms: AT&T, Sprint and MCI. A spiffed-up MCI coming out of bankruptcy court could quickly become takeover bait. And that would end this corporate saga pretty much where it began. --By Daniel Kadlec. Reported by Dody Tsiantar and Barbara Kiviat/New York and Alice Jackson Baughn/Brookhaven
Ever since the Janet Jackson flap, the country has experienced a temporary frenzy about televised propriety. But we are talking here not about a wardrobe malfunction but about representations of the single worst attack ever perpetrated against the U.S. Yet people who reflexively loathe any kind of censorship are inclined to countenance 9/11 self-censorship because the demand comes from the families and the fire fighters who, on this issue, claim to have a higher moral standing...
There are probably characters more difficult to make into movie heroes than political consultants--paparazzi? Jackson siblings?--but none so timely. Every four years, we hear how polls and pandering have cheapened democracy. But if giving the people what they want with scientific precision is not democracy, what is? This is the question raised--and not glibly answered--by the sharp Showtime movie Spinning Boris (March...