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...have decided that at this time there are too many unclear issues," said Mary Lou McGrath, superintendent of Cambridge schools. "We'll wait a year and then reconsider the plan...
Central to Cambridge's decision on whether to participate in the state program will be moral considerations about the fairness of the plan, McGrath said...
When Unplugged was launched in January 1990, it started out by presenting such offbeat performers as Sinead O'Connor, Neil Young and Squeeze. Then an appearance by ex-Eagle Don Henley "upped the ante," according to MTV creative director Judy McGrath. Now the show regularly ranks as one of the network's best-performing programs. In April it scored a coup by snagging R.E.M. for one of only two concerts the band performed in the U.S. to promote its No. 1 album, Out of Time. Last month Unplugged broke musical ground by offering an acoustic jam headlined by rappers...
...that matter, doesn't Unplugged, with its absence of flashy imagery and souped-up electronics, run against the whole idea of MTV? "In some ways it sounds like it would be anathema," McGrath concedes. "But there's something about Unplugged that's very simple and very clear. You can appreciate that there's somebody out there playing it one time, with no chance...
...McGrath hopes to continue expanding Unplugged's appeal by signing up more women and trying provocative experiments like, say, a collaboration between Panamanian singer Ruben Blades and New York City rocker Lou Reed. Meanwhile, Unplugged has proved that MTV doesn't need electricity to keep its audiences wired...