Word: ragingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...characters were volatile, combustible. They were angry. "How I hate him!" was the very first punch line in "Peanuts." Charlie Brown and his friends could be, as the cartoonist Al Capp said, "mean little bastards, eager to hurt each other." In "Peanuts," there was always the chance that the rage of one character would suddenly bowl over another, literally spinning the victim backward and out of frame. Coming home to relax, Charlie Brown sits down to a radio broadcast whose suave announcer is saying, "And what, in all this world, is more delightful than the gay wonderful laughter of little...
...wouldn't have thought it possible early this year that spin could play an even larger role in American life than it already did. Straight-talking politicians (John McCain) were all the rage, and trendoids assured us that in the larger culture as well, sincerity was in while irony was out. But 2000 turned out to be a milestone year for the Great American Spin Machine. It was no surprise that spin was more copious than ever during the election campaign; it is more copious than ever in every election campaign. What made 2000 a special year for spin...
Relationships come and go; record collections are always there for emotional consolation. But what do you do when your favorite band breaks up with you? The hip-hop/hard-rock quartet Rage Against the Machine has proved to be one of the most exciting bands around during its eight-year run, melding slashing guitars, rap rhythms and political fervor with unsurpassed skill. Recently, though, front man Zack de la Rocha announced plans to go solo. Rage guitarist Tom Morello says the band will continue, but he's not sure it will do so under the same name. Is there a chance...
...Rage fans will have to make do with what could be the band's final studio CD, the magnificent Renegades (Epic). The project started as a live album with a few bonus studio tracks that paid tribute to musical rebels. The extra tracks turned out so well that the band members decided to turn the CD into a collection of cover songs. Renegades includes songs by the hip-hop duo Eric B. and Rakim (Microphone Fiend), punk pioneers MC5 (Kick Out the Jams) and even folk rocker Bob Dylan (Maggie's Farm). Rage's versions radically transform the originals, altering...
...incumbent. After all, Sharon is Israel's most notorious hawk, and even though Israelis have little confidence in the peace process right now, it may be more difficult for Likud to rally a majority behind a man many Israelis fear will be more inclined to inflame Palestinian and Arab rage. But the only certainty in the outcome is that it will produce another unstable government. Bibi may just decide to bide his time for the next election, which may not be all that long in coming...