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...that went mainstream years before Pearl Jam was even formed. What's new is that the record charts are now crowded with alternative bands ranging from the arty-rock quartet Smashing Pumpkins to the folk-tinged Soul Asylum. MTV's Alternative Nation program and the Lollapalooza road tour, which feature the new breed, have become the hippest venues going...
...week's end there were happy endings in both Loma Linda and Louisville. Jesse's new heart was beating normally, and he was taken off a respirator. Baby Calvin had meanwhile found a donor, and was in stable condition following surgery. But both infants faced a long and uncertain road ahead. So far, the ; longest any infant has survived with a neonatal heart is seven months, and last week two babies who had received transplants in April at Loma Linda were back in the hospital for rejection problems. The mother of one of the infants had a word of warning...
...capital city of Colombo rumbled along a seaside road on its journey from Trincomalee in northeastern Sri Lanka. Not far behind was a bus bound for Kantalai. Passengers in the second bus could not have missed the roar of an explosion that destroyed the Colombo-bound vehicle, hurling some of its victims into the sea. But just minutes later, before those aboard fully realized what had happened, another blast violently ended their journey to Kantalai. The two explosions last week killed at least 22 people. The bus attacks were blamed on Tamil rebels, who want to establish an independent state...
...first he had trouble getting artists. Many were ''aided'' out. ''Six weeks ago I had just about decided it was easier to deal with dictators than rock 'n' rollers,'' said Healey with a grin. A few acts were quick to sign on, however. Sting, who has been on the road with a new band for the past 18 months, says only Amnesty could have dragged him out of bed to perform. Because of Bono's sympathies, U2 canceled two summer tour weeks to play for free. In the end, Healey had a suitably superstar lineup, snaring Ruben Blades, Jackson Browne...
...Whap! Smack! Fierce four-engine mosquitoes alter this plan instantly.) Roadlessness accounts for some of the newcomer's sense of dislocation. You can drive from Jersey City to Anchorage, a matter of some 4,500 miles. But you can't drive from Juneau, the capital, to Anchorage. The road from Juneau goes 40 miles and stops. Take a plane. Take a ferry; in Alaska, the ferries are part of the highway system. Taylor Highway, a gravel track passable in summer, heads north from the Alaska Highway through Chicken (so named, according to local lore, because its founders could not spell...