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...fine essay anyway, the first I've seen to describe the current divide in rock between the eclectics and the non-eclectics. I'd just love to envision The Strokes and The White Stripes, as well as the immense popularity of the old-school country "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack, as parts of a revolt against the self-conscious eclecticism that has become a rock clich?. That may be wishful thinking - "O Brother Where Art Thou" is most likely a second "Buena Vista Social Club," an anomaly everybody has to own rather than the harbinger of a trend...
...newcomer, and the irresistible ways her name could be used in headlines (KEYS TO SUCCESS, KEYS TO VICTORY, etc.), made it easy to overlook the four awards won by U2 and the surprising five won by the sound track to O Brother, Where Art Thou. The show proved relatively staid in behavior and dress, which means we'll have to wait until the Oscars for the real excess...
MALEVOLENT: Evil Master, is it thou...
...This year, however, I happened to flip over to CBS at a critical juncture and, to my surprise, found myself enraptured. The Soggy Bottom Boys, a fictional band created for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" were performing the come-from-behind hit of the evening, "I Am A Man (Of Constant Sorrow)", accompanied by Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss and Emmylou Harris. Well, I'll tell you, I just about fell out of my chair when the little Grammy logo popped up - I'd just enjoyed a song, and I was watching the Grammys...
After pointing out that Utah's population had now acquired "great diversity," Hinckley admonished the Mormon majority for being clannish and adopting holier-than-thou attitudes. The speech has become a watershed in Utah, a focus of debate over the church's future. Hinckley, whose smiling bonhomie floats over such controversy, told TIME in an interview in his office, "I am an open individual. I think we all ought to be that way--but it is all a process; it doesn't happen in a day." Since becoming president in 1995, the media-savvy Hinckley has been trying to gently...