Dream Single: 1994: The Year in Review
Who Was Best in 1994? Just Ask Our Critics
Our pop critics' favorite albums of the year run from Jann Browne's "Count Me In," Johnny Cash's "American Recordings" and Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Sleeps With Angels," which all tied for the most votes, to relatively obscure releases by country singer Bob Woodruff and Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango. Favorite concerts, meanwhile, included Buck Owens at the Crazy...
Dream Single: The package deal
Give the gift of everything for any type of person on your list
December, 1995, the United States -- If you just landed here from another planet, and you flicked on the TV, you'd see scenes of exhausted, stressed-out shoppers and endless ads for useless games, gadgets and home exercise equipment. You quickly would come to the conclusion that the holidays are a sort of penance for our sins from the rest of the year.But there is another way, a less expensive, more personal and relatively foolproof way to buy gifts besides dragging around the...
Dream Single: COMMENTARY: Last ovation for giant of American stage
(*#_Company_Name_#*) MADISON, Wis. -- He was the social conscience of modern theatre. His plays illuminated problems of the culture that surrounded him. He delved into the psyche of a nation obsessed with the American Dream. He revealed the darkness underneath the surface of success. He defiantly stood up to Sen. Joseph McCarthy and had a rocky, tumultuous relationship with an international sex symbol. And Thursday night, playwright Arthur Miller slipped soundlessly into the beyond, surrounded...
Dream Single: Restrictive zoning keeps some families from American Dream
COLUMN: As I See It When it was announced late last year that Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to have lost population, most home builders in the commonwealth were not surprised. Every day, the builders of the American Dream - single-family homes - hear stories about young people, professionals and families who leave the Commonwealth because they cannot afford to own a home. The data supports the correlation between housing costs and population loss. Since 1998, home prices in...
Dream Single: Ex-spous
es both losers in sitcom follies
HOLLYWOOD - Malcolm McDowell says he's not surprised his and Rhea Perlman's "Pearl" series was canceled. However, he does think that Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen - Malcolm's ex-wife - are disappointed and surprised their "Ink" sitcom was dropped. "I feel they really expected it to continue. I feel sorry for them." But he says, "It's a bloodbath. It's...