04.27.99
Wall Of Sound
Madonna and R.E.M. are just two of the artists who have been lined up for the soundtrack to the summer film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Also on the bill are Lenny Kravitz, Spice Girl Mel G. (AKA Scary Spice), Green Day, and Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello.
Madonna contributes “Beautiful Stranger,” [...]
04.24.99
Ain’t It Cool News
VELVET GOLDMINE!!!
Our spy HUSH (known as such because he/she always presses two fingers to the lips of those who talk) has seen VELVET GOLDMINE, and well, I’ll let HUSH press those fingers to your lips while he/she whispers this info to your perky little ears….
Harry, it has been a long time, but [...]
By Elysa Gardner
04.23.99
USA Today
A mere 10 years ago, the music industry was thriving on the doom-and-gloom sonic boom ushered in by newly anointed rock gods Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
In 1999, the boom has gone bust, leaving its vestigial gloom in rock’s once-hallowed halls. Record sales are declining, excitement is waning, and attention is shifting [...]
By Gil Kaufman
04.09.99
Sonicnet
R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe began taking photos at 15, he said, around the same time he discovered Patti Smith’s album Horses. Stipe turned his adoration for Smith into the 1998 photo book “Two Times Intro: On the Road With Patti Smith.” Despite his group’s multiplatinum success and worldwide fame, Stipe said he’s always [...]