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Sure, he could sound like John Lennon on one album and Luther Vandross on the next. But that was the problem with David Bowie — in his heyday he seemed more of a theatrical chameleon who tried on personas than an impassioned rock singer. Bowie’s restless experimentalism allowed him to pull off being coolly distant and affected. Sadly, others copped his affectations without his intelligent approach. For a while in the 1980s, it seemed as if nearly every singer drew more from Bowie’s European theater tradition of singing than the tradition of rock singing itself (which came from R&B and gospel sources). Those who succumbed to Bowie-itis included everyone from Ric Ocasek of the Cars to David Byrne of Talking Heads to Robert Palmer to even Cyndi Lauper and Madonna. In short, anytime anyone tries on a vocal persona instead of singing from the heart, they’re channeling the Thin White Duke.
Once an NHL iron man, Brendan Morrison has been left at the curb by three teams in less than 15 months because of injuries. The Washington Capitals believe he's healthy and ready to be productive again, enough to give a one-year, $1.5 million deal to take the role of second-line center.
The setting was divine — a duplex on the Upper East Side. The featured speaker, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.
Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison says her campaign to commemorate African-American historical sites has brought her home.
Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" rests high on critics' lists of all-time best albums. Yet Morrison felt he never quite had the chance to get it right the first time.
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC on Thursday reported a 7.7 percent gain in sales during the Christmas period from a year earlier, but shares in the company dipped on concerns competition may intensify in the coming year.
The woman who famously labeled Bill Clinton as the "first black president" is backing Barack Obama to be the second.
Brendan Morrison's 542-game playing streak, the longest current run in the NHL, ended Wednesday night when the Vancouver Canucks center was forced out of the lineup by a wrist injury that will require surgery.
Charlotte Bobcats reserve forward Adam Morrison is likely done for the season after an MRI exam on Sunday revealed a torn ligament in his left knee. The injury occurred with about 5 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter of Saturday night's 113-93 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The official story goes like this: On the last night of Jim Morrison's life, the rocker went to a movie in Paris, listened to records, fell ill and died of heart failure in his bathtub at the age of 27. But rumors have always swirled around the death of The Doors frontman and, 36 years later, a former Paris nightclub manager is telling a different story.
That left hook still works all these years later for Tommy Morrison. The former WBO heavyweight champion stopped John Castle in the second round Thursday night in his return to the ring 11 years after testing positive for the virus that causes AIDS.
Batman. Gotham City's fabled Dark Knight is dead, killed saving Earth and humanity, possibly the very Universe itself from certain doom.
Supermarkets - Consumers 'receiving a good deal' according to Competition CommissionThe Competition Commission's today realised its provisional findings into the UK grocery market. This follows an 18 month inquiry as reported 'In the News' on 29 October 2007. The report found that in most areas consumers were receiving a good deal.
Voter registrations faked in GOP drive - Nashville, TennesseeAt least five apparently bogus voter registration forms were submitted to the Metro Nashville election commission by a worker with ties to the Republican National Committee, and up to 150 other registrations have been called into question, The Tennessean has learned.
Morrison's gameplan includes curbing diabetesIt's a 22-ounce steak, not 16 ounces or 24 ounces And the meal arrives two hours and 15 minutes before game time. And it must arrive with a fist-sized baked potato and precisely seven ounces of green vegetables.
10 questions as the Charlotte Bobcats open training campStaff writer Rick Bonnell ponders 10 questions as the Charlotte Bobcats open training camp: Q. What's new with Melvin Ely? Q. Gerald Wallace can opt out of his contract after this season. What does that mean?
ESPN.com - Forde: The reemergence of the white playerRace and basketball is important to me. I'm involved in a bi-racial relationship (I'm white, my girlfriend is black). So this writeup by Forde struck a very interesting note. It gave great insight to the current situation of race among college basketball.
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