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CZECHS AND BALANCES.
"Hail, hail, rock 'n' roll / Deliver me from the days of old," Chuck Berry sang in the late fifties. From the outset, the rollicking beat of rock music was seen as transformative. The sound cast an irresistible spell over the imaginations of the young, for whom it was a call to action, to rebellion, and to ecstasy, not necessarily in that order. In a time of cultural turmoil and high anxiety, corrupting the world with pleasure was rock and roll's messianic mission. But even the philosophes of fun couldn't have predicted just how wild a ride the music would engineer on the world's stage. Tom Stoppard, in his latest intellectual pinata, "Rock 'n' Roll" (transferring from ...
- Rock Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Hall of Famers
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Richard Harrington January 18, 1996 700+ words
...underscore hopes that the 11th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner would...has scoffed at the very idea of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was conspicuously...not the be-all and end-all in rock-and-roll and everyone should be encouraged...
- Rock rolls back into school's talent show.
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) February 25, 2005 700+ words
...would be happy. That old-time rock 'n' roll is back on the bill for Hamburg...whose 1979 hit "That Old-Time Rock and Roll" paid homage to youth-oriented...only way we could play." The rock 'n' roll ban brought national media attention...
- `History of Rock' Rolls On
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Martie Zad March 10, 1995 700+ words
...who created it, "The History of Rock 'n' Roll," the most comprehensive ever...divided into 10 volumes: 1. "Rock 'n' Roll Explodes": A kaleidoscope of...the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, rock started to reinvent itself. 5...
- THAWING ROCK ROLLS BOULDERS.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) December 25, 1996 700+ words
...County, sometime roll from Kentucky...moisture in the rocks freezes and thaws, causing parts of rock facings to break...sometimes dislodging rocks. With the roads...the project.'' Rock avalanches are...have been known to roll into houses, Haney said. Rocks sometimes fall...
- Dash Rip Rock Rolls Good
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Joe Sasfy May 8, 1987 700+ words
...hepcats play the kind of rock 'n' roll that keeps college kids...bookworms play the kind of rock that keeps college kids...You might say Dash Rip Rock, an impressively versatile trio from New Orleans, rocks in the best of both worlds...
- Rock rolls into 'burbs.(Scene)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Vaughan, Robin June 8, 2001 700+ words
...music at Boston nightclubs, he says, rock moved out to the 'burbs, where Dawson...Life on the Road: The Incredible Rock 'n' Roll Adventures of Dinky Dawson" (co...Riser, an old arena-style Boston rock act reuniting after 20 years and two...
- Mini Rock rolls. (children's wear line by Barbara Hulanicki)
- Magazine article from: WWD Cuccio, Angela October 10, 1988 700+ words
MINI ROCK ROLLS NEW YORK -- Mini Rock looks as if it's going to be a sizzler when it makes its debut...brainstormed London's Biba shops into being in the Sixties, Mini Rock is a delightfully kicky collection of toddlers-to-6x spring...
- GLEN ROCK ROLLS TO GROUP 1 WIN
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) PAUL SCHWARTZ, Correspondent June 4, 1995 700+ words
...County, NJ) 06-04-1995 GLEN ROCK ROLLS TO GROUP 1 WIN By PAUL SCHWARTZ...PLAINFIELD -- Last year when Glen Rock won its first State group girls track...the Group 2 crown. Saturday, Glen Rock didn't need a thing in the 1,600...
