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30 items by Alan Light

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  Boys to Men: The Beastie Boys | ARTICLE

  The fact is that funky is the most misused word in music today," exclaims an impassioned Michael "Mike D" Diamond, the Beastie Boy who...

  May 28, 1992 12:00 PM ET
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  Boyz II Men: Motown's Hottest Act in Years | ARTICLE

  The right rear window of Nate Morris's Pathfinder has been smashed. A taped-in replacement protects us from the bitter Philadelphia cold. Morris, at twenty...

  March 5, 1992 4:15 PM ET
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  Dangerous | ALBUM REVIEW

  The booklet for Dangerous begins with a short prose poem by Michael Jackson describing the release the singer feels while dancing: "Creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy" until "there is only ... the dance."...

  January 1, 1992 12:00 AM ET
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  LL Cool J: Heavyweight | ARTICLE

  It looks like a rap concert and it sounds like a rap concert, but it sure doesn't feel like a rap concert. There are...

  October 3, 1991 6:15 PM ET
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  Beating Up The Charts | ARTICLE

  Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in RS 610 from August 8, 1991. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's...

  August 8, 1991 12:00 AM ET
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  New Faces of 1991: De La Soul | ARTICLE

  It's Grammy Night, and Posdnuos is bugging. His two partners in De La Soul, Trugoy the Dove and Baby Huey Maseo, are...

  April 18, 1991 1:00 PM ET
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  Bob Dylan Plays West Point | ARTICLE

  Bob Dylan, it has been said, was the person most responsible for ending the Vietnam War. Twenty-five years ago, it would have been...

  November 29, 1990 12:00 PM ET
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  Boom Chicka Boom | ALBUM REVIEW

  Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson are about as familiar as the faces on Mount Rushmore, and it's easy to assume that they are equally frozen in time, equally nonthreatening. They organize benefits, sing...

  April 5, 1990 12:00 AM ET
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  The Sun Years | ALBUM REVIEW

  Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson are about as familiar as the faces on Mount Rushmore, and it's easy to assume that they are equally frozen in time, equally nonthreatening. They organize benefits, sing...

  April 5, 1990 12:00 AM ET
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  Bringing It All Back Home: Dylan Thrills With Exhaustive Show | ARTICLE

  Every once in a while we play requests," Bob Dylan said to the audience at Toad's Place, in New Haven, Connecticut, where he...

  March 8, 1990 10:50 AM ET