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2 items by Jim Irvin

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  Angels' Descend on Pop Charts | ARTICLE

  During the Eighties we couldn't move for songs featuring the word "fantasy," and the hoary old "hand/understand" rhyme still crops up with chilling regularity. But as the millennium bears down upon us, there's one lyrical clichT that, after much saber...

  January 29, 1999 12:00 AM ET
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  Blur Weave Textured Pop Album | ARTICLE

  Producer William Orbit admitted this week that working on the new Blur album reduced him to a state of "sheer emotional exhaustion." However, the L.A.-based Brit added that this was mostly "from trying to harness all this talent." Blur, for their...

  January 23, 1999 12:00 AM ET