Music
MTV won’t air video with lyric about Mumia Abu-Jamal. The rappers refuse to delete the phrase.
Sept. 19, 2002
Television
It would be hard to imagine a more devastating illustration of the low estate into which jazz may seem to have fallen than “Jacksonville Jazz IX,” airing tonight at 10 on Channels 28 and 24.
May 12, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Dances in the service of drama, history and image dominated the concert offered by the Nanette Brodie Dance Theatre Saturday evening at Cal State Long Beach.
June 18, 1990
Maybe ‘N Sync fans thought the song title was “Buy, Buy, Buy.”
March 30, 2000
Calls for warning stickers on potentially offensive pop albums have been voiced in recent years by a variety of organizations, including national parent and educational groups.
Feb. 11, 1990
Jerry Franklin Daniels, 79, the last surviving original member of the singing quartet known as the Ink Spots.
Nov. 11, 1995
Movies
‘The Lavender Scare’A shameful chapter in American history gets a much-deserved close-up in “The Lavender Scare,” a gripping, nimbly assembled documentary examining the decades-long campaign to excise homosexuals from all corners of government.
June 6, 2019
Universal Music Group finally did something record companies should have done a long time ago.
March 27, 2000
California
An attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, a statewide taxpayers’ group, said the group will look into the legality of Fresno’s proposed excise taxes.
Sept. 27, 1990
Opinion
To the editor: Casey Rae is right on the money in lamenting the new trend to shorten country music songs by excising instrumental breaks.
May 24, 2015