Email Author Jenny Shank

1999 Stories by Jenny Shank

• Break Out

  published December 9, 1999

  Dateline, 1982: At the annual talent show at an elementary school, the majority of performers enjoy spinning on their heads atop pieces of... More >>

• Animal Instincts

  published November 4, 1999

  Andy Warhol once wrote, "A person is entitled to the lighting they need." It's a philosophy the Pet Shop Boys seem to have taken to heart... More >>

• Better Living Through Chemistry

  published July 15, 1999

  Techno never completely invaded America, in part because the electronica revolution could not be televised. Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands, better... More >>

• England's Shame

  published April 22, 1999

  Gomez is an up-and-coming English rock group, but its members don't act like it. Their clothes aren't terribly exciting, their music doesn't... More >>

• Playlist

  published April 1, 1999

  TLC FanMail (La Face) Production is often used as a coat of paint that's slapped on to disguise the inferiority of the song... More >>

• The Root of the Matter

  published March 18, 1999

  Rusted Root's music may conjure images of twirling, patchouli-packing hippie folk enjoying an eclectic global-village vibe, but the outfit's... More >>

• Playlist

  published January 7, 1999

  Teletubbies Teletubbies: The Album (Kid Rhino) Although I'd heard that Teletubbies, a British children's series that's been... More >>