A Juiceless and Didactic Baseball Movie

While Foss is often associated with serialism and other new music styles, he also has deep reverence for more accessible, canonical works. His goal in both his careers has been to bring adventure to listeners, and never merely to shock.

Rock critic Ken Tucker remembers the songs that defined the season. Standouts for him were Steve Winwood's beer commercial anthem, Public Enemy's new album, and an edgy ballad by Crowded House.

The actor left India to study in England; he says there were no opportunities to hone his craft in his home country. Despite personal discrimination and early difficulties finding race-approriate roles, Saeed refused to become bitter; he says harboring that emotion would have hurt his acting. He stars in the new film The Deceivers.