ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, December 18, 1995 TAG: 9512190079
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: KNIGHT-RIDDER/TRIBUNE
Speaking of the holidays, a new magazine has come up with a list of pop songwriters who have been naughty and those who have been nice. Entertainment Monitor reports that only 10 of 40 hit albums on sale are free of profanity or lyrics dealing with drugs, violence or sex. Only discs by such performers as Mariah Carey, Tim McGraw, Michael Bolton, Selena and Natalie Merchant were deemed by the magazine, in a list that came out before major new releases from the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen, to contain ``nothing seemingly offensive.''
Tale of the tape
You and the family watching more home videos than you used to? Join the crowd: Americans spent an average of 35 hours watching home vids in 1988, 46 hours in 1992 and 54 hours this year, American Demographics magazine reports.
Paci-fever
Parents, the first Food and Drug Administration-approved pacifier/thermometer is now on the market. The mercury-free Wee Care Digital Pacifier Thermometer takes an accurate reading as a child sucks on the rubber nipple. It sells for $16 in most pharmacies and chain stores.
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