Word: acidity
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...this exuberance over sex, abortion. Women's Liberation, permissiveness, etc.. is nothing else than the belch and acid indigestion of an overfed, obese and hedonistic society. I understand varietas delectat and how swinging can give people some sexual gratification...
Merry Clayton's portrayal of the Acid Queen was supposed to be the highlight of an otherwise dull popstar version of Tummy Merry's talents, though artistically evident, weren't really visible until she turned up on "Gimme Shelter," and then on Joe Cocker's first two albums, and like Claudia Lennear, she's parlayed her experience as a backup singer, into a solo career. This woman has a very large voice: you have to, to put balls into some of the stuff Carole King writes...
Some biologists believe that humanity begins at conception because the fertilized egg cell contains human DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Manhattan Lawyer Cyril Means Jr., among others, finds this line of reasoning unconvincing: each sperm and egg also contain DNA, yet hardly anyone would argue, even metaphysically, that spermatozoa and ova possess the value of human beings...
During the '60s, Cassady caromed naturally from the Beat Generation into the acid culture. He joined Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters and was last seen heading into Mexico, where in 1968 he dropped dead next to a railroad track after a spree fueled by a fatal blend of drugs and alcohol. Thus ended Kerouac's final vision: he and his friend Cassady growing old together, living with their families on the same street in some quiet backwater. Very touching, and very American. James Fenimore Cooper fantasies the last Mohicans, Kerouac dreams up Neal Cassady as the last...
...soft." Wherever she is playing, Shaffer tries to preserve the feeling that she is singing instead of merely blowing. That helps explain why she watches her pre-concert diet as carefully as an opera star. Milk is out: it coats the vocal cords. Salad, fruit or anything acid is worse: it irritates the lips and the music. At the top of the danger list are carbonated beverages: "Largely," says Shaffer, "because bubbles have a way of rising to the wrong occasion...