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...newspaper thinks so, too. Crimson gives us piggy back rides all the time, calls us "sport," and when people ask hey, isn't the mag kind of a pain? Crimson winks and says, "the mag ain't heavy, it's my brother...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Hey, Mom! FM's Bugging Me! | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

...pieces especially stand out. "November" isclassic Waits, melancholy and plaintive andbizarre all at the same time, and "Shoot the Moon"is just as good, with Waits gruffly promising thathe'll "shoot the moon right out of the sky, foryou baby."\And hearing Burroughs, seventy-nineyears old, mutter that "'t'ain't no sin to takeoff your skin and dance around in your bones" on"'T'ain't No Sin" is required listening for anyserious Burroughs fans. (Burroughs made an equallysatisfying appearance on banjoist Tony Trischka'slatest release, World Turning...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Human Oddities | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

...Ain't Never Been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNDER GROUND ROCK TOP 20 | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Changes she's made in her speech: I had to stop saying "ain't" constantly and I drawl a lot less. My roomates love to hear my farm phrases--my grandmother taught me tons of them...

Author: By A. JOY Mcgrath, | Title: FM Profiles | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

...ain't at this school [the nursing home]," McCorkle read, "and who can blame...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Writers Read to Fight Hunger | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

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