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Stranded on the spookiest night of the year, what better way to trick those Hallowed Eve blues than by treating yourself to a good gothic read? We ain't talking Stephen King pulp or Amityville schlock, but serious, tried-and-true, capital "l" Literature. If you intend to read your way through the most macabre and bone-chilling of Holiday vigils, set in store a shelfload of works guaranteed to keep you white-knuckled, wired, and wide-eyed...
What made Heads songs like this so insinuating -- so persistent, so haunting -- was not just their edginess but their off-kilter humor. A verse full of imminent violence could almost scar you with surprise, scare you from laughing. Then a chorus ("This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,/ This ain't no fooling around"/ This ain't the Mudd Club, or CBGB/ I ain't got time for that now") comes bouncing in to turn everything inside out and dare...
...Ain't So, Joe or Yikes, it's Yukica: Dartmouth Coach Joe Yukica runs away with the notebook's Quote of the Week award...
...litany of misery displays few insights about her subject and little analysis of his unique combination of spontaneity and polish. The famous collection The Most of S.J. Perelman offers a series of works that are far more revealing -- and one title that is unfortunately prescient. "De Gustibus," it says, "Ain't What Dey Used...
...Rutger," I said, "Rutger, why did they ignore us? We're big time, ain't we?" He did not answer. He had passed...