Word: asleep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think that because they're basically a beer, bar and good-time band, fit for small places and close rapport, they'll stay in that closed circle--in which case Cambridge is still like Berkeley, where you can check into a club and see Garcia and Saunders or Asleep at the Wheel on a Tuesday night with nothing to do. But no matter, Wright and the Boys are the finest country, western swing and country rock band in New England--hands down--and they're easy enough to listen to that weekend people up for drinking and dancing...
...asleep...
...Goodness. That's sad. Could you tell me if she's been asleep long? Or maybe she just went...
...called Jilly to get Penny to meet me at the Pizzi Pan. I fell asleep, and got a call from Penny about 4 p.m. She wanted to see me, but we would have to meet behind the Burger Queen beside the motel. She showed up in a green mustang...
Maybe the moviemakers think the audiences like feeling out of control, that they like having the responsibility of thinking wrested from them. The TV grinds on so mechanically that watching is like lying half asleep--mildly diverting but with precious few surprises. Anyone who's seen a lot of television can check out a show for ten minutes and tell you what's going to happen for the rest of the action. They're practiced experts at predicting outcomes because the stuff on the tube has strict boundaries; it flows judiciously in the Nielsen main stream. What sustains a movie...