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...apparently didn't want to wait. Russians, Poles and Western Europeans also crowded among the Brits. "Live at the BBC," contains 56 songs recorded between 1962 and 1965, most before the Beatles' early stint in Hamburg, all available previously, but on scattered bootleg LPs. An extra: some Fab Four banter with BBC deejays.Post your opinion on theArts & Culturebulletin board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEATLES . . . THE AMERICAN INVASION | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

...original contribution in the sections that draw a picture of Thomas' personality, which were based on interviews with dozens of people who knew him. By the time he got to law school at Yale, they write, Thomas was already known "not only for the extreme crudity of his sexual banter, but also for avidly watching pornographic films and reading pornographic magazines, which he would describe to his friends in lurid detail." Acquaintances say when they heard testimony that Thomas had asked who put a pubic hair on his Coke can, they recognized his characteristic style. The proprietor of a Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: The Unheard Witnesses | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...carefree, take-your-mind-off-the-Depression music, the middle-aged sisters try to ignore their economic and social straights, dancing, giggling and squabbling their way into obscurity. These events, in turn, are presented as the childhood memories of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters. The cheery banter and swinging songs belie the grim reality...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, | Title: Friel Entrancing With Po-Mo Dancing | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

...level, it's a pity the radio scripts pad the dialogue so much. The movie was good, in fact, it was the best movie ever!!! All the extra banter tends to drag things down. The parts of the script based in Tatooine and Alderaan are nifty because we have little or nothing to compare them to. The lengthening of the ride on the Milennium Falcon is gratuitous because we know exactly how it should sound. Obi Wan wouldn't have expounded at such length on the nature of Han's character, and the new condition of the ship. Ben Kenobi...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: 'Star Wars' on Public Radio Kills the Video Style | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

Radcliffe is one of Harvard's great conversation pieces, more effective in certain social situations than the usual banter about the weather and head lice. Girlfriends and boyfriends can argue about it. The Crimson can use it as a barometer of the current state of campus feminism. And while most guys don't like to admit it, it's great way to end a bad blind date...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Sick of Radcliffe | 10/29/1994 | See Source »

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