Word: beers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...local TV blackouts also makes the Sunday trek to the stadium less compelling. No such paltry consideration-not even the October climax of big-league baseball-distracts a very special species of spectator. He is the tailgater, a participant in an event that is part block party, part fraternity beer bust, part Shriners' parade and all Middle-American ritual...
...automobile salesman from South St. Paul, and his wife Lois are two of the more flamboyant party givers. They come in a purple 1951 school bus (the Vikings' colors are purple and gold), laden with the fruits of five weeks of planning-two quarter-barrels of Grain Belt beer, 18 Ibs. of roast beef, a ham, fish, potato salad and home-baked beans. They also bring a flatbed truck to serve as a stage for Joe Tomaszewski's six-piece Polish Show Band. "I don't hunt or fish-I just party," says Bernie Brodkorb...
...tailgating, have been throwing parties since 1961. They are traditionalists with rules for their party: no gambling, no chewing out the players after a bad game, no hard liquor. The restrictions do not deter Vikings players from congregating at the Braman "club" after the game, swapping stories, and drinking beer, which the Bramans do permit. "I look for the pennant on the bamboo stick after every home game," says Defensive Lineman Bob Lurtsema. "If I can't find it, I go back to get a pair of binoculars...
...records in history), Haggard was bombarded by requests for rights to the music: rock singers wanted to change the lyrics and strike back. A sure success formula, but Haggard refused to sell, and someone had to write a new tune for "Hippie from Olema" ("we don't throw our beer cans out the window," love, peace, etc.). Arlo Guthrie used to kick off his concerts with "Okie" itself, verbatim...
...himself. (After all, who ends up paying for those $70,000-a-minute commercials - and those $100,000 bonuses?) In the process, the viewer receives a game of infinite hue and complexity, an amalgam of ballet, combat, chess and mugging. No matter how fine his TV reception, no beer-and-armchair quarterback can hope to see the true game. For all the paraphernalia, the tube rarely shows an overview; pass patterns and geometric variations are lost in a kaleidoscope of closeups and crunches...