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Afterburner (Warner Brothers) by ZZ Top: ZZ Top has actually managed to make a fun danceable record out of the lumbering mess of the Southern metal, triple guitar/dual drum threat, hard boogie, whisky and chaw genre. The addition of synth drums and poppin' bass help carry the weight of ZZ's infantile subject matter, making it fun instead of sexist. "Velcro Fly" and "Planet of Women" are keg party anthems, inspiring the attitude: "Don't worry, I'll clean up tommorrow." Basically, Afterburner is the party platter the Rolling Stones have been trying to make for the past eight years...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Music Worth Unwrapping | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...plants around the country. Everything, from the reined jet to a sharp-boned and muscular Doberman, jutted sleek, Steinberg angles. Everything, that is, but an unshaven guy snoring in a wood chair propped against a wall with his boots on a table. He wore a Beech-nut "chaw" cap and kept a spit tin on the floor next to the chair. The Doberman sat poised as it grew dark outside, pointing to the jet with sleek, black skin and a sharp snout...

Author: By Jim Tyson, | Title: Chariots of the Gods | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...every day I asked how he felt." The answers were reassuring but unconvincing, until the morning of the game. Then Bleier and the Steelers got incontrovertible evidence that all was well with Terry Bradshaw, Louisiana cattle rancher and quarterback. "I saw him put a big old chaw of tobacco in his mouth, and if he could stomach that, he could stomach anything. That's when I knew everything was going to be all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Super Duel at the Super Bowl | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...main problem for the team is replacing graduated Fred Herold in the nets. One can imagine Ford dreaming at night that another Shep Messing will waltz into training camp, a chaw of Skoal or Red Man lodged in his cheek...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Men's Soccer Gears Up for a Title Chase... | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

Fisk spat a chaw of tobacco in front of home plate and trotted up to Bobby. Al Jackson came out of the dugout, looking more than a bit distraught...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

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