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...character can churn up these kinds of emotions and survive. Dracula must die at the end of his movies, and he's got to die bloody, so it hurts. Part of us dies with him--loving it--and the other part drives in the stake and loves it more, sending Dracula back where he came from, to hell, to the bubbling pits of our own souls...
...Such figures can only suggest that the growth of Government has been far more dramatic than the growth of the press that attempts to cover and monitor it. With innumerable Xerox machines and printing presses, through tons of publications, reports, tapes and films, countless Government flacks churn out enough information, and disinformation, to overwhelm an army of reporters. To a lesser extent this is true of other large institutions: corporations, unions, foundations, all of which try to manage the news and use the press for their ends...
Like college students with term papers due, U.S. Supreme Court Justices begin to churn out opinions at a fast clip as the court's October-to-June term draws to an end. Their most notable decisions last week...
Sheik Yerbouti, while a neat idea, shows more than anything else Zappa's growing tendency to churn out songs that rely solely on shock value and unnerving repetition. In his best moments, Zappa is a musician of wit and surprise. A diverse composer and a melodically gifted guitarist, he is capable of highly original fusions of rock and jazz. Why drain all his energies on social satire when others will continue to produce it unwittingly? American Society provides more than enough material for satire--Zappa the critic will always persist. Let us hope that he can revive his musical ingenuity...
...find out when that community's next hot meeting is likely to be. The other is to trust to luck but come prepared to deal with boredom. The most common solution is yarn; at every town meeting, but especially at the less interesting ones, New England Madame LaFarges churn out mile on mile of afghan and sweater...