Word: cool
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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RICKY NELSON, a disciple of Elvis, is the only derivative member of the first rank, but his place is assured by the bulk of his work and the single detached, cool style in which he approaches all his material, be it the affirmative I Believe, the despondent Lonesome Town, the hopeful I Got a Feeling, or the philosophical A Teenager's Romance. When his fortune is good in Travelin' Man or bad in Poor Little Fool, when he's successful in Be Bop or luckless in Stood Up, Rick's archetypal voice reveals no emotion --just the casual sneer...
They probably then take you to various CIA types who'll ask you to sign other statements and will tell a few horror stories about what will happen to you. Be cool. Don't sign anything. You may want to write out something like, "I refuse to sign the Security Oath under the grounds of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments." But don't give this to them unless it looks like they're going to declare you delinquent...
...other, and for variety there are flower-bedecked barges plying the canals, a minimonorail, and that familiar world's fair fixture, the Swiss Skyride, lofting fairgoers 80 ft. in the air from one edge of the grounds to the other. Pure Texas: the massive outdoor air conditioners that cool off the busiest walkways, rest areas and queues...
Belligerence & Fun. The obvious intent was to involve the audience, much as Happenings and psychedelic rock try to do. Still, most of what Kraft had to say was musical. His style projected a cool blend of rich dissonance and easygoing lyricism, and though Contextures seemed to owe almost as much to Broadway and jazz as to Stravinsky, there was never any doubt who the Kraftsman...
...feature films scheduled for 1968. Budgets are bigger than ever, now that the vast conglomerate industries have moved in and allowed the studios to enjoy gelt by association. To maintain a liaison be tween the new financiers and the new film makers, studios are turning to the new executives. Cool, crisp as a bank note, three such men, none of them yet 40, are already the masters of production at some of the nation's biggest and best-known studios...