Word: cowboyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...successful films in the 1930s and '40s (The Shopworn Angel) when he was forced into exile by the blacklist. The script assignments eventually returned, but his talent didn't: his name first reappeared on dogs like Taras Bulba. But Salt made a comeback with his powerful screenplay for Midnight Cowboy, followed by Serpico and Coming Home. Nice work, nice...
...informants, Coleman reported, were under the control of Ibrahim el-Jorr. "He was a Wild West character who wore cowboy boots and tooled around in a Chevy with expired Texas plates," he says. "I was told ((by el-Jorr)) that in the Frankfurt airport the suitcases containing the narcotics were put on flights to the U.S. by agents or other sources working in the baggage area. From my personal observation, Germany's BKA ((Bundeskriminalamt, the German federal police)) was also involved, as was Her Majesty's Customs and Excise service in the United Kingdom...
...Cowboy Junkies, who originate (curiously enough) from Toronto, express their fascination with the American South in many of their songs. Black Eyed Man recalls their past tour experiences, conjuring up images of backwater towns like Macon, Georgia, where the Civil War seems to linger unresolved in the minds of old Confederates...
...Junkies' lyrics describe the loneliness of travel and the heartache of lost hopes and broken dreams, but their message is one of strength rather than resignation. "Cowboy Junkies Lament," their ballad about poverty and troubled families, has an uplifting chorus: "Dark don't lie, dreams come true, all it takes is one or two/ Maybe just a few will see you through...
...Cowboy Junkies do not play a stand-up-and-cheer kind of concert, but pick up their new album or catch their U.S. tour if you want a relaxing evening of mellow music with a cast of endearing, genuine characters. After the applause had died down, the audience wandered out in a dreamy, lazy mood, their ragged spirits soothed by Timmins' lullabies...