Word: disco
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...ordinary feminist convention, this. The lesbians, sex kittens, Amazons and fashion models here pack the hotel; attired in leather and chains, gauze and spangles, disco Spandex and Southern belle white, they hang from the ceiling and leer out of doorways. Their cigarette smoke makes haze of the atmosphere; their singing and screaming and chanting and ranting produce an unholy, stupefying, din. They are painted like puppets; they contort and disport to uncanny visual effect...
Such is the cultural currency of Hollywood that anyone who can read his mail is called a man of letters, and the person who knows that filet de sole isn't a French disco group joins the intellectual elite. By these standards-and some higher-John Sayles is a Renaissance man. At 25, an O. Henry short-story award; at 28, a National Book Award nomination; at 29, critical praise and a measure of commercial success for Return of the Secaucus Seven, a $60,000 film he wrote, produced, directed, edited and acted in. Lately, on weekends when...
...inflation, draft registration, the decline of democracy, the power of the archaic Moral Majority, reincited racial and ethnic tensions, and terrorism combine to leave the average individual reeling. Recently, rock music has fragmented, reflecting the various attempts to escape: Middle of the road music, power pop, reggae/ska, new wave, disco and experimental music have divided record buyers as sharply as society has split. There is no longer a single "trend" in pop music. New albums from new groups proliferate, making demands on consumers, who need relief, not intellectual experiments. Of course, they don't need schlock either...
...even in their declining years, the Stones are one of the most entertaining bands in the business. Musically they have branched out from their earlier rock and roll-rhythm and blues show to include salsa, mock country, and border-line disco. Their guitar sound has suffered a bit under the increasingly lackadaisical supervision of Keith Richards and Ron Wood, and the aged Bill Wyrhan has done little to improve his methodical bass playing. But Watts, now limiting himself to a snare, high-hat, and garbage can top, remains raw and on-the-mark. Jagger's singing has actually improved...
...people praised Black and Blue when it came out in 1976, and the funk-disco song "Hot Stuff" from that Ip has not improved with age. Along with "Shattered," which opens up the first side, and "Dance, Pt. 2." "Hot Stuff" does however provide a clear picture of the New York the Rolling Stones know. It is a town of confusion and fast, undirected movement, which can suck you in for a lifetime if you don't resist its pull...