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...releases with a C. But Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy, rated X by the film industry itself, got the Catholics' A-4 (O.K. for adults "with reservations") because it was seen as a serious slice-of-life film, homosexuality and all. Another A-4 film, John Travolta's disco epic Saturday Night Fever, was deemed to contain positive moral values, despite dissolute doings in the back seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Scrupulous Monitor Closes Shop | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...reasons like this, some Eaters fans may be getting indigestion, chewing on their first release to find some unexpected ingredients. Are the Eaters going mass market? Can disco be far? Cataldo--who is backed by rhythm guitarist Jonathan Paley, drummer Jeff Wilkinson and bassist Robb Skeen--said in a recent interview that the smorgasbord quality of Nervous Eaters came from the inclusion of songs the group put together before it gained a following for reliable hard-rock...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Gobble, Gobble | 9/26/1980 | See Source »

...Dance: Part One" is a disco track; and it seems appropriate at this point to write a little in defense of disco. Disco never got much of a press, expect from people like Time; Rolling Stone ran a disco issue at the insistence of publisher Jan Wenner, whom Jagger once described to Chet Flippo as "that cunt of a boss of yours," but it went over like a suckling pig at Passover. Rock critics have always worn their contempt for disco as a sort of cachet of superior taste, and it's always seemed more than a little unfair, particularly...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Woman | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...word, that distinctive Elsie's atmosphere has disappeared, replaced by hanging plants and hardwood polished counters and tables. Stained wood paneling (imitation) and shimmering brown and silver wallpaper cover the walls. As one patron said, "Call it disco Elsie...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Elsie's Renovations | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...Dance: Part One" is a disco track; and it seems appropriate at this point to write a little in defense of disco. Disco never got much of a press, expect from people like Time; Rolling Stone ran a disco issue at the insistence of publisher Jan Wenner, whom Jagger once described to Chet Flippo as "that cunt of a boss of yours," but it went over like a suckling pig at Passover. Rock critics have always worn their contempt for disco as a sort of cachet of superior taste, and it's always seemed more than a little unfair, particularly...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Woman | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

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