Word: dominoed
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Americans love to overbuild their homes. We put ranges in our kitchens with enough BTUs to light Paris at Christmas, then use them to reheat Domino's. Some even frill up their laundry rooms with stereos and $5,000 mini dry cleaners. So it shouldn't be surprising that rich people are now moving the overdesigning craze outside, to their pools and decks...
...Phillips would discover in the wake of Rocket 88, Elvis Presley, was one of a long line of people that helped shaped rock. Memphis Minnie, Louis Jordan, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and many others also played important roles. One of Presley's most significant contributions was this: he was able to make more of a commercial impact in rock than the black performers who pioneered the field. In fact, before he signed Presley, Phillips famously declared that "If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound...
...applause he?d hear would be part nostalgia, part gratitude. Ray Charles, Little Richard and Fats Domino were the collective Jackie Robinson of mid-century music. They zapped the poor, wan, white pop tunes of the day with a jolt of sex, anguish and fortissimo pianistry. A thing called soul. That?s a kind of genius, and deserves a half-century of thanks...
...LAST DOMINO...
...mind, he says they were just “knocking down another domino that should have been knocked down a long time ago. The bizarre thing is, there it is still...