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Here, in a mere 42 pages, are the words to 36 popular songs, complete with the sequence of numbers one must push to turn the ordinary pushbutton telephone into a musical instrument. The songs range from the patriotic...
...automakers and parts suppliers are also promoting a whole range of new products supposed to save gasoline, a more acceptable form of gas-mileage salesmanship. Ford, for example, offers for $20.95 an instrument-panel "fuel sentry" that warns a driver when he should decelerate because he is burning too much gas. Chrysler will soon offer for $10 to $12 a "fuel pacer system"-a light mounted on the fender that glows when a driver is wasting fuel by accelerating too fast. Such devices may be useful, but most drivers are likely to find that the ultimate fuel-saving gadget...
...magnate's latest discovery is the Zeppelin tube, a vaguely phallic instrument that he calls the universe's greatest source of energy. Acme and his tube are destined for Chicago, a city somewhere west of Baltimore, when "the electrician" steals the tool...
...wind players, the sackbut was mellow but distinct; it was very effective as part of the continuo at the end of the Magnificat. The recorders suffered from lapses of pitch endemic to the instrument (in the Ave maris stella), but recovered in the next movement. The three cornetto players overcame an instrument infamous for its difficulty. Their stunning passages of imitation in the Magnificat were the most impressive instrumental display of the evening...
...dead style, like Diana Ross did for Billie Holiday--remaking rather than trying to emulate. He's even versatile enough to pull off country yodeling. Good voices are almost impossible to find in bands that haven't made it yet, as are intelligent ways of mixing, letting each instrument step out and hop over the wall of sound. The Sour Mash Boys have no such problem, which is why they record so well--when their tapes play Saturdays on WHRB, they sound more at home in studio conditions than most of the slick Nashville people who have been playing...