Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best song here is "Kid Dynamite," which I take to be the band's big statement. "Kid" showcases the hoarse but usually melodic singing of Peter Searcy, who could replace Paul Westerberg of the Replacements in a pinch. The twin guitars here are turned up so loud that, even though the chords are relatively straightforward, a whole host of wonderfully accidental noises are created. Also featured are Squirrelbait's homey and near illiterate lyrics, culminating in the heartfelt chorus; "I don't need no pig stomping on my buzz...
Fellow performers often giggled at the persona, but they liked the man. Said Shirley MacLaine: "Lee's a hoot. He always gives a good show." Edie Adams concurred: "He was outrageous when outrageous wasn't cool. He was a little kid and nice to be around, on or off the stage." He often suggested that he enjoyed special spiritual grace, and some fans concluded he had faith- healing powers. But when he died at home last week after a brief hospitalization, he was best known as a synonym for glorious excess. After an aborted attempt in 1958 at a button...
...good game," Hampe added, "and he's a tough kid. He'll make...
Seminars provide an opportunity to "give students material at a much higher level than usual. I even gave the same project for three years and no one got it, although one kid eventually did his senior thesis on it," Lecar said...
This conviction arises not from any air of promise about them but from their total lack of it. Norman and his charges are such stuff as Rocky Balboa and the Karate Kid are made of -- not to mention old Frank Capra movies. The coach is a Knight-errant, a good man with a blemish on his record that only redemptive labors can expunge. The players are few in number and woefully lacking in any natural gift for the game. Worse, Hickory's only talented hoopster has quit the squad, and the townsfolk do not care for Norman's outsider independence...