Word: kit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long time, back in their early days, the four received a great deal of notoriety for smashing their instruments at the end of each performance. It was, at first, a flashy, frightening and finally exhilarating thing to see. Drummer Keith Moon blew up his drum kit, and Townshend rammed the neck of his guitar into his amp, while Daltrey slammed his microphone against the stage and Entwistle held tight to his bass, playing stubbornly on like a shipwreck's lone survivor trying to keep dry in a leaking lifeboat. There was too much discussion about how all this was rock...
...great player. My mom was a singer. She was a bit of a cowboy." The band found its own cowboy, or show boater, one night when a half-drunk rowdy took the stage, displaced the drummer and gave an uninvited audition that ended when he kicked over the drum kit. Keith Moon was a member of the band on the next date...
...market was considerably broadened by the Apple II model, introduced in 1977 as the first programmable personal computer that could be bought fully assembled rather than in kit form. This year 100,000 Apple Us will be sold, vs 25,000 in 1978. Prices: from $1,195 for the basic model to $3,000 for a setup with all the trimmings, such as two ''floppy'' discs, a graphics tablet and a printer. Exults Apple's cofounder, Steven Jobs, a self-made engineer who is all of 23: ''We will sell more computers this...
Among other things, a 20-page press kit being distributed by the Mint urges bankers to "consider naming your new branch the Susan B. Anthony branch" and sponsoring poetry contests in her name. Retailers are encouraged to "schedule a Susan B. Anthony sale week," and citizens' groups, are exhorted to throw bingo or "Susan"parties using the coins as prizes. Diagrams show merchants how to reorganize their cash drawers to accommodate the coin...
...shows up for an audition. "You don't look like your picture, Christ," remarks the casting director. "I shaved for a commercial," answers the beardless deity. There is a delicious lampoon of Joseph Papp's Public Theater. A character walks onstage carrying a case labeled P.T. PLAYWRIGHTING KIT. Its contents include "bogus charisma" and a promise to "turn your meaningless tripe into a crock...