Word: lindsey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN by Robert Lindsey...
When Boyce confided his concern to his pal, the drug dealer suggested a way to retaliate: hand over some incriminating TRW documents to peddle at the Soviet embassy in Mexico City. To Boyce, writes New York Times Reporter Robert Lindsey, "his job in the Black Vault became an opportunity to take a saber stroke at both the world's superpowers at once ... and Daulton had had the greed to serve his purpose...
...Falcon and the Snowman omits no telling detail - about falconry, the drug trade, spy satellites, the duo's stoned bum-bung, and their torturous legal battles after capture. But there are enough tantalizing loose ends in the book to make it clear that Lindsey is describing life, not art. Why, for instance, did TRW put a 21-year-old, $140-a-week college dropout in such a sensitive post? Did the leaks really damage U.S. security? Perhaps Boyce and Lee actually were being used by the CIA to spread false evidence. If not, concludes Lindsey, then "the affair...
...somewhat new wave with its synthesizer solos--but nearly all the cuts seem forced to fit into Fleetwood Mac's formulaic style. Tusk is from the same mold as Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, the other albums recorded by the present members of the group (John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks). One wonders why it took three years to produce, even if it is a double...
What is startling on Tusk is the wild melodic invention of Singer-Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, who takes the band off into the ozone on tunes like Not That Funny and I Know I'm Not Wrong...