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...best disc of the set is the 70s volume,featuring classics such as van McCoy's "TheHustle" and treats from Elo, the Average WhiteBand, Earth Wind and Fire, and Billy Preston.Preston's "Outta-Space," the second track on thisalbum, features a thick funk groove underneathPreston's organ and key work. Oh yeah, there's agreat instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's"Whole Lotta Love" with King Curtis screaming outRobert Plant's vocal line on his sax, producing aprophetic marriage of funk/soul orchestrationswith heavy metal...
...film stars Alec Baldwin as Doc McCoy, a seasoned hitman, and Kim Basinger as wife and partner-in-crime, Carol. We meet the duo coolly clad with dark shades, shooting targets in the desert, cavalierly zipping away in their white convertible to take on a new contract. The job is the get a convict out of prison and fly him back to Mexico. Doc is betrayed by Rudy (Michael Madsen), who leaves him stranded after the police are called on to the scene. Carol seeks the help of Benyon (James Woods),and offers Doc's services in return...
Last week the Charles Hotel had Ahmad Jamal andDave Brubeck playing on the same night (Brubeckwas in the ballroom, Jamal in the Regattabar.) Inthe next couple of months, Joe Henderson, SonnyRollins, and McCoy Tyner will all play at thehotel. These are some of the pioneers of jazz,some of the true wizards of this magical music.Jazz lovers are lucky to have the chance to seethem play live...
...extracting concessions far beyond what would have been necessary to get them to set up shop. Even with their limited cranial capacity, local politicians know the axiom of their craft: namely, that jobs win elections. When County Commissioner Hatfield tires of gloating over stealing a factory from Town Manager McCoy, he'll finally realize that he's hopelessly broken the county's budget for the next ten years. But by that time of course, Conglomerated Industries' consultants are vacationing in Bimini on the bonuses they've earned from this particular boondoggle...
With the bull market now entering its fourth and perhaps final year, is it time for the little guy to get out? Not Gerald McCoy. A retired Arizona engineer, McCoy put his life savings of nearly $400,000 into stock and bond funds when he took early retirement in 1991. "I'm very squirrelly right now," he concedes. "This bond market has lasted long enough to make you feel queasy. If a correction happens tomorrow, though, I'll leave my money where...