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...opening tableau the Woman genuflects in the best Oriental fashion in front of the shrine she built to the Man's memory, as mellow jazz washes across the basement of the Chinese Cultural Center. The man stands on the red draped dais that engulf the Woman...
...cost the Federal Government more money-$283,000-to repaint the grand old mansion than to build the place.) One other secret. The White House is not going to be pure white. Scouten wanted a paint that would dazzle the eye in the sun and yet glow with a mellow gold in the night lights. He found it among Duron's 1,000 shades. It is called Whisper...
DIED. Alberta Hunter, 89, tiny, mellow-voiced blues singer and cabaret artist who in the 1920s became a star of low-life Chicago bars and in the 1930s of Europe's nightspots, then enjoyed a second successful singing career in her 80s; in New York City. She performed with Jazz Age greats like Louis Armstrong, and wrote her own numbers, including Down Hearted Blues, made famous by Bessie Smith. After her mother's death in 1954, she abruptly stopped singing and became a practical nurse until forced to retire by hospital administrators who thought...
Reed takes his relaxed, California-mellow attitude even further on the title track, which, as a confessional, stands proudly alongside such earlier Reed classics as "Coney Island Baby" or "Street Hassle." The song opens with the rhythm section of Saunders and drummer Fred Maher chugging lightly along--as if the engine of Reed's GPZ motorcycle were building up to high gear--finally leading into the expansive guitar and synthesizer work of Reed and Peter Wood. The lyrics begin as a straightforward statement of Reed's new aims in life, but then suddenly veer off to follow Reed...
...says Robert Pritikin, an advertising executive and inn owner, "so many officious little rich ladies, so many intensely worried lawyers, that if some city official dares steal a postage stamp, it will be on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. " It is also true that beneath its mellow exterior, San Francisco has an edgy streak, an undercurrent of jitters. Perhaps it is because of the minor temblors that occasionally rattle the city, raising fears of a 1906 redux. Perhaps it is because many people come to San Francisco to flee their pasts. Whatever the reason, a great many...