Word: nicely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this is not to say that the Dire Straits show wasn't cool. "Money For Nothing" (previously considered here as Knopfler's worst composition) turned into a long grungy blues jam on a Steinberger. "Wild West End" was a nice--if obvious--choice to let second guitarist, Jack Sonni, do some mellow jamming. "Private Investigations" came off terrifyingly well, although probably more due to the volume than anything else. And "Romeo And Juliet" and "Why Worry Now" were the tear-jerkers of the show. All in all, they proved that Dire Straits may be the world's tightest rock band...
...excitement front are the two new touring members: saxophonist/flutist Chris White and the above-mentioned Sonni. White has a good sense of when to play dirty and when to play clean, a sense of controlled mistake that this group of mostly Brits definitely needs. Also, he has a nice habit of walking over the grand piano to get to the other side of the stage. Sonni gives the ax men their mobility, inciting bassist John Illsey to dance and Knopfler to smile, while slipping in some pretty nice guitar licks himself...
...fact remains that humans are fragile and small collections of stuff that, put in the wrong place at the right time, disappear entirely from the face of the earth. Though it is nice to have aspirations, they will not change the inevitable end. If everything is meaningless and impermanent, you might ask, why write anything...
Baldrige is at her best when dispensing sensible advice about such mundane matters as writing memos and talking to one's boss or client. No one should end a phone conversation by saying "Have a nice day," she counsels. "The person you say that to may be facing an IRS audit or a tooth extraction." For those too shy to make small talk at cocktail parties, Baldrige offers a list of innocuous conversational subjects. Examples: landscape gardening, Princess Diana, the A.S.P.C.A., professional wrestling and the use of hypnotism to stop smoking...
...before a paying audience since 1972. After playing two songs from his new album, and before launching into a drop-dead version of the R.-and-B. classic Knock on Wood, Fogerty simply reminded the enthusiastic audience of 78,000, "The next time you sit down to a very nice meal, remember, it didn't come from a cellophane bag from Safeway. Some guy gave his whole life to that meal you're eating...