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Only a few moments hint at Morrisey's former greatness. "The National Front Disco" is a vaguely catchy tune about a small-town teen lost in the wilds of the nightclub scene, and Morrissey delivers the tale with relish. He also proves he's still capable of knocking off a diverting lyric with "You're the One for Me, Fatty." In this song he beseeches his obese sweetheart to "say if I'm ever in your way..a-hey,-a HAAAAY." He really wallows in the line, and the song offers hope that his old languid wail...
...history. In Barcelona, by contrast, life continued as usual. It flows and crests from dawn to dawn here: sunny Sunday mornings watching the albino gorilla in the zoo; early evenings in the stained-glass quiet of Santa Maria del Mar; late, late evenings with thrashing guitars at the penumbral nightclub KGB. Old women dance stately sardanes in front of the cathedral, and men in silk ties ride scooters to the office. Smiling pickpockets filch bank notes from the wallets of sightseers while placing roses in their hair...
Initially, "Strangers on Earth," by Mark O'Donnell, has the air of a cabaret or a nightclub. Each of its opening scenes is independently very funny, but is unconnected to the rest. The play threatens to remain disjointed throughout--fortunately, it becomes more cohesive as its characters begin to interact. "Strangers On Earth" is about five people; each is introduced alone, each in a scene with a clever twist...
...either heavy metal or slasher flicks, I decided anyway to use the free tickets the band's manager had sent to The Crimson to see their show at the Boston nightclub, Avalon...
Leading slut is more like it. For The Blue Angel is the tragic (if now faintly risible) story of the sadomasochistic relationship between a nightclub singer and a middle-aged high school teacher who becomes obsessed with her. The callousness of Lola-Lola's manipulations was memorable, but not more so than the soon-to-be-famous legs that walked all over her victim. Von Sternberg returned triumphantly to Hollywood, and Dietrich followed...