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...tightwad gunslinger who drills his victims with platinum bullets, then digs them out of the victim for reuse. Townshend's forebear is a Norman soldier who landed at Hastings in 1066, fell out of the boat onto his shield and invented surfing, acquiring in the process a hugely swollen nose. Entwistle's own predecessor is a soused sea dog named Ahab, who goes about in a state of perpetual inebriation, spotting pink whales to port...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock's Outer Limits | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...neck sticking out of it," and recruited Entwistle on the spot. Soon after that, Daltrey decked the Detour's lead singer and took over the vocals himself. Now the Detours needed a rhythm guitar player. Entwistle mentioned his school chum, Townshend, whom Daltrey recalls as "looking like a nose on a stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock's Outer Limits | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Daltrey played the first Tommy tour with a nose that had been broken "playfully" by Pete; Moon continued his spiritual dedication to rock-'n'-roll excess, working almost as much havoc on his own body as on the rooms he inhabited during tours. A hotel manager once appeared in Moon's room when he was playing a cassette at top volume and insisted he turn down "the noise." In a flash, Moon reduced the room to splinters, announcing, "This is noise. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock's Outer Limits | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...lady said she couldn't do that, either. However, she said if I guessed a number, she could tell me if my score was higher or lower. I couldn't believe it. I was tempted to ask. 'What happens if I guess the score right on the nose? Do I get six cases of Redi-Whip or something...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Crazy Kids at ETS | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...Southern bar. Last year, he swung open the doors to a House-Senate conference drawling, "I hope it won't give anyone a brain hemmorage to hear a new idea." Well Long has just come up with a new one that's bound to give Americans more than a nose bleed. He has gotten together with Al Ullman--the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee--to propose a value added tax (VAT) which could drastically change the American tax system...

Author: By David H. Feinberg, | Title: Not VAT Again | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

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