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Gore says he is for "revolutionary change" but hasn't really proposed any; he is running with his fists balled, itching for a fight--you ain't seen nothin' yet!--even though his entire platform amounts to massaging the feet of the middle class every bit as faithfully as Bill Clinton has these past eight years. Bush's message meanwhile is so soothing--Can't we all just get along?--and yet his reforms of Medicare and Social Security and education offer more change than anything either party has proposed in years--and that's just the agenda he admits...
...Gore says he is for "revolutionary change" but hasn't really proposed any; he is running with his fists balled, itching for a fight - you ain't seen nothin' yet! - even though his entire platform amounts to massaging the feet of the middle class every bit as faithfully as Bill Clinton has these past eight years. Bush's message meanwhile is so soothing - can't we all just get along? - and yet his reforms of Medicare and Social Security and education offer more change than anything either party has proposed in years, and that's just the agenda he admits...
...archtop. A moth flies out of the guitar's F-hole, and the brothers watch it flutter around the room. Luther sings a plaintive blues: "Don't bury me in this cursed ground/ Don't bury me in this cursed ground/ When I die let me fly/ I'm nothin' but a sound...
That was July 1956. And while lots of folks will tell you that when they heard Elvis shout "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog!" it changed music forever, the revolution was already well under way. In fact, you could say it began in 1950, when a pair of 17-year-old white kids named Leiber and Stoller teamed up to write for black rhythm-and-blues performers like Jimmy Witherspoon and Big Mama Thornton--for whom they yelled and banged out Hound Dog in 10 inspired minutes...
Such dedication is typical of sheepdog trialers--and it is reciprocated. "Dogs give you their all," says MacRae, sipping black coffee. "They return any affection tenfold. They're not gonna say nothin' behind your back." A grin creases the guru's windburned face. "On the whole, they're just nicer than folk...