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...answer is yes. Devo is that near-extinct animal, the rock band with a message. Its name doesn't come, as you might expect, from "deviant"--Devo draws its identity from a theory called "De-evolution," the idea that homo sapiens is on its way back down that ol' Darwinian scale. As a result, the band's songs tend to be about mental deviants, physiological functions, and the detritus of modern American life...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Nothing Like Nihilism | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

...take mine served up right here, thank you, down home in the good ol' Ivy League...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...weighty fellow whom he takes to be a psychiatrist but who is in fact an insurance agent. He is troubled by an odd sort of sexual dislocation: when he is making love to his wife (a porky and bubbleheaded blonde played delightfully by Andréa Ferréol), he also seems to be sitting in a chair and watching the heavings. Worse, as the illness progresses, the chair he watches, from recedes farther and farther from the action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Doubled Up | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

After writing my mother a letter in last week's column, I fully expected a reply from the ol' gal to arrive in my mailbox this week. Well, Tuesday came--no letter. Wednesday came--no letter. THURSDAY came--no letter. And then yesterday, just as I was packing my bags for Princeton, the president of The Crimson, Frank Connolly ambled up to me. "J.D.," he said, "I think we should talk." He was holding a piece of paper that read as follows; October...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Not a 'Dear John' Letter | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

There won't be any Paul Sablock passes or Larry Brown receptions this week, just that good ol'-fashioned man-against-man football. While the Restic game-plan has remained top-secret all week, you can rest assured that there will be at least two changes--fullback Matt Granger will see plenty of playing time, and Wayne Moore will run the ball more than five times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Rolls Into Town Sporting Size, Strength | 9/30/1978 | See Source »

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