Word: paranoias
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...classic anecdotes of Brian Wilson’s move from eccentricity to paranoia. Maybe it was the drug abuse, maybe the pressure of his bandmate and cousin Mike Love to stick to the commercially-proven formula of cars and surf, or maybe it was the added stress of a prolonged contract lawsuit, but Wilson’s behavior became stranger. Fearing his house was bugged, he held business meetings in his swimming pool. He suspected that he was being frightened by Phil Spector-hired “mind gangsters.” Studio musicians donned plastic fire hats while recording...
...live with constant consciousness of ourselves and our position vis-a-vis lines of oppression, and the second is to act as the individual within who is blissfully unaware of inequality. Clearly I am simplifying matters, but I think the camps represent the two poles between which we wander: paranoia and ignorance...
...Away is not an easy play to watch. Though the entire production is less than an hour, I felt disgusted, confused with an uneasiness bordering on paranoia in only the first half...
Green Day’s new album is supposed to be some kind of rock opera about America’s post-9/11 terror paranoia, but really that’s completely irrelevant so it will not be mentioned again. The focus should stay far more centered on the poor songwriting and bloated lyrics on this record, and with the exception of the first single, nothing here is any fun. Green Day seems to be getting tired...
...Qaeda in America I was disappointed to see that TIME gave so much coverage to al-Qaeda's latest "threat" to the U.S. [Aug. 16]. It seems as though every time the government hiccups, the media jump in to play on America's paranoia about another terrorist strike. So the government is telling us that al-Qaeda is going to attack, just like on the Fourth of July and this past New Year's and all last year and the year before that? I'm not holding my breath. Allan Weir Nashville...