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...alchemists of the mid-1960s were the managers of the highly speculative go-go mutual funds, which leaped in value during those racy days. There was no more celebrated stock picker than Shanghai-born, Boston-educated Gerald Tsai Jr., who pondered the charts, played his hunches and took long shots-many of which paid off. Time and the market have not been kind to Tsai. Last week, after several losing years, he quit as president of Tsai Management & Research Corp., which he founded...
...people who see Tango in the U.S. will at least be mature in years. The film will carry an X rating, which bars admission to viewers under 18. Says Eugene Picker, an executive of the Trans-Lux Corp., which owns the Manhattan theater where Tango will open: "There is such a thing as pornography, and there is such a thing as a beautiful, well-made production by a talented director, and when you see this movie you will understand the difference...
When asked after the concert if he thought his performances made people give up guitar in frustration, the big, friendly guitar-picker from Deep Gap shook his head and said, "Oh, no," but then he added, "They'll just have to work harder." It was a fitting prescription from so capable a "doctor...
...Stewart's concern with the lost past turns, in Picker, into a vague, if not reactionary, romanticization of "kids everywhere, gettin' on in the back seat of the car." He sums up his disaffection with American life with the parable "Shoot all the brave horses and how will we ride," which is repeated for a tiring three minutes at the end of the album...
...rock on both Willard and Picker is already stripped of its popular form by the inherent limitations of its appeal, Willard at least deserves a wider audience on the basis of its musical content alone. In Picker, however, Stewart hasn't added much to the drifting times that will probably last until Carol King's next album comes...