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Word: psycho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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EVEN AMONG mass murderers, the case of Theodore Robert Bundy stands out, the most grimly fascinating of them all. While all psycho-killers lock us in a morbid, white-knuckled attention, Bundy's story seemed especially intolerable and seductive...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: Stalking the Wild Sociopath | 12/2/1980 | See Source »

...predict which song from Fear of Music, the last Talking Heads album, best indicated where the group was going, I would have suggested "Life During Wartime," a periodic dance tune that is easily the biggest hit they've had (getting more play than "Psycho Killer" from the Talking Heads: '77 album). An entire album like that probably would have broken them into the big time. But art-rock groups do not always seek mainstream acceptance. The Talking Heads have instead followed the path started by "I Zimbra," a seemingly one-shot affair that got heavy play on disco stations because...

Author: By Martin B. Schwimmer, | Title: Beating Heads | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...note. How far they will continue to search for it in the bush, like a musical Stanley and Livingston, will largely be determined by the reaction to this album and how well they can duplicate the funk/permanent wave fusion in concert. Byrne was able to toss aside his carefree/paranoid psycho image in one album and can abandon this turn just as easily. What will the '81 Talking Heads approach be: guitars, synthesizers or David Byrne beating out a polyrhythm on a hollowed...

Author: By Martin B. Schwimmer, | Title: Beating Heads | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...well as psychosomatic disorders triggered by prolonged stress. Says Dr. David Barry, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry: "Their anger is mobilized, and they have no way to discharge their feelings. This results in anxiety, long-term repressive feelings and psycho-physiological conditions such as high blood pressure. The hostages will be irritable, jumpy, and display a short fuse." They may also display everything from memory lapses to lost appetite, insomnia and nightmares. While the severity will vary, the psychological scars are sure to be deep in every case. Says David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Smoothing the Way | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...loose in Manhattan with an ice ax and too much spare time. Because the murders have been committed in different parts of town, the harried police captain offers Sergeant Edward X. Delaney (Sinatra) no help in cracking the case. The old campaigner must catch the slick psycho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dark Alley | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

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