Word: raves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pretty big. The choice of features is a great one, though, back from the good old days when Pauline Kael's proficiency and reputation as grande dame of film criticism was at a higher level than today. Everybody panned Bonnie and Clyde, Kael came out and gave it a rave, and one by one, gradually, the critics changed their line. Maybe by some freak of nature one of the rare black-and-white prints will appear for this showing--the period stuff looks much better in two colors. Directed by Arthur Penn, with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway...
...right-wing causes, such as the Youth Freedom Speakers, even as she built her career, singing and playing the guitar in churches. Now she intends to concentrate on music, describing her style as "message-oriented Pop." She sounds just like Doris Day, say admirers, and has earned a rave from the magazine Record World, whose reviewer pronounced her record "a possible giant...
...those who come from towns that can boast only two Italian and one Chinese restaurant, Hemispheres is a whole new experience. Friends back home will think you've gone crazy when you rave about the asparagus sandwich called the Hemispheres Special, and you'll really jolt them when you go on babbling about such weird dishes as baba ganoosh, falafel, and baklava. Let them eat spaghetti...
...merchants of Beatle paraphernalia are doing good business. A pair of genuine Beatle sneakers goes for $45. After all, the lucky buyers also gets the shoe-box, similarly emblazoned with the mugs of the fabulous four. For $10 you can purchase vintage copies of Faye, Rave and Movie Times: "Does Paul Live with the Ashers?" "The Beatles' REAL Story," and "Beatles Up to Date: Latest Pix Story." What could possibly induce one to part with such treasures? Certainly not money; perhaps the seller has duplicate copies. Such are the thoughts that go through the minds of Beatle buyers...
...Ellis Hall Group is at Sandy's in Beverly this week, and our North Shore bureau just called us long-distance especially to rave about them and Sandy's. Apparently Sandy's is trying to compete with the Performance Center and is working its way up to big-name groups. Hall is a protege of Stevie Wonder and was supposedly being groomed to take Stevie's place after his auto accident last winter. Stevie's better now, so Ellis has to make it on his own, but his sound is probably similar to Wonder's. Beverly is about a half...