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...power of Richard's music, low-down as it may have been, is, like his religion, essentially evangelical. Like a preacher, a rocker is always more effective smelling of sulfur than holy water, a point amply, lovingly and sometimes hilariously demonstrated by Nick Tosches in his Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll (Scribners; $18.95). "Elvis may very well have been the most important figure in rock 'n' roll," Tosches writes. "But had it not been for those who came before him, there would have been no rock 'n' roll." Indeed, most...
During this battle of wits, Sullivan had left the door opened just enough to afford me a view of Mrs. Yawkey sitting in her rocker, rocking back and forth. It was as though her rocking gave Haywood strength. As long as she rocked, he yelled at me. As soon as she stopped, he calmed down. It was like a scene with Tony Perkins in Psycho. She emitted no sound: the chair did all her talking for her. It said, "All right Norman. You can slip him into the shower...
...with a baseball bat for four bits. When another local loon, the self-appointed Norton I, Emperor of North America and Protector of Mexico, died in 1880, 30,000 people (out of a population of 234,000) went to the funeral. A century later, a punk rocker named Jello Biafra ran for mayor and finished fourth among ten candidates. Rudyard Kipling wrote that San Francisco was "a mad city-inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty." He liked it. Other American cities had their rambunctious phases, but San Francisco...
...trendy, late-night dining spots. The growing clientele of Yuppie couples at neighborhood drinking hangouts has muted the action, but Yussies (young unescorted singles) are not quite an extinct species. Perry's, which brought the singles to Union Street 15 years ago, is still worth a scan, and Rocker Boz Scaggs has opened a bar and country-cookin' restaurant across the street. A couple of blocks west on Fillmore, there are chance encounters aplenty at the Balboa Cafe and the new Golden Gate Grill...
...appearances bring housework to a halt across the country, confirms that Bombeck was by no means the neighborhood clown. She and Bill, he says, were among the most hardworking of the development's house-proud do-it-yourselfers. All the houses had Early American furniture, including the inevitable rocker with a cushion tied to the back. The idea of Bombeck as a hopelessly disorganized housewife "is, at the very least, highly exaggerated. When you went to Erma's place, you never had to step over dirty underwear. At least in the evenings...