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...good as the album is, there are problems: sins of omission, rather than commission. The album should have been done live and as a two record set. One can understand Marmaduke's desire to get some royalties by putting ten songs on an album (all his own) but it was a real sin for them not to include "The Weight" and "Honky Tonk Women". In pre-album fantasies, I envisioned one side each of "Dirty Business", "The Weight", and "Honky Tonk". There is no dispute among Dead freaks that the Riders do their best on these three numbers...

Author: By Dave Caploe, | Title: Riders of the Grateful Dead | 11/6/1971 | See Source »

When other interest groups appear which have no connection with the three occupational organizations, the government will try to bring them into the fold, offering money, rewards, etc. If a group refuses to cooperate, the government will often use harsh physical force. In the government's eyes, the worst sin of all is to form a group or union independent of its control. Whole villages of peasants who refused to obey the state-controlled farm organizations have been uprooted and placed hundreds of miles from their homes. Sparing no one, the government has imprisoned railroad workers and doctors who have...

Author: By Robert J. Hildreth, | Title: Mexico's Students: One Step in Front of The Tanks | 11/3/1971 | See Source »

...think he wants to be President, but he doesn't think he's indispensable. He may think he's better than the other candidates being talked of now. Those of us who worked for McCarthy made him into a white knight and made his every failing a maximum sin. I do not understand why the liberals feel so bitter about...

Author: By Leo F. J. wilking, | Title: A Few Hurrahs for '72 | 10/30/1971 | See Source »

...trials of the painter Giotto, played by Pasolini himself. Giotto was a cornerstone of Renaissance painting; Pasolini plays him as an interior decorator. Boccaccio was famous for his ribaldry; Pasolini is notorious for his vapidity. To adapt the Decameron successfully, a film maker must come to his senses-of sin and humor. Pasolini's version is senseless down to the last vignette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Festival (Contd.) | 10/18/1971 | See Source »

...Sin, Moon and Herbs, Dr. John takes to the liner notes to reveal his true identity. He is Malcolm Rebennack, an incredibly talented studio musician whose music is perfectly suited to a music of mysticism...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Night Tripping | 10/4/1971 | See Source »

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