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Bunting, in fact, seems bored by his city-slicker of a biographer. He wants to be off alone hunting coons or chasing down moon-shiners--anywhere...
Midnights might as well have been scribbled on the back of an old Dairy Queen bag in the squad ear as he sat alone at 3 a.m., keeping a sleepy eye on the radar gun he had trained on the highway. Moonshine is written by a city-slicker on his Macintosh in his Manhattan studio after he returned from going down south to find out how the country mice live...
...have stumbled, but she ain't never fell." Lou Reed pointed up the irony of rock, freshly politicized, being attacked for excessive raunch, by recalling "those people who are trying to censor records" before launching in- to his classic Walk on the Wild Side. Live Aid may have been slicker and more elaborate, but FarmAid had the edge musically. There were frequent appearances throughout the 14 3/4-hour event by Co-Organizer Willie Nelson, whose heavy responsibilities never weighted the sensual ease of his vocals. There were also high-spirited performances by CoOrganizer John Cougar Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Loretta Lynn...
Marketing techniques are slicker and more irresistible than ever. At one time, toys were copied from movie, television or newspaper cartoon characters. Examples: Snoopy and Mickey Mouse. Now that is reversed. Toymakers vigorously promote their own elaborately executed concepts. They create the character and then license rights to the storybooks, school bags, furniture, clothes, greeting cards and TV shows that go with it. American Greetings started the trend in a big way in 1980 with Strawberry Shortcake. Similar hits this Christmas include Care Bears and Masters of the Universe...
...holiday one seeks to be what one is not. The accountant turns into a woodsman, the farmer into a city slicker...