Word: slickness
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...Pine Grove, Pa. (pop. 2,267). He has written three books about the mores of "Unionville, Pa.," Pine Grove's fictional counterpart, and they are, for the most part, splendidly solid. His latest, alas, is not. The Aristocrat is slender and seemingly self-indulgent. It would be slick as well, were it not for Richter's imperturbable sincerity. He presents a caricature of an indomitable spinster straight from Southern romance as if she were a discovery, and his very...
...constitutes too violent a rejection of the generally accepted value-system of this society. No matter if the courtesy of paying for the girl turns out to be malignant, no one person can make a dent in the established way of doing things. Imagine going up to the average slick Cliffie intimating that she pay for herself and the magnitude of the undertaking will be apparent...
...exuberance for what it lacked in finesse. Hitting the Broadway boards via a discotheque, it developed a larger cast of "hippies," a more forced spontaneity, a more self-conscious spirit. Recordings by both casts reflect the differences. The Public Theater cut is not as fully orchestrated and slick as the Broadway version, but it rings truer to the style of life and state of being it celebrates. Both communicate a lusty enthusiasm. The fresh Air ("Welcome, sulfur dioxide, Hello, carbon monoxide"), the moving Frank Mills ("I love him, but it embarrasses me to walk down the street with...
...from the automated junk heap of tomorrow. As Helmholtz the music teacher says to Jim Donnini the delinquent, in an effort to explain how one might bring beauty into the world: "Love yourself and make your instrument sing about it." Though Vonnegut's performance is occasionally a little slick or a little sloppy, he does succeed in making his literary instrument sing...
...five man band at its best makes a tight inventive sound heavily steeped in today's slick-blues sound. Their influences are diverse: two members of the band swear by soul music, two others have strong feelings about the Doors--John Leone, the strapping singer detests them, while Bob Gass, a soaring organ player loves them. But all of them share a common commitment to being dedicated to their music and have been approached by Vanguard about a recording contract...