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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...discovered Private Lightning," Falk smiles proudly. "And the first time The Talking Heads were heard on the radio was here." Their song "Psychokiller" has gained them acclaim in punk rock circles...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: On the Air | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Back in 1967 when Republican John Sears was running for mayor of Boston against Kevin White and Louise Day Hicks, Sears blitzed the television electorate with his campaign song--crooned to the strains of Greensleeves behind films of burned-out ghettos--"John Sears is the man who cares, he's the man who caaares about people..." White defeated all comers and began an 11-year stint as mayor; Sears later ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Suffolk County, then assumed the chair of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), those gentlement who curate the public parks around Boston...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Yes Virginia, There is an Auditor | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Throughout the vast land, the New China News Agency delivered itself of rhapsodic song. "As the plane carrying Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing approached Tokyo Bay, towering Mount Fuji caught the eye with its beautiful snowy peak standing out in bold relief against the blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: China and Japan Hug and Make Up | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...Southern police official summed up justice for blacks before World War I, "If a nigger kills a white man, that's murder. If a white man kills a nigger, that's justifiable homicide. If a nigger kills another nigger, that's one less nigger." Or, as a Negro blues song put it, "White folks and nigger in great Co't house/ Like Cat down Cellar wit' no-hole mouse." The melting pot was a myth for blacks. While 60% of white immigrants in Boston moved from unskilled to skilled or white-collar jobs after a generation, blacks stagnated in "Negro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: As American as Jesse James | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Narcotic spaceshot put-ons in the memory of great rock'n'roll continued with "Sandman"--another song spaced into lost perception. And finally, oh finally, "Cat" Davis came jogging through the gym, stripped of her warm-up and donning her Everlast gloves. I was expecting, something like a roller derby queen, but the "Cat" was very real. She was beautiful, to begin with--in peak athletic condition with tight, firm skin and muscles; a cute, but tomboyish face under a flock of long, curly blonde hair. Her sparring partner was a short, pudgy guy--and they just goofed around...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rock 'n Roll Sometimes Forgets | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

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