Word: stay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Senator Eugene McCarthy yesterday told his supporters without specific Convention jobs to "stay away from Chicago" during the upcoming Democratic National Convention...
...John Wesley'. The interest in the Who's production, however, lies as much in the realization through music of the action as in the actual elements of the story. The tale is of a rich man who arrives with his yacht on a distant evil island and decides to stay there for a year to see how he fares. He instructs the captain of the boat to come back in a year to the same spot and look for a signal from him. Should it be a yellow flag flying the message is that he cannot stand it any longer...
These are people who have achieved everything except their hearts' desires. They are caught in the joyless round of choosing the top hotel to stay at, the finest restaurant to dine in, the most delectable partner to sleep with. Boredom infects their days and nights, and drink is their anodyne...
...escaped to Los Angeles with her parents' dubious blessing and became a beatnik. Not a hippie. Janis explains the difference carefully. Hippies believe the world could be a better place. "Beatniks believe things aren't going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time...
Like most members of the group, Janis cannot read a note of music. "We're not dispassionate professionals," Janis explains. "We're passionate and sloppy. I'm untutored native folk talent -I like that phrase, it's so pretentious." Her only regimen is to stay away from cold beer before singing and she refuses to worry about the punishment her rasping style inflicts on her vocal cords. When friends urge her to hold back in order to preserve her voice, she asks: "Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre just so I can sound...