Word: treeing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WATCH OUT FOR TREES. A tree-shaded home is cool and beautiful. But a tree too close to your home can be dangerous. So always be sure to remove any part of tree that comes within 10 feet of the opening of a chimney or stovepipe...
LOOK OUT FOR WIRES. Electricity helps to make a vacation home more comfortable. But the wires carrying the electricity to your home can cause a fire if not properly maintained. So be sure to call your local power company if there are wires rubbing against tree branches or the roof of your home...
...buddy Warren Gates-reunited again after Fonda's own The Hired Hand (1971) -appear as vacationers run afoul of witchcraft out in the Texas boonies. Members of a cult that plays footsie with Satan dress up in hooded sheets and build a bonfire near a gnarled old tree. Then they get right down to business and sacrifice a victim. This gives the boys across the ravine-Fonda and Gates-a mighty eyeful and a good scare. They climb back aboard their $36,000 motor home and hightail it out of there, accompanied by their anxious spouses (Loretta Swit...
...albums. Musically it is a transition between the assertive, nihilistic Blonde on Blonde (1966) and the mystical John Wesley Harding (1968). The tunes on The Basement Tapes are pithy, dense and funny. There are bizarre, surreal lyrics like Million Dollar Bash and traditional-sounding folk ballads like Apple Suckling Tree. But the album is stronger than all its songs put together. There is fellowship evident here as well as skill. It is easy to hear the group fueling each other, having a good time. They seem to sense the high quality of the music. It is a good-natured contest...
...terrible superlatives. What, for instance, is the best way to die? Surely it must be singing lustily, as did William Blake. Who invented the most uncomfortable method of fishing? The appropriately named Thomas Birch, who tried to make himself inconspicuous to the fish by dressing up as a tree. What is the most gallant method of repulsing a bore at a party? Undoubtedly, Robert Browning's: "But, my dear fellow, this is too bad. I am monopolizing...