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...Taneyev, the tone sounds tinny, possibly as a result of a poor pressing, but the timing compensates. An emphasis on timing is the most important characteristic of the 1980s, at least according to Mickey Rooney. For instance, it's time for "Mickey Rooney macarooney," he claims. In a similar vein, timing and tempo and rhythm can make up for poor intonation (what happens if you play out of tune), harshness of tone and lack of musical expressiveness, which occurs when performers forget to write their emotions in performance on flashcards to be held up by page turners when appropriate...

Author: By Robert F. Deitch, | Title: ...By Any Name | 12/11/1981 | See Source »

Side one closes out with the hand-clapping "Watered-Down Love". This is pure rhythm and blues in the Motown vein: one can almost hear the original Jackson Five covering it. All the ingredients are present, from a catchy bass line to a twangy rhythm guitar and hilarious lyrics ("You don't want a love that's pure, you want a drowned love, you want a watered-down love...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: After the Flood | 10/3/1981 | See Source »

...similar vein, Browne argued, this summer's riots in England arose because the participants "justifiably didn't have the courage to face reality...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: British MP Perceives 'Threat' | 9/23/1981 | See Source »

Barring any last-minute delays, Hays will be placed on a stretcher on Sept. 14 with his arms, legs and chest strapped. A needle will be inserted into a vein and a harmless salt solution will begin to pass through a tube and into Hays' body. Next, Hays will be carried to an execution room where some 30 people, including the press and up to seven people named by Hays, will witness his final moments. At 12:30 a.m. the executioner-an unidentified volunteer behind a screen-will open a valve that gradually replaces the salt solution with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A New Executioner: The Needle | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Jones' cast are rawboned archetypes. Debts to Hemingway and Jack London are duly paid. But a peculiar vein of mysticism transforms the tale. Exerting his territorial imperative, for instance, Slade is aided by a transubstantial raven, a platoon of aged Japanese marines (survivors of a 1940s infiltration of the Aleutian Islands), and the icebound corpses of prehistoric mammoths. But the grand gesture proves as impermanent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: SLADE'S GLACIER | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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