Word: vinyl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...innocence, then. Gifford's quest for the answer only convinces him of the fragility of the order he reveres; he sees that the lies of urban civilization will continue to make incursions into Lymington of a more destructive nature than the simple murder of Kimberly Ann Regan. Shopping malls, vinyl tombstones, and seaside development corporations are confounding the natural beauty of his town in more lasting ways than the incidental dumping of a bloody corpse on its sacred soil...
...small clubs. "There wasn't time," he explains. "I'd get a TV shot and just go down and do the bit." Even today, Brooks seldom repeats a routine and does not keep a catalogue of any of his creations. Whatever has not been committed to vinyl or video tape remains unrecorded...
When the market for these sets shows signs of fading, a less exclusive version will be available in vinyl at around $150. A cardboard set, selling for about $14, is expected to go on the market next year...
...designed and built are an inflatable theater that seats 800 people and an inflatable church that conveniently folds down to a 2-ft. by 4-ft. package after services. His passion for bubbles has also hit him where he lives: a shimmering, red-and-white candy-striped vinyl bubble house at the edge of a forest in La Ferté-Alais, 28 miles south of Paris...
...roof, changing shape as the afternoon sun dips toward the horizon. When Müller tires of the shifting shadows, he projects pictures of mountains, oceans and forests on the walls. In warm weather he pipes water to the roof, where it forms an enlarging puddle that depresses the vinyl and creates a natural swimming pool. (To get rid of the water, Müller simply turns up the pressure inside the bubble; the roof rises and the pool empties down the side of the house...