Word: whiffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...behind the Boxtops. The Cramps returned to Memphis, Tenn.--where they recorded their Gravest Hits E.P. in 1977--to grovel in their roots. The whole affair is a uniquely American celebration. The Cramps remind us once and for all where and how it all began. Not even the merest whiff of British influence finds its way onto this album. Good riddance. Maybe once the Cramps get through destroying rock's conventions from the ground up we'll really have something to howl about...
...every game since coming north, the Crimson pitching staff came through with a fine performance. This time, Billy Doyie combined his excellent curveball with fine control to hold the Huskies to six hits over eight and two-thirds innings, and Rob Alevizos came on to whiff Husky Bob Murray for the final...
...Strasberg) are first seen sitting on a park bench in Queens and making introductory small talk, Going in Style lapses into immediate and terminal catatonia. The actors are listless. The camera does not move. The lines are separated by silences that would give Harold Pinter pause. One strong whiff of Going in Style, and the audience is transported directly to slumberland. For the next 90 minutes, there is little reason to stir. By telling the story of three elderly men who rob a bank, Director-Writer Brest (Hot Tomorrows) apparently meant to make a poignant statement about the loneliness...