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...novel is considerably better than that bleak forecast promises. Certain scenes are vivid and memorable; a zeppelin raid over London achieves an eerie, horrifying beauty. And as the brothers' paths diverge in the 1920s, Deighton skillfully displays the tangled politics and passions that were leading Germany toward another disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rise And Fall WINTER | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

Another dexterity puzzle required a fighter plane to "shoot down" a WWI-vintage zeppelin. But if the ball fell into a hole, the fighter itself was shot down--disappearing into a hole surrounded by a picture of a fireball...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: MIT's Puzzle Paradise | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

...PHENOMENON OF "GREAT BAND" reunions has plagued the music industry in past years. From three quarters of Led Zeppelin at Live-Aid to Deep Purple, Social Distortion to the Angry Samoans, the ghosts of music past have re-emerged to cash in on their fans' retroactive hero worship. Why not hit the reunion circuit? It sure beats sitting around the mansion watching the hair around your temples turn gray, or working as a garbageman, thinking of what might have been if wasn't for that heroin problem. After all, there are plenty of people willing...

Author: By Joseph D. Penachio, | Title: Wire We Listening? | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...ARTIST'S UNRELEASED MATERIAL is usually better left that way. Usually out-takes from previous albums, such material is prized by fans but often reveals the most tenuous and potentially embarassing moments--as happened to the mighty Led Zeppelin with the appearance of Coda. Having formulated this general law, let me announce that Invisible Hitchcock, a compilation of previously unreleased stuff from British popster Robyn Hitchcock, is the exception to the rule...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: VINYL | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

Closest to the altar room a group of male Hare Krishnas, singing this mantra, were bobbing about in a mild form of skinhead slamdancing, the crowd echoing them with a subdued backup. Cymbals clanged rhythmically, accompanied by the slurping bass boom of the zeppelin-shaped drums which hung from the devotees necks. Hanging on the walls were brightly colored oil paintings of similar goings-on the same drums, haircuts and robes, with the addition of the blue-skinned figure of Krishna...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

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