Word: stooling
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...that included a rubber chicken and lots of face makeup, was offering up balloon animals to women. The price? One dance. Bandana headbands seemed to be the fashion trend of the night, although strange hats were also quite prevalent. The crowd welcomed any and all newcomers to grab a stool and get smashed. Even the bouncer, a friendly man doing shots every once in a while, joined in on conversations and added to the convivial atmosphere...
...settings. "Riot in Cell Block #9" (later speeded up and jollied up for Elvis as "Jailhouse Rock"); "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" (about a moto-madman who "hit a screamin? diesel that was California-bound"); and "Framed" (in which the narrator is picked up by cops, fingered by stool pigeon, railroaded by prosecuting attorney). Lumpen tragicomedies, they had an implicit warning for their black listeners: that life was unfair to the underclass. As Leiber says in the "What?d I Say" book: "A lot of this had to do with being a white kid?s take on a black...
...Omen A British company has invented a toilet, the Versatile Interactive Pan, that can analyze urine and stool samples?and notify a doctor of any problems via e-mail...
...recognizably the wizard of Waukesha, the garage mechanic's son who revolutionized the way music was played and recorded. And since he turned 86 just two days before, and is looking forward to celebrating his birthday with some famous friends, Paul has a special glow. He sits on a stool surrounded by a few admiring musicians and starts playing 'Over the Rainbow' on one of his famous guitars...
...been even at the dawn of the 20th century, there's no doubt about the Edenic promise of California to generation after generation of Americans. To the gold seekers of 1850 no less than to the desperate migrant Okies of the Depression, to the wannabe actress on the bar stool in Schwab's as to the migrant lettuce pickers from Mexico and the Jewish kid getting into the nickelodeon business, California signified hope, plenty, release and transcendence. It was the New World's New World. "That's why I can hardly wait/ Come on and open up that Golden Gate...