Chandler has taken advantage of disco’s democratic playlist — which has given everyone from Cher to Cab Calloway another shot at the charts — but his second taste of success is tinged with bitterness.

Through his gospel classics like “Peace Be Still,” Cleveland retells a biblical love story for the plain purpose of reconciling people to God and one another.

"Whether it's called rock, soul, funk, blues, salsa, gos­pel, jazz, or reggae, it's all about the same thing. Black mu­sic."

“New York isn’t the center of the universe, this IS the uni­verse, and since I’m here, I’m important, too.”

“The Reagan administration, rabid on the topic of the Russian threat, has escalated bellicose rhetoric to a level which quite simply terrifies people.”

"The CIA is little more than an enormous bureau of incessant meddling, working constantly to prop up pro-American governments, how­ever inept or vile, and to subvert independ­ent-minded rulers, however popular or worthy."

. . . in which it is revealed that Timothy Leary and the psychedelic scene had some peculiar financial ties to one of America's richest families

June 13, 1989: “This is your time to do something for China. If you don’t stand up now, you may never stand up for any­thing else in your life.”

June 20, 1989: James Ridgeway, Peter Kwong, Joe Conason, Susanne Lee & Mitch Berman report on scenes from a failed revolution

“Watching the filming, one wonders how many potential ‘taxi drivers’ stalk the city streets. Where does life begin and Central Casting end?”