“The struggle between the Aryan resistance movement and the government has intensified since the Oklahoma City bombing, with one cell after another coming to the surface”

Can the Christian Right organize evangelicals and assure the Republican Party majority status?

“Apart from Robert Rauschenberg, trim as a biscuit in a light tan velvet suit, no prominent artists were present for the much touted Scull sale at the Parke-Bernet galleries last week”

“I must confess that it did my heart a world of good to sit back and listen to Mr. X. list the sins of the white man toward the black man in America. He does it well”

“The Russians had done more than in­vade Czechoslovakia — they had sent their damn tanks crashing into our skulls, they had invaded the hopes of socialists all over the world.”

“Mercury plays a dumber version of Bowie's cul­tured stud, May a mutant Page with less control. With Queen, con­fused image takes precedent over content.”

“Like the Big O says in the The Late Great Planet Earth, '70 per cent of biblical prophecy has already come true. The remaining 30 per cent will come true in our lifetime.' ”

“For this high school generation, attendance at a Led Zeppelin concert is as mandatory as freshman English.”

“Around 10 o’clock Muhammad Ali entered the ring. The audience in the the theatre rose to its feet and cheered. Actually, they said, 'Ali bomaye.' ['Ali, kill him.'] The tribal spirit is very contagious”

“Hooks are what makes DJs and listeners remember a record. Elton’s gift for the hook is so universal that there is small likelihood that one of them hasn’t stuck in your pleasure center. Or your craw”