Cliché corner
By
Suzan Revah
Suzan Revah is a former AJR associate editor.
"..our own Nelson Riddle on acid, Henry Mancini composing from the dentist's chair with a head full of nitrous oxide." ( Tulsa World ) "I do sound like the Little Mermaid on acid." ( singer Tori Amos, quoted in Newsweek ) "He likes to call 'Politically Incorrect' a 'cocktail party' — or, more accurately, 'The McLaughlin Group on acid.' " ( Newsweek, same issue as above ) "Fans of [singer Gibby] Haynes' redneck on acid persona will dig his sedated reading of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.." ( The Guardian ) "Greens and reds and yellows bright as Disney on acid fill the air around her skull." ( Orange County Register) The "Gulliver's Travels" miniseries "is supposed to be a satire, but it's more like Donahue on acid: preachy and mind-bending." ( Detroit News ) "..the Dennis Rodman he was born to be turned out to be a sort of Demolition Man on acid. Over the edge." ( Houston Chronicle )
From over 55 references to being on acid during
a 30-day period in January and February ###
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