Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many, the decadence and frivolity of the Reagan 80's crumbled with the onslaught of HIV and AIDS. Gary Indiana's latest novel, Gone Tomorrow, recounts one version of this collision. As a memoir on the early 80s and a reflection on the advent of AIDS, Indiana tells the story of the Paul Grosvenor, the central player in a configuration of international characters reminiscent of Warhol's Factory. As a German avant-garde director, Paul orchestrates the drama both on and off film; his position is central to the novel's intricate and complex web. Gone Tomorrow is a remembrance...
...somewhat intentional. Indiana often slips into seemingly unnecessary and indulgent stylisms, which act as nothing more than glittery accessories. Though possibly a reference to the Accessories Decade, these long-winded descriptions (usually of sex, sexy characters, or drugs) come too frequently to be considered merely clever allusions to 80s excess...
...past: too-cool-to-care vocals, lyrics like something off an answering machine at a suicide hotline, industrial-strength dance grooves as unforgiving as capitalism itself. In retrospect, many of the band's angst- laden hits -- Master and Servant, Fly on the Windscreen -- now seem so terribly '80s, dispassionate, cold and metallic. Music written by androids, produced by cyborgs, performed by robots. Open the pod bay doors...
Johnson's major challenge in Boston was dealing with the city's growing drug trade, which became increasingly sophisticated in the late '70s and early '80s...
...predicament, of course is marshalling the Crimson's talent on a match-to-match basis. Harvard's fall golf reason was marked by inconsistent play and rounds soaring well into the 80s, numbers that won't bring any trophies home in the next few weeks...