Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Decide to kick back on Friday night to avoid the crowds of couples infiltrating the Square? Simply slip back to the era of leg warmers, Belinda Carlisle, and He-Man and bask in the nostalgia of 80s night on Mix 98.5 FM. From 7 p.m. to midnight, get into the groove with a little Thriller and sounds of the evercool Bangles...
Forget Wellesley. Disco night at The Phoenix Landing promises dancing on tables and sing-alongs with favorites of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s as the BOOM BOOM ROOM takes over the bar with DJ Vinny. The Boston Tab voted it one of the top 10 places for romance in the city--if the music's loud, she won't be able to hear his stupid jokes. 512 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. 576-6260. FREE...
...recent influx of children of the 80s got you reminscing about the days when Cindy Lauper was an American icon and "Smurfs on Ice" was the ultimate in Saturday night entertainment? Slip into your leg warmers and party at the Leverett 80s Dance. 9 p.m., Leverett Dining Hall...
...disappointed--the new novel is better. It's not quite as glitzy and brash and hilariously in-your-face as its predecessor, but then Atlanta in the late '90s, where most of the action occurs, is a more well-mannered place than New York City was in the '80s. The same bloodlusts--sex, money, status--rage in the New South as they do everywhere else; it just takes a little more digging to find them. Wolfe does, of course, but among all the animal appetites that are slaked or comically thwarted during the novel there appears one new to Wolfe...
When Jesse ("The Body") Ventura starred on the professional wrestling circuit in the 1970s and '80s, he was usually cast as the bad guy. Decked out in a feather boa, sequins and the kind of oversize designer glasses Elton John made famous, the 6-ft. 4-in. Ventura would flex his muscles, glower at opponents and spit out such gems of wrestling wisdom as, "Win if you can, lose if you must, but ALWAYS cheat...