Word: beers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...handles this paradox with comfortable predictability. Not only does the story tap into the archetypal American dream, it draws its script exclusively from time-honored traditions of red-blooded American slapstick jokes, formulaic characters, and racial stereotypes. Everything is familiar and expected, kind of like an old armchair with beer stains that has been sitting in the family basement forever--not particularly attractive or inviting, but no one ever bothers to move it to the junk heap...
Just then that aeroplane backfired overhead and I reflexively threw my beer into the air and watched it roll frothily down into the Saharan valley. But I payed my brewskie no heed because my eyes were glued heavenward. Holly, Dave and I stood agape, for humankind's wizardry had faltered. The engine of the plane had stopped...
Meanwhile, at the Fly Club, another assemblage of students packs a hot room. This room is much bigger, however, and the crowd is larger. No 30-somethings or high-schoolers here: Khakis, Levis and button-down shirts prevail, and the keg of cheap beer gets much more attention than WHRB's keg of Sam Adams...
...Smiley's Bone, and the crowd dances wildly. Soon people are packed against the stage so tightly that lead vocalist and guitarist Mike Beys '94 leas out into the audience. Music drifts out to Mt. Auburn St. until 2 a.m., as the floor grows sticker and stickier with beer...
They were drinking kahlua and beer, looking atpicture postcards. They were talking about longvan rides and Italian ice cream. The jukebox wasplaying Madonna...