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Frankie is a waitress, and Johnny a cook, in a dive of a diner somewhere in the Big Apple. She comes home every day to a small apartment with meat loaf and beer in the fridge, a stuffed E.T. doll on the nightstand. "I had a parakeet once," she admits. "I hated it, I was glad when it died." Frankie is a pro at cloaking loneliness in irony. She probably was glad when Tweety bought the bird-farm, but then again, she'd never tell us otherwise...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, | Title: The Cook, the Waitress, Her Bed and Her Toothbrush | 5/9/1997 | See Source »

...impassive observer, the best I could think to do in response to such overt prejudice was to turn to beer-toting Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and remind them that those who stand and watch are just as guilty as the perpetrators of abusive acts. Their blank stares reminded me that there is work yet to be done in the hallowed halls of what many see as the top intellectual breeding ground in the nation...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Beware Icarus | 5/7/1997 | See Source »

...maybe we won't. The sad fact is that in an attempt to crush the remnants of class consciousness the rites of May 1st have been replaced with a day of beer and barbecues in early September...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Bring Back the May Pole | 4/26/1997 | See Source »

...calendar. Black, white, male, female. All divisions would become mute if only for 24 hours as workers joined hands against the one fissure with which all must cope, the gap that separates worker from capitalist. Sovietism is dead; this Thursday, celebrate this May Day without fear. Your barbecues and beer will still be there in September...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Bring Back the May Pole | 4/26/1997 | See Source »

...Like beer at a fraternity and pizza at a child's birthday, their theory goes, the album has become popular because it's cheap, simple and a safe bet not to offend partygoers. And then it hits me: it's the Pulp Fiction soundtrack of its time...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Rhythm of the Night | 4/22/1997 | See Source »

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