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...Birthday: June 21 (Cancer...
...stage, and everybody knew what was next. As one, we started stomping our feet and chanting "Ween! Ween! Ween!" I've never been at a concert where everyone wanted the encore so badly. After a few minutes, Gene reappeared, holding his acoustic guitar, and began to play the ballad "Birthday Boy." We were swaying. Somebody held up a lighter. Then Gene stopped. "Shit, I forgot how this part goes. Oh, man." He tried a few chords. "Damn." Somebody from the pit climbed up on stage to help him figure it out, but it didn't work. "Anything else you wanna...
Then Dean came back out, holding a beer. He tried to show Gene what to do, but their second attempt at "Birthday Boy" didn't work, either. So they exploded into the Beastie-Boys-flavored "Old Queen Cole," instead, and the little pit roiled with renewed frenzy. They closed the encore, in proper arena-rock tradition, with a slow number. In this case, it was "Puffy Cloud," and Gene led us all in a sing-along. "Drift away on a puffy cloud/ go away on a puffy cloud," we sang. "My brain is dead from too much pot/ 'Cause Dean...
...cultural zeitgeist? The irresistible Kennedy parallel would suggest that the symbolism of a Clinton presidency could someday outweigh its concrete accomplishments. From fashion (a continually bareheaded J.F.K. decapitated the hat industry) to sports (touch football and 50-mile hikes) to dallying with movie stars (Marilyn Monroe suggestively cooing "Happy birthday, Mr. President"), Kennedy defined a style that was half Harvard and half James Bond. But J.F.K. spoke for a generation that craved a larger-than-life icon, a President who legitimized both its bravery in World War II and its man-in-the-gray-flannel-suit struggles to create...
...Puyallup Indians in Tacoma, Washington, received $66 million and 300 acres of prime land in the port of Tacoma based on an 1854 treaty. The tribe will build a marina and container-shipping facility on the land -- and will celebrate each member's 21st birthday with a $20,000 gift...