Word: channeler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hands thrust deeply into our pockets, we silently traversed a dilapidated alley as the sky darkened and ware-houses loomed ominously on either side. It began to drizzle, and I realized I had been shivering since we crossed the Fort Point Channel. The silence bore down on me, and I glanced at my younger brother. I coughed, exhaling a steamy breath, and noticed that the streetlights made a jagged series of shadows on the adjacent building as we walked. I had the strange feeling that we were in, well, an underground film...
...Then, too, one must never forget the all-pervasive influence of television--the ultimate cultural normalizer. But even with TV, I've foiled modernity by picking Nick at Nite, not MTV, as my channel of choice. As a kid, I spent many happy hours in front of the tube watching "I Dream of Jeannie," "Twilight Zone," "Bewitched," "I Love Lucy," "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Happy Days." In retrospect, it's just as well that I remained relatively oblivious to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
Then, too, one must never forget the all-pervasive influence of television--the ultimate cultural normalizer. But even with TV, I've foiled modernity by picking Nick at Nite, not MTV, as my channel of choice. As a kid, I spent many happy hours in front of the tube watching "I Dream of Jeannie," "Twilight Zone," "Bewitched," "I Love Lucy," "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Happy Days." In retrospect, it's just as well that I remained relatively oblivious to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
...army of invisible vegetable-chopping elves, a lifetime supply of those miniature glass bowls that hold no more than a dab of anchovy paste, and children who gladly eat dishes with French names and 23 ingredients. Then I realized that show would have to run on the Sci-Fi Channel...
...What's My Name)?; now he's ushering a new rapper, named Eminem (a.k.a. Marshall Mathers), toward possible stardom. Eminem, who is white, has a video titled My Name Is that's all over MTV (and a new CD, Slim Shady, that's out this week). His video channel-surfs and name-drops, lampooning Bill Clinton and Marilyn Manson. He's not looking for trouble, just laughs...