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THERE'S a chic new drug on college campuses. Its prescription name is MDA, but it's more commonly known as XTC (Ecstasy). It is a mixture of a hallucinogen and an amphetamine, and for about $15 you can wallow in its benefits for five or six hours...
WHITE NOISE goes down smoothly, but it leaves the bitter aftertaste we normally associate with paranoia-chic music by David Byrne or Brian Eno. The book is replete with humorous murder scenes, letters to convicts, modern sex, and wiseacre kids. Meet Heinrich, Jack's 14-year-old balding son by a previous marriage: a difficult boy who has one bright moment organizing survival units during the evacuation; he asks his father challengingly, "What is radio? What is the principle of radio? Go ahead, explain. You're sitting in the middle of this circle of people. They use pebble tools. They...
...prevails among the wealthy young. Mocking the common assumption that to be sophisticated is to be blase, unflappable, Jem says, "It's not glamorous not to be shocked. It's autistic." (The pun on artistic should not be lost on those who have ever tried this route to social chic.) He continues...
...recently lowered U.S. prices about 25% on some of its fine writing instruments. Its handmade black lacquer pen went from $160 to $125. By discounting at a time when few other importers are doing so, the company hopes to boost its U.S. market share. Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco's chic pot-and- pan retailer, has marked down its French-made copper cookware...
Only pro wrestling, as perpetrated by Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation, could provide such a uniquely 1980s fusion of chic and sleaze. WrestleMania's guest referee is Muhammad Ali; the guest ring announcer is Battlin' Billy Martin; the guest timekeeper, manipulating a tiny silver bell that might have come from King Farouk's dinner table, is Liberace. Pop Thrush Cyndi Lauper is "managing" Wendi Richter ("150 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal") as she attempts to regain her W.W.F. championship belt from zaftig Leilani Kai, managed by former longtime (28 years) women's champ, the Fabulous Moolah...