Word: chicness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This homage to manhood at its most base has not been confined to the printed page. If lughead chic is the reigning ethos of men's periodicals, it is also spreading its reach further into the culture as an increasingly dominant force on cable TV. The cartoonishly staged wrestling programs airing on USA, TNT and TBS continue to draw millions of young male viewers, occupying a majority of the top spots on lists of cable's most watched shows. Next month the FX channel will launch The Toughman Championship Series, a program that will pit real-life paunchy men against...
...integral part of how we act, rarely are particular musicians touted as anything but a negative impact on society at large. Thus Marilyn Manson is responsible for asocial behavior, NWA is to blame for violence against the police, and a host of pop musicians are the propagators of heroin chic. Few musical movements "represent" anything, for the sheer volume of commercial production in any one genre tends to render the offhand or nonchalant stereotype misinformed or misplaced...
...their granddad's hip blue suede tux from the attic for that extra-special occasion, but for the most part, they're encompassed in a sea of black on black. What to do for some variation? Truly nothing says "I'm hip, I'm with it, I'm tres chic" like a cane. Decorative canes were last in style back in the 1920s, and with swing making a renaissance, canes can't be far behind...
...perennially chic hue vivifies the now-hackneyed vodka martini--with Blavod and onion, the drink suddenly becomes a Full Moon at Midnight. Other groovy mixtures: Black Ice (on the rocks), Black Mary (bloody no more), Black & Blue (with curacao), Double Black (with sambuca) and Black Bumblebee (martini with a long lemon twist). The indispensable Screwdriver surprises by turning green when concocted with Blavod...
Leave it to the promoters of M-80 to not forget the transplanted New Yorkers in Boston. On Wednesday they offer "Gotham," NY House and Hip Hop. So for those who need a little New York chic, head over in stilettos and black pants, and you'll be sure to fit in. M-80, 967 Commonwealth...