Word: florida
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second thought that comes to mind when you read a Crimson piece like Eric Morris's latest on life in South Florida, "If it isn't worth saying, why say it? "The first thought is, "What is this shit??!!" Is The Crimson a responsible newspaper that prints newsworthy or at least thoughtful or clever editorials, or it a personal forum for irrelevant, unprofessional, pseudo-journalistic drivel like this? Tor Krogius...
Still, members have been arrested for distinctly unsymbolic criminal vandalism and assault in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan, Florida and Massachusetts. Their makeshift uniform makes them recognizable everywhere: shaved heads and garish tattoos, flight jackets, black English work boots -- and a California touch, Fred Perry tennis shirts. Skinhead culture seems to spread through racist rock music. Tapes and records by white- power rock groups feature songs such as Nigger, Nigger and Prisoner of Peace, the musical saga of Rudolf Hess. One group is called the Final Solution...
...people, and lots of completely identical buildings to house the old people. They also generally have imposing walls and gates staffed by crack walkie-talkie-toting octogenarian security forces. Grandma assures me this is to provide protection from the hordes of degenerate muggers and rapists who swarm around South Florida after the sun sets...
WHERE DO you think Morey Amsterdam plays these days? What about George Burns or Buddy Hackett? Steve and Edie are still rockin 'em in the concert venues of South Florida...
...race tracks, jai-alai frontons, bowling alleys, and combination mini-golf/go-cart/water-slide/batting cage/driving range/video arcade pleasure-mass-production-extravaganzas--plenty to keep one occupied for two weeks. And Grandma does have cable. And there are enough hot young high school-age granddaughters crisping themselves to perfection under the sultry Florida sun to keep you going back to the pool even though your feel the bridge of your nose has been exposed to lethal doses of radiation. Looks like I'll be going back to Florida next Christmas...