Word: frats
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dark corridors off of Commonwealth Ave in Boston. At first glance the room seems relatively small, with the stage protruding out into the middle of the floor. By 10:30 p.m. this past Saturday the room was charged with expectation as the sold out crowd of teenyboppers, hippies, frat boys, businessmen and grandfathers eagerly awaited the arrival of Soulive...
...rallying cry, it was ‘more club, less frat,’” Sears said. “I think the critical mass on its own has arrived at that conclusion...
...greasy unkempt locks are analogous, I suppose, to those horrible acid-washed ensembles donned by Timberlake et al or the mop-tops of the Beatles. Still, the demographics of Wednesday’s audience—fans ranging from aggravating teeny-boppers to aspiring yuppie hipsters to visor-sporting frat boys—suggest that the Strokes’ widespread appreciation extends beyond their boyish good looks...
...across America, radio listeners whose knuckles scrape the floor are slumping even lower. The nationally syndicated Opie & Anthony Show, starring frat-boy jokers ANTHONY CUMIA and GREGG HUGHES, was yanked off the air last week. Its home station, New York City's WNEW-FM, announced the decision after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began an inquiry provoked in part by an incident in which, complainants alleged, the hosts encouraged a tourist couple to have sex in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Cathedral and broadcast the event live. When the show was canceled, one of the most high-profile offended parties...
...These are the wild and wacky Hash House Harriers, part jogging group, part frat party?and self-described "drinking club with a running problem." "Hashers" trot and sprint together not just for exercise but to socialize and banter (in their own arcane jargon), and to quaff copious amounts of beer that cancel out the very health benefits they gain from running. Many people?mostly expatriates? find the mix appealing, and "hash" chapters have mushroomed in cities worldwide...