Word: junkmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Middle East. 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Stub Junkmen on Thursday, March 17. Jawbox on Friday, March 18. Green Magnet on Saturday, March 19 MTV Spoken Wurd four on Sunday, March 20. Kerouac Festival on Tuesday, March 22. Upstairs: The Friggs on Thursday, March 17. Kudgel on Friday, March 18. Truman's Water on Saturday, March 19. Tsunmai on Wednesday, March...
...paid attention. Just as Marxism is being dismantled by its managers, the market is being undone by its junkmen. Or is it? Capitalism seems to thrive on periodic collapses. After all, the Drexel affair is only the latest float in a parade of American infamies. They date back to the early 19th century, when a hustler named Daniel Drew delivered some livestock to the plutocrats Henry and John Jay Astor. On the last three days of the trip from Ohio to New York, Drew refused to let his cattle drink. Just before they clomped up to the weighing station...