Word: kitschyness
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Pushing the Right Buttons PINNED. Once they made a statement. They were quirky windows into our souls, expressions of our kicky individuality. Michael J. Fox sported one in Back to the Future; Wham had a few dozen pinned to their blousy satin suits. They even made it big in China...
Anyone who has seen a Japanese pop music show on TV knows what he means, but the condescending tone quickly becomes grating. And in fact there was something tragic about the Japanese attempts to be "civilized"; for the harder they tried, the more ridiculous they seemed in the eyes of...
Reubens is said to have a house in the Hollywood Hills that makes the cartoony Gary Panter set from Pee-wee's Playhouse look like Martha Stewart's place. It's supposed to be jammed with toys and kitschy knickknacks and surrounded by a cactus garden he planted himself. "It...
The beer is starting to spill in the lobby of La Bouche á L'Oreille - Word of Mouth - a crowded, kitschy sometime nightclub on a lonely block in Brussels. It's Saturday night, there's a DJ in the next room, and conversations are taking place in three languages at...
But for all of the high-priced luxuries Honolulu has to offer, don't forget that many of the city's most endearing attractions cost nothing at all. Take an early-morning hike up Diamond Head, for example, the iconic volcanic peak east of town. Or catch the free Kodak...