Word: krackerjack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are a lot of emporia along the game board. We are going to discuss clothes stores first, because I am eager to get in a word about Krackerjack's, which is the mother toadstool in the mushroom cellar of the Square...
...Krackerjack's is every bad thing about youth culture and hip capitalism that you could imagine. DJs from WCBN (the local hip-rock station) slither in and out like sleek lizards, nattily attired in the latest $100 mod outfits. Everything in Krackerjack's is very expensive, and the store unconsciously parodies and shamelessly exploits every good thing the movement does...
...which people were making in the Yard and passing out free) for 25 cents apiece. As I write, the store is displaying personality posters of Mao Tse-tung, Eldridge Cleaver, and other movement figures. In each poster a cunning slit has been made, and Eldridge is wearing a flowing Krackerjack's cravat, while Mao sports a pair of blue granny glasses...
...interesting to note that Krackerjack's now has steel garage covers over its windows at night. This is probably because in the two recent riots, these windows were the most methodically and thoroughly demolished of any in the area...
...would probably save yourself a lot of money if you stayed away from Krackerjack...