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...bravely addressed the faults of his peers while failing to identify his. True, Asians do tend to stick together and share similar tastes in music, clothes, etc. But, what group doesn't? Even so, who cares? Besides, when did this "sticking to your own" concept become an exclusively Asian phenomenon? Look at the other groups in various campuses. Honestly, don't they tend to stick with their own? Nevertheless, it's called a clique and the rest of the world, even Fong, belongs to one. It's a common occurrence, neither positive nor negative, that extends to all varying cultures...
...logical extreme, a Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson film called "Head" that was essentially about the destruction of the group. The Monkeees were not a Woodstock kind of band, and most definitely not a post-Altamont proposition. But for a brief span, they were a bona fide phenomenon, a brilliant, opportunistic creation that somehow also managed to encapsulate the giddy, innocent sincerity...
Courtwright provides glimpses throughout Forces of Habit of the varying degrees of addictions that ultimately drove the drug trade and globalization, he also explains cultural stigmas that secured the failure of so many potential drug markets. For example, because the Chinese "equate hallucination with mental illness," Leary's LSD phenomenon was doomed to fail in their country. Here Courtwright offers a nice insight to cultural groups around the world and poses the question of what our drug habits say about our society today...
...parapara-ing, barely anyone would recognize he was dancing. The Twist may not have been much of an improvement on the Waltz, and nothing has surpassed the Tango?and don't even get us started on the Macarena?but parapara is an entirely different language altogether?a Japanese dance phenomenon that is far more Japan than it is dance...
...which have been around for centuries, but the music in Aardvarks classes (and sold on CDs) springs entirely from the brain of its punk-rocker founder and lead instructor, David Weinstone. With its topical song subjects and dizzying range of musical styles, Aardvarks has become something of a cult phenomenon among New York City hipsters. And the one-man operation, along with the 10 CDs of music it is based on, is gaining converts across the country...