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...headed out in pursuit of a party. Sniffing for scents of beer beneath the chimney smoke, I observed a familiar November sight: tuxedoed men walking briskly arm and arm. 'Tis the season of the Great Final Dinners. Yes, it's the time I always await; the final round of punching for the institution of which I am most proud: final clubs. So I made some small talk. I straightened a tie. I offered a stick of gum. And I confirmed that they all had sexy girls coming to meet them after they got good and drunk. But as I walked...
Rising from this backdrop are policies that demonstrate the clubs' male chauvinism. Men are asked to arrive at punch events several hours before their dates are allowed to arrive. During all-male hours, members mingle with punches and everyone gets fairly drunk. Then the dates pour in, the next act in the evening's program...
Many clubs have Punch Books in which club members comment on the performance of punches at such events. In these books I've seen comments such as, "This guy pulls mad trim, must admit," translating to, "This punch will attract a lot of women, accept him." Other comments detail how "cool" a punch is, who his girlfriend is and other superficial descriptions related to his prowess in attracting women...
...situation doesn't improve when punch season ends. I know a woman who left a club in tears after hearing countless comments such as, "There's a nice set of breasts." I've been to parties where members threw and broke chairs and tables, letting the maids clean up the next morning. And I've watched some of my male friends change, becoming more superficial and chauvinistic, and less committed to their friends and to their integrity, after they became members...
Indeed, the greatest strength of this album is the timelessness of the songs. Older songs such as War's "New Year's Day" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" still pack as much emotional punch now as they did in 1983. The plaintive melodies and soaring guitar lines which characterized 1987's masterful blockbuster "The Joshua Tree" still sound like nothing else ever committed to tape. "With Or Without You" is heart wrenching in its aching for love, and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is as close to capturing tangibly the search for meaning and love...