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Dickson's categories become increasingly funistradian. The section Punk, for example, lists 43 definitions of that word, and then goes on to define punkah, punkateero and punkatunk. Sexy Words includes cataglottism, ecdemolagnia, parnel, renifleur and stasivalence (don't ask). Under Curses, Dickson offers such arcana as feague, which a 1785 dictionary defined as "to put ginger up a horse's fundament, to make him lively and carry his tail well...
...agers ambled down the avenue toward the pizza parlor in Wrangler jeans, T shirts inscribed with U.S. ARMY and Adidas sneakers. Some exhibited the glazed stare and the jerky arm-and-leg movements that are the telltale signs of a Walkman wearer. Inevitably, a few hard-eyed, Camel-smoking punk rockers slipped into the crowd, their side-cropped hair adorned with spikes on top, their black leather pants punctured by safety pins...
While the Navy, in the person of Sgt. Foley drags Mayo towards his officer's stripes. Paula Pokrifki (Debra Winger) lures the man out from behind the James Dean-punk facade. Paula is a factory girl from across the bay, apparently one of a breed specializing in purposely getting knocked-up by pilots-to-be, hoping for a shot-gun wedding and an escape from their dreary existence. But Mayo's motel bedmate turns out to be different sensitive, self-aware, and genuinely in love with an Italian stud tast becoming an admirable person as well. Winger is not only...
...owns that you use?" the Gang maintains a steady stream of class and social analysis. Yet it is woven into music so original and infectious that it makes you forget about the revolution the Gang wanted to start in the first place. The album is one punk-funky dance number after another...
...Gang has definitely evolved over the last few years--their funky Europop of today contrasted by the lean, spare minimalists post punk of their first. "Entertainment," a success of a different sort from their latest. Yet there are constants, most of which derive from the exquisite musicianship of the band members. This level of musicianship along with an admirable earnestness and intensity of purpose no matter what you may think of its politics--has raised the Gang above the trendy, and most irrelevant British punk-funk scene...