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...before, and you see them on high school girls, and you see the fashions in Vogue and Harper?s Bazaar. There are more references to Playboy in rap songs and hip-hop songs, the music of young people, than there has ever been before. Playboy is both contemporary and retro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Your Grandfather?s Playboy | 1/3/2004 | See Source »

...Thailand's capital; in Bangkok. The Brooklyn-born Trink covered the city's go-go bars, massage parlors and pubs, making the rounds with his Thai wife in tow, owl medallion around his neck and maroon polyester pants hitched up to his chest. He wrote in a retro style in which prostitutes were "demimondaines," and press releases were preceded by the phrase, "The tom toms have it ..." His signature sign-off was, "But I don't give a hoot." The column was one of the most popular on the Bangkok Post's website?on average, 30,000 readers logged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/20/2003 | See Source »

...have a taste for retro--clocks, barware, dinettes--try vintagevending.com The Ford Old Columbia Gumball Machine, a reproduction of an early 1900s model, takes pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Bags of Dubble Bubble sold separately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping Guide: Welcome To The Surf Shop | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Atari 10-in-1 Joystick A nostalgia item for older "kids," this retro joystick with 10 original games from the early '80s, including Pong, Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command, plugs directly into your TV. jakkstvgames.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Gear 2003: Fun & Games | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...tired of feeding slots, you can lose some serious money at the stud poker or roulette tables, and then console yourself in one of Star City's six bars?the Glo lounge, overlooking the gaming floor, is for those who like their drinks with a dash of retro camp. Seven restaurants on-site mean you won't go hungry, while the complex's Lyric Theatre is the setting for bombastic, Vegas-style shows by the score (catch veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck in mid-December). Bread and circuses indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chips with Everything | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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