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Kubota's favored '70s retro-glam ward-robe emphasizes the mood of the music he loves. But he hasn't gone entirely native. "When I go to clubs, I like to hang out with Americans, Japanese, different types of people," he says. "But even though I've lived in America for seven years, the only drink I drink is Japanese sake." There is a new description for the music industry: a sake-voiced rhythm and blues singer...
Those who get their hands on the device are sharing the retro fun. At '80s-themed parties it's common to see a 2600 wired to the TV set and guests jumping at the chance to rediscover their first video-game experience. And they don't seem to mind the primitive visuals. "You've got people shouting and screaming and having a great time," says Blake Fisher, an editor at the video-game magazine Next Generation, "even though the graphics are just huge blocks on the screen...
PRODUCT The wildly popular 1980s video-game console is making a comeback as a must-have retro device...
...nice retro feel to it, this revolution; very Woodstock. But I think I know why Metallica was so upset - take it from me, none of us content providers live much like rock stars...
...course, uninformed medical consent is a problem not exclusive to electroshock, and judges can force other kinds of treatment as well. But electroshock is an unusually retro procedure, one that some psychiatrists avoid. According to the Surgeon General, the response rate for electroshock is an impressive 60% to 70%--about the same as today's superpills, including Prozac and its kin. But that fact itself embarrasses some psychiatrists, who would rather not think of themselves as well-educated electricians. Not all psychiatric residents learn electroshock. Younger psychiatrists are more ambivalent about it than older ones, according to a 1999 survey...