Word: velcro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lampoon and Crimson. A classic pair. A dynamic duo. Like Megabucks and the Daily Numbers game. They go together like shoes and velcro fasteners. Which is better? Lampoon. Don't believe us? Here's a list of each publication's accomplishments to allow you to decide for yourself...
...make a fun danceable record out of the lumbering mess of the Southern metal, triple guitar/dual drum threat, hard boogie, whisky and chaw genre. The addition of synth drums and poppin' bass help carry the weight of ZZ's infantile subject matter, making it fun instead of sexist. "Velcro Fly" and "Planet of Women" are keg party anthems, inspiring the attitude: "Don't worry, I'll clean up tommorrow." Basically, Afterburner is the party platter the Rolling Stones have been trying to make for the past eight years...
...independent and Democratic voters to vote for other Republicans. Reagan, after all, has been nicknamed the Teflon President by his Democratic detractors, who are frustrated by his ability to separate himself from his Administration's failures. Perhaps wishfully, they maintain that Teflon Presidents do not come equipped with Velcro coattails. "Our polls reflect that Reagan's personal popularity is not transferable to Senate Republican candidates," says J. Brian Atwood, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "They have had to support Reagan's policies, which are nowhere near as popular...
...detailed pants concocted by Marithe and Francois Girbaud, whose various lines, made in the U.S., Europe and Japan, are characterized generally by looseness of fit, sternness of fabric and an abundance of detailing. The simple functionality of jeans has, for the moment, been displaced by daunting arrays of tabs, Velcro closings, double pockets and looping drawstrings, so that the wearer, having mastered the intricacies of donning such a garment, emerges not as an urban cowboy but as an urban guerrilla, ready for a street fight in the great fashion...
...patriarchal family; and Jennie Dundas as Lilly, the half-pint-size author for whom life is just too short. These attractive actors often come close to embodying Irving's mes sage: the adhesives of blood and affection can help even a weird family stick together like Velcro. -By Richard Corliss...