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...Lilith Fair bring out hundreds of thousands of kids we would have once called hippies. These kids aren't self-impressed enough to make a symbol of their mere existence a la Woodstock, but the festivals are far more multiracial and gender equal than the hippie fests of yore. And if the rock fests are too mainstream, there's always Burning Man, an annual festival in the Nevada desert that brings as many as 20,000 people together to engage in conscious acts of Dadaist performance...
...didn't catch on until shortly before my50-year reunion that the Radcliffe of yore was nomore," she writes in an opinion piece in theChronicle of Higher Education. "Why did it take meso long...
...name is Detective Mike Hoolihan. And I am a woman, also." And with that satisfying jolt, we're off, as Amis once again bombards, delights, excites and irritates the reader with his hard-edged writing and warped spirit. Paying homage to the American tough-guy novelists of yore--Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler--Night Train pushes the boundaries of noir almost to the edge of darkness. The experiment does not always work, but this little book never gets boring...
...side note: Don't be surprised if Henry Hyde winds up with label-of-the-year honors for his Remus-esque mention of "Blind Tom O'Brien," apparently a Cook County sheriff of yore who was less than vigilant in his enforcement duties. Of course, Hyde assured Reno, he meant absolutely nothing by the reference...
Back too is the lush, year-end holiday party but with a '90s twist: quiet consumption, meaning that the posh hotels and clubs swell with revelers, the Cristal champagne ($190 a bottle) still flows, but gone are the ostentatious soirees of yore. Not unlike a Jil Sander suit: it's sleek, simple and elegant, but it still costs about...