Word: youthe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sasha Pankratov is me, of course," says Rybakov of the main fictional character. "The parents are my own parents. The relatives and friends are fictional, but they are made up from parts of those I knew in my youth, so they are partly real people too. Every writer writes about his childhood...
...grounds for concern. One night last week a young motorcyclist roared down city streets. "You can't do anything to me, man," the motorcyclist taunted the local constable who told him to pull over. "You've lost your authority." But the law dies hard in Texas: the truculent youth was promptly packed off to jail in Galveston...
...Well, Dad," the youth revealed, "while hitch-hiking in pursuit of your movies, I happened to be picked up by a big limousine bearing none other than movie cut-up Rodney Dangerfield and his friend, Paulina Porizkova. After a wacky series of misadventures, involving several cases of mistaken identity, a mix-up with a bag of jewels, and a wedding averted at the last moment, it turns out that Miss Porizkova is in love with me and that I am heir to a large industrial fortune. Excuse me, Father, but I believe the chauffeur is waiting." And with those words...
However, these flaws are few and must be expected of a young band. What Lemonheads have to offer is the power of youth, impressionable but active. Lemonheads are both "Fed Up" and "Fucked Up" and want to tell you the whole story of their lives in a not too polite tone of voice. When you have enthusiasm like this, it makes you want to like Hate Your Friends...
Boss: O.k, son, I know you've been spending your youth working around the clock in a small office hunched over a computer terminal and piles of financial documents--and I would just like to congratulate you for it. You really know how to think ahead! Although now you have no time at all to enjoy any of the pizza money you're earning, just think how many pizzas you'll have accumulated by the end of your life. Now get back to work on that "Simpson and Shmuck" deal...