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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

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by Chuck Klosterman

Gacy, John Wayne

  Garcia, Mario

  Generation Ecstasy(Reynolds)

  Generation X

  Ghost World

  “Girlfriend” (Sweet)

  Glass Houses(Joel)

  Gleiberman, Owen

  “Glory Days” (Springsteen)

  GNR Lies(Guns N’ Roses)

  Godfather, The,

  Gony, Kelly

  “Goodnight Saigon” (Joel)

  Gosselaar, Mark-Paul

  Graham, Sylvester

  Grease

  Guns N’ Roses; tribute band

  Gyllenhaal, Jake

  Hagar, Sammy

  Halberstam, David

  Hamill, Mark

  Happiness

  Happy Days

  Haskins, Dennis

  Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A (Eggers)

  “Helter Skelter” (Beatles)

  Henderson, Gerald

  Hitchcock, Alfred

  homeless people

  homosexuality

  “Honesty” (Joel)

  Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin)

  Hurley, Elizabeth

  “I Don’t Want to Be Alone Anymore” (Joel)

  “I’m Goin’ Down” (Springsteen)

  “Immigrant Song” (Led Zeppelin)

  “Instant Pleasure” (Wainwright)

  Internet; pornography

  “It’s So Easy” (Guns N’ Roses)

  “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” (Joel)

  Iverson, Allen

  “Jack and Diane” (Cougar)

  Jane’s Addiction

  Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

  Jenkins, Jerry B.

  Jeter, Derek

  Jewel

  Joel, Billy

  John, Elton

  Johnson, Calvin

  Johnson, Lyndon

  Johnson, “Magic”

  Jones, George

  Jones, K. C.

  Jordan, Michael

  Jung, Carl

  Junod, Tom

  “Just the Way You Are” (Joel)

  Kaczynski, Ted

  Keith, Toby

  Kellogg, John and William

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kidman, Nicole

  Kimmel, Jimmy

  King, Carole

  KISS

  Knack

  Lacey, Washington

  LaHaye, Tim

  Landry, Tom

  “Laura” (Joel)

  Led Zeppelin

  Lee, Tommy

  Left Behind(film)

  Left Behind (Jenkins)

  Linklater, Richard

  Loeb, Lisa

  Lopez, Dustin

  Los Angeles Clippers

  Los Angeles Lakers

  Love and Theft(Dylan)

  “Love Is a Battlefield” (Benatar)

  Lowe, Rob

  Lucas, George

  Lynch, David

  MacKaye, Ian

  Madonna

  Madman Across the Water(John)

  Mailer, Norman

  Maines, Natalie

  Malkmus, Stephen

  Man Show, The,

  M*A*S*H

  Maslow, Abraham

  math

  Mathis, Clint

  Matrix, The

  Maxwell, Cedric “Cornbread,”

  “Maybe I’m Amazed” (McCartney)

  McCarthy, Andrew

  McCarthy, Jenny

  McCartney, Paul

  McHale, Kevin

  McVeigh, Timothy

  Meat Loaf

  media (print); anger at; awards; bias; celebrity journalism; editorial page; objectivity; page designers; reporters, effect of job; sports reporters; tabloids

  Media Virus(Rushkoff)

  Memento

  Metallica

  Miami Heat

  Miller, Arthur

  Minority Report

  Monroe, Marilyn

  Moody Blues

  Moore, Demi

  Morris, Desmond

  Morrissey

  Mötley Crüe

  movies; author’s picks; criticism; cultural impact of; minor films; purpose; reality, explored in; reviews, value of; romantic expectations and; teen cultures, 1980s and; war with machines as theme

  MTV: McCarthy, Jenny, The Real World

  Mulholland Drive

  Murray, Jon

  Musburger, Brent

  music: bluegrass; CD burning and; coolness greatness, pop artists; country; cultural impact of; drugs and; emotional manipulation and; Experience Music Project(EMP); grunge; lyrics; punk rock; rap; Real World, The use of; stereotypical feelings in; tribute bands; TV shows and groups; See also specific artists; groups

  Mussolini, Benito

  My So-Called Life

  Nader, Ralph

  Nash, Steve

  Neis, Eric

  Nelson, Judd

  Nevermind(Nirvana)

  New England Patriots

  New Orleans Jazz

  Newman, Randy

  Nicholson, Jack

  Nicks, Stevie

  “Night Prowler” (AC/DC)

  “Night Train” (Guns N’ Roses)

  Night Without Armor, A(Jewel)

  Nine Inch Nails

  Nirvana

  No Depression (Uncle Tupelo)

  Nolan, Christopher

  Nuzum, Eric

  Nylon Curtain, The(Joel)

  Oasis

  Odd Couple

  OK Computer(Radiohead)

  Oklahoma City bombing

  Omega Code, The

  “One in a Million” (Guns N’ Roses)

  OutKast

  “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”

  (Meat Loaf)

  Paradise City

  “Paradise City” (Guns N’ Roses)

  Pareles, Jon

  Parental Advisory(Nuzum)

  Parish, Robert

  “Patience” (Guns N’ Roses)

  patriotism

  Pearl Jam

  Phair, Liz

  Philadelphia 76ers

  “Piano Man” (Joel)

  Pirner, Dave

  Pohlman, Rob

  Pornograffiti(Extreme)

  pornography

  Portland Trail Blazers

  postmodernism

  Premonition

  “Pressure” (Joel)

  Pretty Hate Machine (Nine Inch Nails)

  Pulp Fiction

  race issues: Lakers-Celtics rivalry; rap music; The Real World and

  Radiohead

  Rambis, Kurt

  Ramirez, Richard “Night Stalker,”

  Rapture, The

  reality: movies and; TV and

  Reality Bites

  Reed, Lou

  Reeves, Keanu

  relationships: conversation, male vs. female; conversation vs. silence in; dating, discussions; fake love; friends; Harry-Met-Sally situation; introductory questions; “Just the Way You Are” and; lies; music and stereotypical feelings; Odd Couple; perfect girlfriend, overture; as power struggle; romance and media; roommates; television as model

  religion:; athletes; born-again Christians; Catholicism; children and; ethics; Left Behind

  R.E.M.

  Remini, Leah

  Return of the Jedi

  Reynolds, Simon

  Richards, Denise

  Riley, Pat

  River of Dreams (Joel)

  Rock, Kid

  Rocky

  Rodman, Dennis

  Rolling Stones

  Rollins, Henry

  Rollins, Tree

  Rome, Jim

  Rose, W. Axl

  Rosenbaum, Ron

  Roth, David Lee

  “Runnin’ with the Devil” (Van Halen)

  Rushkoff, Douglas

  Russell, Jane

  Ryan, Bob

  Ryder, Winona

  Sacramento Kings

  St. Elmo’s Fire

  St. Louis Rams

  Sampson, Ralph

  Sandler, Adam

  Sanneh, Kelefa
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  Sarin, Victor

  Saturday Night Fever

  Saved by the Bell

  Say Anything

  “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”(Joel)

  Schauer, Mike

  Scott, Byron

  “Screen Door” (Uncle Tupelo)

  Seidel, Martie

  Seinfeld

  self-actualization

  self-awareness

  serial killers; classifications

  sex: Celtics-Lakers and; cold cereal and; cultural icons; double standard; on Happy Days; live erotica; men’s magazines; pornography; 2/3 body ratio; video games and

  Sex and the City

  Seymour, Craig

  “She’s in Love with the Boy” (Year-wood)

  Sheedy, Ally

  Sichting, Jerry

  Sign of Four, The(Conan Doyle)

  Silver Jews

  Simpson, O. J.

  Sims, The

  Singles

  Siskel, Gene

  Slacker

  Slash

  “Sleeping with the Television On”(Joel)

  Smith, Kevin

  “So It Goes” (Joel) soccer

  solipsism, ix

  Solondz, Todd

  Soul Asylum

  Soundgarden

  Spelling, Tori

  Spielberg, Steven

  sports: baseball; baseball, youth; basketball; born-again athletes; cultural icons; football; game vs.; Intimidation Culture; reporters; soccer; superstar dating

  Springsteen, Bruce

  “Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin)

  Standing Hampton,(Hagar)

  Star Trek

  Star Wars

  Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace

  Steely Dan

  Stewart, Rod

  Stipe, Michael

  Stone Temple Pilots

  Storytelling

  Stradlin, Izzy

  Stranger, The (Joel)

  Survivor

  Sweet, Matthew

  Swiss, Thomas

  T.Rex

  Tastee Freeze

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  Taylor, James

  television: archetypes; college students and; criticism of; cultural impact; music groups and; postmodernism; print media response; reality and; reality shows; relationships shaped by; Saved by the Bell; See also specific TV shows

  terrorism

  “There’s Your Trouble” (Dixie Chicks)

  Thiessen, Tiffani-Amber

  Thompson, David

  Titanic

  Tolkin, Michael

  Toney, Andrew

  Toronto Raptors

  Trask, Randy

  Twain, Shania

  Tweedy, Jeff

  Uncle Tupelo

  “Underwhelmed” (Sloan)

  Van Halen

  Vanilla Sky

  Vertigo

  video games; The Sims; violence and; virtual mentality of kids and

  Voorhies, Lark

  Wainwright, Rufus

  Waking Life

  Walton, Bill

  “Wanted Dead or Alive” (Bon Jovi)

  Warner, Kurt

  Waterfield, Bob

  “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Joel)

  Webber, Chris

  Weber, Elizabeth

  Weinstein, Deena

  Weisbard, Eric

  Welcome to the Dollhouse

  When Harry Met Sally

  “Where’s the Orchestra?” (Joel)

  White Album, The (Beatles)

  White Stripes

  “Whole Lotta Love” (Led Zeppelin)

  Wilkes, Jamaal

  Williams, Buck

  Williams, Lucinda

  Williamson, John

  Winningham, Mare

  WMMS (Cleveland)

  Wolk, Douglas

  Wonder, Stevie

  Wonder Years, The

  Worthy, James

  Wrath of Khan, The

  Wright, Will

  X-Files, The

  Yearwood, Trisha

  “You May Be Right” (Joel)

  “You’re in My Heart” (Stewart)

  Young, Bobby

  Young, Neil

  youth (teen) culture: moviess, 1980s; The Real World virtual mentality; See computers; movies; television

  Zamora, Pedro

  Zander, Robin

  Zodiac killer

 

 

 


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