Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's AmericaThe author of "The Unkindest Cut", whose popular column appears weekly in "TV Guide", sets off in search of the Holy Grail of Horridness--and encounters some surprisingly non-terrible phenomena--in this riotously funny, razor-sharp indictment of our cultural wasteland. |
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... entire show from high atop the skyscraper . The deejay would also be giv- ing away memorabilia associated with the famous building in an effort to dispel the gloom . The morning of the broadcast , I tuned into the show and listened as ...
... entire show from high atop the skyscraper . The deejay would also be giv- ing away memorabilia associated with the famous building in an effort to dispel the gloom . The morning of the broadcast , I tuned into the show and listened as ...
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... entire self - immersion in Amer- ica's cultural hot zone . That was the night I watched " John Tesh : The Avalon Concert . " Everyone knows that John Tesh makes Kenny G sound like Andres Segovia , but this in itself is not a crime ...
... entire self - immersion in Amer- ica's cultural hot zone . That was the night I watched " John Tesh : The Avalon Concert . " Everyone knows that John Tesh makes Kenny G sound like Andres Segovia , but this in itself is not a crime ...
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... entire catalog ? And what if I turned the tables on the virus by developing an antivirus ? Think , Joe , think ! When had this whole process of men- tal deterioration begun ? When I'd shaken hands with Ger- aldo Rivera ? When I'd ...
... entire catalog ? And what if I turned the tables on the virus by developing an antivirus ? Think , Joe , think ! When had this whole process of men- tal deterioration begun ? When I'd shaken hands with Ger- aldo Rivera ? When I'd ...
Contents
How Bad Could It Be? | 1 |
Slouching Toward Red Lobster | 5 |
The Satanic Verses | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion Russell T. McCutcheon No preview available - 2001 |