Word: corduroys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This recently formed band includes Michael Bernstein (drums), formerly of Corduroy Brown and Fahreinheit; Scott Pagano (bass), formerly of Fahreinheit, JENR8r and Portfolio Seven and currently also a member of Luksuosowa and Polaroid; Barry Moon (guitar), an electronic music professor at Brown, and Rebecca, the lead singer...
...Simon (Kenneth Branagh) is a man in a rumpled corduroy jacket with his nose pressed eagerly against the double-glazed windows of fame. A failed novelist, he writes celebrity profiles for magazines and subsists emotionally on such crusts--a bit of gossip, a moment of false intimacy--as the famous discard as they pass...
...they reinvented Godzilla. Instead of barrel legs that galumph through the Ginza, Godzilla now has runner's calves to sprint down Broadway. The lumpy, rubberized-corduroy look has given way to the towering if scaly athleticism pioneered by H.R. Giger's mantid man-eaters in the Alien series. And while the snub-nosed, micro-eared Godzilla of the '60s and '70s had a vaguely mammalian mien--appropriate for a creature whose Japanese name, Gojira, is an amalgam of kujira (whale) and gorira (gorilla)--the fin-de-siecle Godzilla has a crocodilian brow, iguana affectations, a T. Rex crouch...
...Teaching Fellows are, on the whole, a lucky and happy bunch, teaching bright students for good pay in interesting subjects. We work hard and strive mightily to project an air of quiet command. But behind our button-down shirts and corduroy jackets with leather elbows, we are bundles of pure anxiety. Now that classes are over, it may be safe to tell the world what goes on in section from the TF's point of view...
...Jeans abound in every size, shape, and color--not only are their lovably frayed 70s leftovers for the vintage lovers out there, but even stone-washed 80s style dungarees for the fashion clueless. Customers bored with traditional denim can choose from velvet, suede, and corduroy varieties. Faux-suede pants in black, blue, brown, and tan ($28) seem to be a current in-house trend...