Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

Carey, Mariah

Carter, Vince

Cash, Johnny

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

celebrity; journalism

cereal, cold breakfast

Cheap Trick

Cherone, Gary

Chinese Democracy(Guns N’Roses)

Christgau, Robert

“Close to the Borderline” (Joel)

Cocoa Puffs

Coldplay

consciousness

consumerism

coolness; cold cereal; Cusack, John, movies; pop music artists

Coomes, Sam

Coppola, Francis Ford

Costello, Elvis

Cougar, John

Creel, Leanna

Cross Purposes(Black Sabbath)

Crowe, Cameron

Cruise, Tom

Cruz, Penelope

Cusack, John

Dahmer, Jeffrey

Dallas Mavericks

death

Dean, James

depression; consumerism and, lyrics and; 1980s and, 1990s and; The Sims character and

Diamond, Dustin

Diaz, Cameron

DiMaggio, Joe

Dirt, The (Motley Crue)

Dischner, Paul

“Divorce Song” (Phair)

Dixie Chicks

Dixon, Glenn

Donnie Darko

“Don’t Drive Drunk” (Wonder)

Dougher, Sarah

Dr. Feelgood(Motley Crue)

Drosnin, Michael

drugs: Celtics-Lakers; conversations, parties, and; rock bands; rock music

Dukes of Hazzard

Dylan, Bob

Earle, Steve

Easy Rider

Ebert, Roger

Eggers, Dave

Electronic Arts

Eminem

Empire Strikes Back, The

“Eruption” (Van Halen)

Estevez, Emilio

“Every Day Is a Winding Road” (Crow)

eXistenZ

Experience Music Project (EMP)

Explaining Hitler(Rosenbaum)

Extreme

Facts of Life, The

fantasy, movies and romantic

Farrar, Jay

feminism

52nd Street (Joel)

Fight Club

Five Easy Pieces

“Folsom Prison Blues” (Cash)

football (NFL)

Free, World B.

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