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OPINION
Monday, September 6, 1994
THE GLASS HOUSE
BySteflwnWateh
Break On Through...
What happened to the electric boogaloo?
Where in the world are Turbo and Ozone?
And the Freakazoids...? God only knows.
TakeS)riL Jdeclare this day, September 6: Fresno
State Bring Back Breakm' Day.
Come on! Gather 'round as I take you back to the
days of parachute pants, checkerboard Vans, and
"Roxanne Roxanne."
It was just ten years ago. I was at Bret Harte Junior
High in San Jose. The Jacksons were on their Victory
touT.Mboy3woreMembereQnlyjackets.TheCMym-
pics were almost in LA. Classmates were interested
in the opposite sex.
We wondered what Adidasstood for. (BretHarte's
favorite: All Day I Dream About Sex) I was a
breakdancer.
The lunch bell ritual was in effect the bell would
ring and we'd cram into the cafeteria.
The "swoosh" from our parachute pants was like
a geritly rolling wave. Our sixth grade dj wore a red
Gather 'round as I take you back to
the days of parachute pants, checker-
board Vans, and "Roxanne
Roxanne. **
"Beat It" jacket. Ties cool.
RUN D.M.C's "My Adidas" blasted a fresh groove
over the linoleum and we were ready to bust a moove.
My speciality was poppin' and the backslide (styl¬
ized by The King of Pop and renamed "Moonwalk").
I didn't have what it took to headspin or do a
wmdmill. Afterall, mom would warn me every night
about some report on the news about the kid who
broke his neck and was paralyzed for life.. I think we
all heard that one.
Everyone had hisor her specialty: thecentipede^the
suicide flip, locking, popping. It was all things to all
people.
Everyone was breakin\ It was commercial, but in a
way it was universal. Breakin' wasn't a black thing; it
— See Breakin', Page 2
EDITOR IN CHIEF
MANAGING EDITOR
r PHOTO EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
Al ^E*ISING MANAGER
B 5INESS MANAGER
FEATURES EDITOR
ENff F^MNMENT EDITOR
NEWS EDITOR
M. CRISTINA MEDINA
OLIVIA REYES
BRYAN CHAi
ROBBIE MINI
RICHARD NI)
BRADFORD V\ -S M
NINAMOMJI si
JOEROSATO]
STEPHEN WA
FI^RITERS: Paulo Albuqerque, Casey Angle,
r, Celeste Cox, Dcnnis/Claborn, David
Hi , I ria Hugo, Charlton Jordan, Raina Jennings, 1 iq
D K hadi, Leah Pctich, Mitch Prince. Jeff Smith,
PI )1 ►GRAPHERS: Steve R Fujimoto, Ken KoU
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mtoone.Isayif theybreakdanced(oris>broked^
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GOD BLESS THE BREAKDANCER: Purveyor of peace, o^stnbutor of decency, Man
ofl^uMancha.Yougetmypoint - %
Disco made a comeback. i*'j£ i .
Yeah, you laughed when you heard that one, but HI bet you know all the words to
"Disco Inferno" when they play it at Black Angus.
If you can do thefaustle, you can moonwalk. . A11~ « „_ ,,
Sogotoyoiircloset.IXistoffyoiirmulu<oloredCh^
to HerbyHaiKXxic's'Tuture Shock." " ' „,, „ lM. i
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break.
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| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1994 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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P*ge2
OPINION
Monday, September 6, 1994
THE GLASS HOUSE
BySteflwnWateh
Break On Through...
What happened to the electric boogaloo?
Where in the world are Turbo and Ozone?
And the Freakazoids...? God only knows.
TakeS)riL Jdeclare this day, September 6: Fresno
State Bring Back Breakm' Day.
Come on! Gather 'round as I take you back to the
days of parachute pants, checkerboard Vans, and
"Roxanne Roxanne."
It was just ten years ago. I was at Bret Harte Junior
High in San Jose. The Jacksons were on their Victory
touT.Mboy3woreMembereQnlyjackets.TheCMym-
pics were almost in LA. Classmates were interested
in the opposite sex.
We wondered what Adidasstood for. (BretHarte's
favorite: All Day I Dream About Sex) I was a
breakdancer.
The lunch bell ritual was in effect the bell would
ring and we'd cram into the cafeteria.
The "swoosh" from our parachute pants was like
a geritly rolling wave. Our sixth grade dj wore a red
Gather 'round as I take you back to
the days of parachute pants, checker-
board Vans, and "Roxanne
Roxanne. **
"Beat It" jacket. Ties cool.
RUN D.M.C's "My Adidas" blasted a fresh groove
over the linoleum and we were ready to bust a moove.
My speciality was poppin' and the backslide (styl¬
ized by The King of Pop and renamed "Moonwalk").
I didn't have what it took to headspin or do a
wmdmill. Afterall, mom would warn me every night
about some report on the news about the kid who
broke his neck and was paralyzed for life.. I think we
all heard that one.
Everyone had hisor her specialty: thecentipede^the
suicide flip, locking, popping. It was all things to all
people.
Everyone was breakin\ It was commercial, but in a
way it was universal. Breakin' wasn't a black thing; it
— See Breakin', Page 2
EDITOR IN CHIEF
MANAGING EDITOR
r PHOTO EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
Al ^E*ISING MANAGER
B 5INESS MANAGER
FEATURES EDITOR
ENff F^MNMENT EDITOR
NEWS EDITOR
M. CRISTINA MEDINA
OLIVIA REYES
BRYAN CHAi
ROBBIE MINI
RICHARD NI)
BRADFORD V\ -S M
NINAMOMJI si
JOEROSATO]
STEPHEN WA
FI^RITERS: Paulo Albuqerque, Casey Angle,
r, Celeste Cox, Dcnnis/Claborn, David
Hi , I ria Hugo, Charlton Jordan, Raina Jennings, 1 iq
D K hadi, Leah Pctich, Mitch Prince. Jeff Smith,
PI )1 ►GRAPHERS: Steve R Fujimoto, Ken KoU
M re Zia Nizami.
M2X)w~4i.Lmm» |
