re: #687 Guanxi88

re: #638 DisturbedEma

One of the nastiest, most vicious little pop hits of the decade. Imagine, it takes swings not merely at an individual, or a small group, but actually manages to knock individuals, groups, and a whole freakin’ city, while using shakmati as a pretext and metaphor.

Genius. In fact, Genius of Love:

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I guess I always thought of it as a bit of satire and a bit of mania…even in a city filled with carnal fun- chess “gamers” were in the zone…and satire on the whole gender meaingins involved in what it meant to be any gamer in the 80s- if you were not a jock or a prep, you were…well, ya know…