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	McInerney - Bright Lights, Big City
		The novel Bright Lights, Big City was published in New York in 1984.
		Various labels had been attached to these novels, like, for example, "Novels of the Cocaine Culture" because of their references to the 1980s drug-culture, "Yuppie Fiction", as they reflect aspects of the 1980s yuppie culture or "MTV novels" because they predominantly consist of short chapters and are fast paced (remenescent of video clips on MTV).
		Names of city streets appear constantly and often it is neccesary to know about the geography of New York to understand these allusions.
	www.univie.ac.at /Anglistik/easyrider/data/brightpage.htm (1000 words)

	'Bright Lights Big City'
		Bright Lights, Big City," the James Bridges movie of the Jay McInerney best seller, runs at such a low idle that you expect it to collapse in a heap right before your eyes.
		"Bright Lights, Big City" isn't a disaster; it's merely negligible.
		Bright Lights, Big City, at area theaters, is rated R and contains open drug use, profane language and adult situations.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/brightlightsbigcityrhinson_a0c906.htm (774 words)

	Amazon.com: Bright Lights, Big City: Books: Jay Mcinerney
		Bright lights, big city...Where skin-deep is the mode, your traditional domestic values are not going to take root and flourish.
		Noone is real, like the neon lighting in which their lives unfold everything is artificial; at best they are playing roles, at worst they are truly empty at the core (they have become the "Men without Chests" that C.S. Lewis warned of).
		Coach's decision to abandon the bright lights (he won't need the sunglasses anymore) and turn back towards the basics is a triumphal moment in modern fiction.
	www.amazon.com /Bright-Lights-Big-City-Mcinerney/dp/0394726413 (2067 words)

	Big Apple History . Building the Big Apple . Bright Lights, Big City \| PBS KIDS GO!
		After sundown, he would prowl the city, taking in the oyster bars, dance halls, and theaters, with "their bright lamps casting broad gleams of red light across the street." He even titled his book about the city NEW YORK BY GASLIGHT.
		On September 4, 1882, the lights came on, and New Yorkers were dazzled.
		The light was so bright it disturbed some ship captains who asked that it be dimmed.
	pbskids.org /bigapplehistory/building/topic16.html (310 words)

	eBay - Bright Lights, Big City Reviews
		Big City is about a young yuppie-ish man going through his own state of hell in New York City in the eighties- you are not surprised when every character in the book is always up for drinking more or doing lines of Bolivian Marching Powder.
		The sophistication of BLBC's prose is something that is hard to argue with: there are lovely sentences and phrases on every page, and the wit is finely modulated, often tempered with a note of scarcely...
		Though I suspect the idea was conceived in the 70's and adapted to the 80's, it is somewhat of a timeless piece as it relates to the lives of those who are afraid or unable to slow things down and admit that all might not be well within themselves.
	search.reviews.ebay.com /Bright-Lights-Big-City_ISBN_0394726413_W0QQfvcsZ1388QQsoprZ814565 (645 words)

	Bright Lights, Big City (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bright Lights, Big City is a novel published by Vintage on August 12 1984 by the American author Jay McInerney.
		Bright Lights, Big City is a scathing criticism of the superficiality pervasive in 1980's New York society.
		The novel would go on to be the source material for both a 1988 film and a 1999 musical both by the same name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bright_Lights,_Big_City_(novel) (367 words)

	Bright lights, big city - OnMission.com
		New York City is the financial capital of the world, the media capital of the world, the political capital of the world and the entertainment capital of the world.
		The city known for its extravagant hotels has the worst poverty level in the nation (32 percent of the population lives at or below the poverty level).
		Miami is a city of immigrants from 160 countries speaking more than 140 languages51 percent were born outside the United States and 38 percent of Miamis population is not U.S. citizens.
	www.onmission.com /site/c.cnKHIPNuEoG/b.830369/k.7D9F/Bright_lights_big_city.htm (3000 words)

	Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
		A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
		Continuity: During Jamie's story of his relationship with Amanda to Megan his wineglass goes from half-full to empty in less than two seconds, while he's speaking.
		Referenced in "Freddy's Nightmares: The Light at the End of the Tunnel (#1.20)" (1989) more
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0094799 (306 words)

	Bright lights, big city, first takes - The Boston Globe
		The year was 1998, Cher's song ''Believe" was a hit, the country was still gabbing about ''Monicagate," and incoming freshman Nicole Jorgensen was getting ready for her big college move from ''Northern Exposure" country to Boston.
		''I remember I had to be buzzed into the lobby, bulletproof glass surrounded the night clerk, the room looked like a prison cell, and gunshots echoed in the night," Zahn wrote City Weekly responding to a Boston.com posting about former freshmen and their experiences.
		She was just homesick, missing her Alexandria, Va., surroundings and her high school class of 100 students.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/09/12/bright_lights_big_city_first_takes (1046 words)

	Bright Lights, Big City - September 1, 2006 - The New York Sun
		Today the skyline of New York City is defined as much by what is missing as by what remains.
		After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the lights on the Empire State Building stopped changing colors for a year, and a simple tribute of red, white, and blue illuminated what was once again the tallest building in the city.
		The lighting of the Empire State Building has been a work in progress for 50 years, defined as much by imagination as by technology.
	www.nysun.com /article/38951 (485 words)

	NintendoWorldReport - Editorial: Bright Lights, Big City (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But this Nintendo enthusiast for one made the trip expecting to be a kid in a candy store, only to find herself in an average store surrounded by candy-toting kids.
		Rows of neon blue lights fade on and off, illuminating the company’s logo on a wall behind the stairs.
		The average shopper is ten years old and male, and he drags behind him a caravan of middle-aged New York tourists, who make a big show of not understanding video games, but who willingly dish out the cash up at the register.
	www.nintendoworldreport.com /editorialArt.cfm?artid=564&CFID=20273890&CFTOKEN=6392a1fd6a652425-367466FD-C09F-3E62-05535C4FDBC30F3E&CFID=20273890&CFTOKEN=6392a1fd6a652425-367466FD-C09F-3E62-05535C4FDBC30F3E (1162 words)

	The Architect's Newspaper - www.archpaper.com
		Another lighting designer, Ken Douglas, principal of Illumination Arts in New Jersey, is embedding the light source into the façade of dark red brick building that lost its presence at night.
		The technology is also ideal for low-light-level outdoor applications, like step lights and pavers, because the technology operates under a wide range of temperatures, unlike fluorescents which do not respond well to cold, and HID lamps, which do not start or extinguish immediately.
		The lighting designer envisions seven distinct lighting schemes that can be deployed, changing the building’s profile from day to night and event to event.
	www.archpaper.com /feature_articles/05_05_bright_lights.html (2362 words)

	Bright lights, big city ... and few kids \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In these emerging adult playgrounds, FEW families have the means to stay, leaving cities effectively childless - and split between areas of extreme poverty and the expanding domain of the urbane and upwardly mobile.
		Of the 25 biggest cities in the US, Austin was one of seven that saw its percentage of children drop during the past 10 years.
		The city, for instance, is holding town meetings and focus groups, and citizens last year overwhelmingly passed a citywide ballot to earmark more money for children's issues.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/0820/p1s1-ussc.html (1196 words)

	Big City, Bright Lights
		You came back and picked up Bright Lights, Big City and read a couple more pages, just to see how the chapter was going to turn out.
		He is unable to pull himself together at work and his boss, who "a mind like a mousetrap and a heart like a twelve-minute egg," is about to fire him.
		Bright Lights, Big City is one of the best finds all summer.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V105/N28/city.28a.html (584 words)

	UNLV Magazine \| Fall 2005 \| Bright Lights, Big City and Las Vegas Dreams
		There are lots of signs along the freeway telling you when you have entered a new city.
		Los Angeles has big buildings, but they're not bright like they are here.
		I can still remember seeing those lights when we would drive into Las Vegas when I was a child.
	magazine.unlv.edu /Issues/Fall05/27BrightLights.html (641 words)

	West Restaurant & Lounge: Bright lights, and big city views - RESTAURANT REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It doesn't seem to matter what kind of view it is — the sea, the city lights, the mountains.
		The 405 is a beautiful ribbon of lights, headlights moving fast as whitewater, while the red tail lights, like a zillion cigarettes glowing in the dark, slow to a crawl.
		Slivers of raw fluke with a touch of Meyer lemon, hot pepper and sea salt is light and refreshing.
	calendarlive.com /dining/virbila/cl-fo-review20sep20,0,5601685.story (1521 words)

	Away to Africa: Bright lights, big city
		Today started early, as we got up at 6am to head into Windhoek, the capital city of 150,000, which is about 45 minutes away.
		We went to big K-mart like department store (it even smelled like a K-mart) and picked up a fan and some other essentials (toilet paper, tissues, etc.) By that time we felt as if we were imposing a little too much on Ann-Meri's tour guiding and we headed back to Okahandja.
		Only one time while I was driving in the city did I try to turn left into the right hand lanes, and was promplty corrected by the shouts of my car-mates.
	filer.case.edu /~chz/africa/blog/2004/10/bright-lights-big-city.html (788 words)

	Bright Lights (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He then goes on to say that he "woke up next to the girl the next day" and she turned and said "DAVE" (Dave says this in a high pitched voice and Eddie mocks him with his guitar) "What is it that you like about me so much?".
		On the inside cover of the artwork it says "Extra special thanks to the 'girl with the big red eyes' for helping us all to remember Maryland." This is where it comes from...
		In the beginning of "Take Your Whiskey Home", Eddie seems to be playing with his guitar with the main riff and keeps going on until Dave finally stops his yapping and starts to abruptly sing.
	www.vhboots.com /biglargo.html (316 words)

	Bright Lights, Big City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 film staring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland and Phoebe Cates.
		Michael J. Fox plays a sympathetic cocaine addict in the movie of Jay McInerney's popular novel Bright Lights, Big City, the book that famously chronicled the coke- and cash-fueled era of the 1980s.
		Jamie Conway (Fox) works as a fact-checker for a major New York magazine, but because he spends his nights partying with his glib best friend (Kiefer Sutherland), he's on the verge of getting fired.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bright_Lights,_Big_City (214 words)

	Bright Lights, Big City . Austin Chronicle . 01-20-98
		Going from Bright Lights, Big City to River's Edge is a move from the clichéd ridiculous to the sublime.
		Based on a true story, the general plot is straightforward - stoner guy kills stoner girlfriend, leaves her body by the river, and brags to all of his stoner buds - but there are darker undercurrents that stir up thoughts about the disillusionment of youth, the devaluation of women, and the death of Sixties idealism.
		It's a pleasant reminder that my life could be decidedly worse: I could have to sit through Bright Lights, Big City every night until the turn of the century.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/austin/b/brightlightsbigci1.html (889 words)

	Playbill News: Sh-K-Boom's Bright Lights, Big City — with Patrick Wilson — to Arrive in Stores in June
		Based on the novel by Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City concerns the life of young New Yorker Jamie, who seems to have it all: good looks, a successful model wife, a job at a prestigious magazine and many friends.
		Bright Lights was the first major production of his work.
		A revised version of Bright Lights, Big City was presented in concert at the Guggenheim's Peter Lewis Auditorium, part of the museum's "Works and Process" series.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/92214.html (523 words)

	LouisvilleKy.gov - 2006 - ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ for Light Up Louisville
		“Light Up Louisville” is set for Nov. 24 and will feature more lights and a taller tree than ever seen on the Friday after Thanksgiving in Louisville, along with the debut of a special high-tech light show that will run nightly throughout the holiday season.
		Light Up Louisville has been a holiday tradition for Louisville families since 1981, and is funded primarily through corporate sponsorships.
		Weighing four tons and climbing 25 feet taller than any previous Light Up tree, the spruce may be moved into place as soon as tomorrow by U.S. Army helicopter airlift.
	www.louisvilleky.gov /CommunityRelations/News/2006/11-13-06-LUL.htm (1080 words)

	NintendoWorldReport - Editorial: Bright Lights, Big City (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Aesthetically, Nintendo World combines the sleek style of an Apple store (from which it very well could have been modeled) and the low-lit glitz of the archetypal gaming Mecca: an arcade.
		Nearby, in an employee-policed area, three oversized chairs, three big screen TV’s, and three GameCubes promise that wait-in-line, one-at-a-time, whole-shebang experience.
		If you live in New York City, or you’re going to be there anyway, it can’t hurt to pop your head in, but that’s about it.
	nintendoworldreport.com /editorialArt.cfm?artid=564&CFID=20273890&... (1162 words)

	Paroles Bright Lights, Big City Animals (The) De Chanson
		Bright lights, big city they've gone to my baby's head
		Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
		Bright lights, big city, yeah gone to my baby's head
	www.parolesmania.com /paroles_animals_the_1813/paroles_bright_lights,_big_city_360431.html (171 words)

	Petfinder Library
		Though he seemed happy with his new family, the puppy was having trouble adjusting to the hustle and bustle of the city where the Sears family lived.
		He was reluctant to walk to and from the park and he was frightened of loud noises.
		The Sears also obtained recordings from the library of city sounds, which they played whenever they fed Robbin, played with him, gave him chew toys or massaged him.
	www.petfinder.org /journalindex.cgi?path=/public/animalbehavior/dogs/1.2.33.txt (789 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Jay McInerney - Bright Lights, Big City: A Novel at Epinions.com
		Big City is about a young yuppie-ish man going through his own state of hell in New York City in the eighties- you are not surprised when every character in the book is always up for drinking more or doing lines of “Bolivian Marching Powder”.
		This is definitely not a good read for children (under 18) or anyone with a closed mind, although it’s not overbearing and might actually serve as a good eye-opener.
		Bright Lights however is much more subtle, but if you read carefully, you will see the downward spiral that is beautifully depicted here.
	www.epinions.com /book-review-36EB-4989019A-3A564D8A-prod3 (514 words)

	Visible Earth: Earth's City Lights
		Originally designed to view clouds by moonlight, the OLS is also used to map the locations of permanent lights on the Earth’s surface.
		Deserts in Africa, Arabia, Australia, Mongolia, and the United States are poorly lit as well (except along the coast), along with the boreal forests of Canada and Russia, and the great mountains of the Himalaya.
		The Earth Observatory article Bright Lights, Big City describes how NASA scientists use city light data to map urbanization.
	visibleearth.nasa.gov /cgi-bin/viewrecord?5826 (278 words)

	From "Bright Lights, Big City" to gamay Beaujolais - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		People my age fall into two camps when it comes to Jay McInerney : They either recall with misty fondness reading "Bright Lights, Big City" one swift afternoon back in the '80s, or they hate his stinkin' guts and wish he would go away forever.
		And 1996's "The Last of the Savages," his last real novel, was ambitious but also meandering and, for a hillbilly aesthete such as me, irritating in its preposterous depictions of Old South gentility colliding head-on with the counterculture.
		Improbably, "Bright Lights, Big City" was made into a musical, which was widely ridiculed.
	dir.salon.com /books/feature/2000/11/20/mcinerney/index.html (552 words)

	EO Study: Bright Lights, Big City
		They created a method of mapping urbanization on a countrywide scale by using satellite images of the light cities generate at night.
		With the resulting city lights maps, they are now zeroing in on the impacts urban sprawl has on the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the ecosystem within which we live.
		The Eastern U.S., Europe, and Japan are brightly lit by their cities, while the interiors of Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America remain (for now) dark and lightly populated.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Study/Lights (368 words)

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