Miles Pieri's definitions

ruskin college

Oxford's non-university, right-on, lefty college for older students.

You study at Ruskin? Wow!

Err..wel, aktully i doo politiks at ruskin collige.

by Miles Pieri January 23, 2004

haruki murakami

Fine Japanese author of urban magic realism. Novels such as 'Dance, Dance, Dance' and 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' have made Murakami one of the most popular writers in his native country with young people. His story of young love in the 1960's 'Norwegian Wood' was a sensation when it was published in the 1980's.
Best novel (IMHO) - Sputnik Sweetheart

Selected books

Pinball
A Wild Sheep Chase
Hardboiled Wonderland And The End Of The World
Norwegian Wood
The Elephant Vanishes (Short Stories)
Dance Dance Dance
The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
South Of The Border, West Of The Sun
Sputnik Sweetheart
Underground (Non fiction)

by Miles Pieri January 7, 2004

rushmore

The finest American studio film of the 1990's.

"She was my Rushmore, Max"
"I know, she was mine too."

by Miles Pieri January 7, 2004

Astroboy

Iconic anime character originally created by Tezuka Osamu (the 'Manga no Kamisama') as a comic book in the 1950's.
Astro (Tetsuwan Atomu - Mighty/Iron Arm Atom in Japanese) is a young robot boy who fight for truth, justice and the bushido way in a futuristic megalopolis.

I am Atom, I am superhero!

by Miles Pieri January 23, 2004