Planet of the Dates follows the exploits of Phil Corcoran, a girl-crazed Milwaukee teen stumbling toward adulthood in the summer of 1980.  Phil’s personal transition coincides with a cultural shift: from Carter to Reagan; from disco to punk; from the last gasp of the Age of Aquarius to the era of “Greed is good.”  As the story unfolds, Phil—himself very much a product of the ’70s—winds up ushering in the new decade in some apt and telling ways.