IN A 90'S KIND OF WORLD.

I performed this opening theme for The Boyfriend last night (minus the ugly jeans) and it made me realize how much I miss the nineties.

There's an episode of My So-Called life in which ever angst-ridden Angela has an inner monologue about how weird it is that her generation doesn't have a Kennedy assasination; a universe altering moment during which everybody remembers exactly what they were doing. I remember feeling that way too. Before 9/11 the closest I came was the OJ Simpson verdict.

It really was a simpler time. Formative things I loved and now miss:

-120 minutes on MTV

-thrift store shopping at Value Village in Seattle

-My So-Called Life

-riot grrl

-the Empire Records soundtrack (shut up! I loved it)

-the Wicca craze that took over my junor high

-the CK1 television spots in which bored teenage models stood in front of ugly wood paneling and were told to take off their shirts or jeans or whatever. They got pulled very quickly.

-OK Soda, which I heard was a marketing experiment. Is that true? We use to call 1 (800) I-Feel-OK about eight-hundred times I day.

Okay, I just looked it up on Wikipedioa and now I'm obsessed with OK Soda. Very interesting marketing history by the same genius behind New Coke and Fruitopia.

P.S.-Never forget.

Comments

[Jen Walker]

It was a fabulous time where girls didn't wear heels and instead wore big boots or chunky shoes with everything.

I too miss My So Called Life. OMFG Orbitz!

I was apart of that Wicca Wave for a short time but then I grew up. Now I just like to giggle at it.

[Jen Walker]

Oh yeah and Thrift Shopping SUUUCKS now. People would rather get rid of shit on Craigslist or something these days. *sigh*

[powkang]

i have my so called life on dvd (liner notes include an essay written by joss whedon!). i love that show so much. best moment on the show is the end of that boiler room episode where jordan finally, albeit temporarily, stops being an asshole and takes angela's hand in the hallway... IN PLAIN VIEW OF EVERYONE! everyone including his goon in plaid flannel friend (i believe played by jared leto's brother), and rayanne and ricky approve, and sharon yells after angela about the geometry review, and brian krakow sinks deeper into his stalker despair. all this while buffalo tom shreds and wails. that's excellent 90s television.

as for ok soda: i loved that shit. i loved the packaging. i loved the marketing. i liked the flavor... and i haven't thought about it in ages. looking at it now, i didn't realize it was dan clowes and charles burns doing the illustrations. i miss it, i wish i could have one right now. i bet it would make a good whiskey chaser.

[powkang]

oops... my embedded video didn't work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Etd_CYI_k

[Angel]

OOh in a 90's kind a world, i'm glad. i. got. my. girls.