First Day of Summer
And the living's easy. Summer is such a kick-ass season. Unless it's 110-degrees, in which case it's not.
The three idiots are again stateside and web-page photos will be forthcoming. If Aden could somehow digitize those wedding pictures with his Khmer bride, I think we'd all sleep a little bit easier at night. When he put on that royal tunic, Cambodian culture pretty well hit its low (or is it high?) point since constructing Angkor Wat and reigning over Southeast Asia in the 12th century. Company finished the trading day even.
So I've got a theory on something and I'd be curious to get some takes from all two people who tune in here. In the land of American pop culture, few machines are more powerful than the Nostalgia Factory. I don't know if, among previous generations in the 20th century, there was such a fascination -- and moreover cool quotient associated with unearthing the slightly outdated. But I think I have it pegged to about a 15-year cycle. In the early '90s I noticed that disco was suddenly de rigeur; that's about the time it took for wink-wink public irony to crest over what had been unhip detritus. By 1997 or so, The Wedding Singer was doing much the same for the '80s. Subtract 15 and that puts you at 1983. Just slightly beyond memory, much like Denver Nuggets throwback jerseys and the soundtrack from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City that followed. Following that rationale, this year's San Andreas installment signals the impending onslaught of early '90s culture. Take 15 from 2005 and you land squarely in the realm of Fresh Prince fashion and... what else?
Or am I completely wrong on this? And at what point does the slow-moving present get passed up by the past?
- Serazio
The three idiots are again stateside and web-page photos will be forthcoming. If Aden could somehow digitize those wedding pictures with his Khmer bride, I think we'd all sleep a little bit easier at night. When he put on that royal tunic, Cambodian culture pretty well hit its low (or is it high?) point since constructing Angkor Wat and reigning over Southeast Asia in the 12th century. Company finished the trading day even.
So I've got a theory on something and I'd be curious to get some takes from all two people who tune in here. In the land of American pop culture, few machines are more powerful than the Nostalgia Factory. I don't know if, among previous generations in the 20th century, there was such a fascination -- and moreover cool quotient associated with unearthing the slightly outdated. But I think I have it pegged to about a 15-year cycle. In the early '90s I noticed that disco was suddenly de rigeur; that's about the time it took for wink-wink public irony to crest over what had been unhip detritus. By 1997 or so, The Wedding Singer was doing much the same for the '80s. Subtract 15 and that puts you at 1983. Just slightly beyond memory, much like Denver Nuggets throwback jerseys and the soundtrack from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City that followed. Following that rationale, this year's San Andreas installment signals the impending onslaught of early '90s culture. Take 15 from 2005 and you land squarely in the realm of Fresh Prince fashion and... what else?
Or am I completely wrong on this? And at what point does the slow-moving present get passed up by the past?
- Serazio
posted by Aden at 3:50 PM
1 Comments:
You and I have debated this topic ad nauseum dude. Yes, I will entertain your little 15-year cycle theory, but I wonder, quite honestly, if indeed these phases then end. Let me clarify. After the 80's enjoys its resurgence, does it then go away for good, or is it slated for another reappearance 30 years down the line? Consider the meta of that dude, where people that barely even lived through the 80's bring it back in that kitsch-chic way that they always do!
I hope the 90's are not poised to make too big of a comeback. Old school hip hop, "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," slap bracelets, and the Sega Saturn have a place, but Jesus Jones, EMF and polyester shirts have no place in today's society, and I hope they remain dead where they last fell.
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