Hey Flex (All Encompassing 90's Glorification)

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Re: Hey Flex (All Encompassing 90's Glorification)

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
24 Mar 2017, 11:31am
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The entry on Slacker is actually sorta moving. Good calls on the others, too.
I want to like Slacker—bits and pieces are good—but it never escapes being an artist's conception of alienation than something actually recognizable.
I finally watched it a few years ago and can't remember a single thing about it. I probably should have paid better attention, but I couldn't get into it.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
11 Aug 2016, 2:21pm
Between that list—as Hoy observed, a lot of preference for the less obvious; it made me think of Spin's cooler-than-thou style back in the day—and it re-emerging in some commercial that's running these days, I'm reminded again that The Wannadies' "You & Me Song" would be in my top 20 for the 90s.
Just catching up on this thread, that is a great song. Probably just below Bitter Sweet Symphony in my songs of the Nineties.
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Heston wrote:
19 Apr 2017, 7:01am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
11 Aug 2016, 2:21pm
Between that list—as Hoy observed, a lot of preference for the less obvious; it made me think of Spin's cooler-than-thou style back in the day—and it re-emerging in some commercial that's running these days, I'm reminded again that The Wannadies' "You & Me Song" would be in my top 20 for the 90s.
Just catching up on this thread, that is a great song. Probably just below Bitter Sweet Symphony in my songs of the Nineties.
Your post started off so well then went veering out of control into the awful ditch.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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Flex wrote:
20 Apr 2017, 1:17pm
Jacobin covers Duke Nukem 3D: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/duke ... fantasies/
I gave reading it about halfway thru.

We used to play this at work back in the day when it was slow.

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Flex wrote:
20 Apr 2017, 1:17pm
Jacobin covers Duke Nukem 3D: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/duke ... fantasies/
I lost interest in video games for the most part after this game, so I don't have a good basis of comparison beyond Halo and Call of Duty, but that's an interesting article. Haven't played that game in years, but last time I did, it was still fun as hell.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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This 90's god only scored 8/15 on this.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/there ... .gd7QKJn79
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 3:38pm
This 90's god only scored 8/15 on this.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/there ... .gd7QKJn79
7/15, but I only knew 3 of them.
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God. I got 9/15. I hate myself.
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I sucked but triggered my annual moment of reflection on Chris Gaines. He was way ahead of Zoolander.

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JennyB wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 4:03pm
God. I got 9/15. I hate myself.
More Hoy than Hoy. :disshame:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 4:27pm
JennyB wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 4:03pm
God. I got 9/15. I hate myself.
More Hoy than Hoy. :disshame:
Jenny B is blessed enough to have been older during that amazing decade.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 5:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 4:27pm
JennyB wrote:
26 Apr 2017, 4:03pm
God. I got 9/15. I hate myself.
More Hoy than Hoy. :disshame:
Jenny B is blessed enough to have been older during that amazing decade.
We understand that age to be one where the blinders come off.
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3/15, and those were total guesses, too.

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