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On the date

Friday, April 27, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The heavy scent of diesel and cheap hairspray hangs over the sidewalk as Sinéad O’Connor’s voice wails from a passing sedan’s speakers. I adjust the focus on my Leica, catching a kid in ripped jeans and scuffed Doc Martens leaning against a newsstand that’s screaming about the Hubble Telescope finally reaching the stars. Some guy in a flannel shirt is geeking out over a magazine spread about HTML and Photoshop 1.0, calling his old darkroom prints "lame" compared to the digital future. I just ignore the chatter, clicking the shutter as the city’s grit blurs into a perfect, unkempt frame of 1990.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Nothing Compares 2 U

Sinéad O'Connor

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1990

  • Cowabunga!
  • Home Alone

Tech Check

Hubble Telescope, Photoshop 1.0 & HTML.

Style of 1990

Silhouette: Unkempt and layered (Grunge)

Material: Flannel and thermal knit

  • Doc Martens
  • Ripped jeans
  • Chokers

Cost of Living (1990)

Loaf of Bread

$0.70

Gallon of Gas

$1.16

Average Home

$123,000

New Car

$16,950

Time Elapsed

13,189 days ago

(36 years, 49 days)