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Monday, August 6, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The heavy humidity of August sticks to my flannel shirt as I focus my lens on a kid in ripped jeans, his Doc Martens clicking rhythmically against the hot pavement. Mariah Carey’s "Vision of Love" blares from a passing sedan, nearly drowning out the grumbling old man at the newsstand who is shaking his head at a headline about neglect found in residences for the disabled. He mumbles something about how the world is rotting while everyone is obsessed with the new information superhighway, but I’m too busy scouting for the perfect shot of a girl in a velvet choker. It’s a strange, loud Monday where the grit of the street feels just as surreal as a scene from *Flatliners*.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Vision of Love

Mariah Carey

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

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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

13,087 days ago

(35 years, 312 days)