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On the date

Friday, October 26, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sound

The heavy roar of my bus engine can’t drown out the screeching guitar riff of "Black Cat" blasted through my walkman headphones, and I’m nodding along while Janet Jackson absolutely shreds my eardrums. I push through the crowded aisle, my oversized flannel snagging on a businessman’s briefcase as the street noise of honking cars floods in through the open windows. My Doc Martens thud heavily against the pavement, keeping time with the gritty beat as I ignore some suit on the corner trippin' about credit card interest rates. I'm just focused on the neon glow of the arcade and the distant, electric hum of the city waking up for a Friday night.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Black Cat

Janet Jackson

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

13,006 days ago

(35 years, 231 days)