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On the date

Tuesday, March 7, 1995

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The slush of March hits the pavement as a girl in a yellow plaid slip dress and knee-high socks struts past my lens, her tiny backpack bouncing to the muffled beat of "Take a Bow" leaking from a passing sedan. I duck into a bodega to grab a pack of film, staring at a tabloid headline about **How Brain Waves Can Fly A Plane**; it sounds like some futuristic flannel-wearing sci-fi dream, but I’d rather focus on the grit of the real world. Outside, the air smells of exhaust and cheap coffee while a group of kids trade Pogs on the corner, shouting "whatever" at the traffic. The city feels loud and restless today, caught right on the edge of a digital shift I can almost hear in the static of the radio.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Take a Bow

Madonna

The must-have

Pogs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1995

  • To infinity and beyond!
  • No soup for you!

Tech Check

Windows 95, DVD Format, Java & eBay.

Style of 1995

Silhouette: Preppy and minimalist (Clueless)

Material: Plaid and satin

  • Slip dresses
  • Knee-high socks
  • Tiny backpacks

Cost of Living (1995)

Loaf of Bread

$0.79

Gallon of Gas

$1.15

Average Home

$133,900

New Car

$18,200

Time Elapsed

11,413 days ago

(31 years, 98 days)