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Friday, April 14, 1995

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sound

The bass from Montell Jordan’s "This Is How We Do It" is rattling my neighbor’s windows again, but all I can hear is the frantic news anchor talking about those twelve angry Simpson jurors. I just paid over a dollar a gallon for gas just to get to the store, and now my kid is begging for more expensive Pogs like a cardboard circle is worth more than the seventy-nine cent bread in my cart. It’s totally lame how the tension in the air feels as thick as these plaid flannel shirts everyone is wearing. Between the trial rumors and the noise of this city, I feel like I'm vibrating right out of my preppy knee-high socks.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

This Is How We Do It

Montell Jordan

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

11,375 days ago

(31 years, 60 days)