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Friday, July 28, 1995

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The July heat bounces off the pavement as "Waterfalls" blares from a passing sedan, competing with the rhythmic *clack-clack* of kids slamming heavy brass slammers into stacks of Pogs on the sidewalk. Through my viewfinder, I catch a girl in a plaid slip dress and knee-high socks adjusting her tiny nylon backpack, her minimalist silhouette sharp against the grit of the Port Authority. Some flannel-clad slacker leans against a newsstand, sighing at the headlines about budget cuts while the smell of cheap exhaust and hot asphalt fills the air. I click the shutter just as he rolls his eyes, capturing that mid-nineties apathy before the city noise swallows the moment whole.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Waterfalls

TLC

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

11,271 days ago

(30 years, 321 days)