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...decade from now, when the freshmen in the class of 2018 are rifling through closets for their ’00s gear to hit up an ’00s dance and groove to sweet rhythms from the ’00s, what will they be wearing? What music will they be listening to? What pop culture events will be jokingly referenced? Name one. Quick. No, Monica Lewinsky was in the ’90s. Our decade lacks the definition of the counterculture, the Disco Era, the ’80s (need I elaborate?), and the 10 years of grunge...
This is not be the first time that the ’00s have left a whole decade unbranded. Can you name any significant happening of the 1900s? Preceded by The Gay ’90s (1890s), this period has merely been relegated to the ‘turn of the century,’ and it took about two decades for the 1900s to even eek out a decadent roar. Perhaps at the beginning of each century, society must regroup and start back...
Luna, the group formed and lead by Wareham, has been one of the bastions of Velvet Underground-influenced mid-tempo guitar pop throughout the ’90s and into our ’00s, releasing seven critically lauded albums. Yet despite this success, they will disband after their current tour in February...
...creepers creeping up on us again? The pointy-toed, thick-soled shoe was a staple at punk, ska and rockabilly shows in the '70s and '80s. In the '00s the footwear has gone high fashion, making notable appearances at the Luella Bartley fall '03 show and Christian Dior's fall '04 show. Fashionistas aren't the only ones slipping them on; they have also won fans among teens and hipsters in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York City and Dallas. "You see dozens of pairs of them at rockabilly shows," says Kathy Schriever, owner of Dallas' Planet Sole...
...Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters and Radio Days in the mid-'80s and the lesser, still pleasing run of Husbands and Wives, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Bullets over Broadway and Mighty Aphrodite in the mid-'90s. So, as we near the mid-'00s, can we hope for another blossoming? It would be nice if the Woodman had one more return to top form--an invigorating dose of comic Viagra. --By Richard Corliss