Children of the '90s, how permissible was your middle school? Here are 20 items that could result in detention if brought or worn to class. Give your school a point for every banned item and a half point for items likely to be confiscated and report back in the comments.
Sports Buzz Super Bowl swag from the era of Matchbox trucks, Jell-O Jigglers and crew necks.
TV Buzz The guys on the cusp of achieving '90s cable TV glory.
Culture Buzz If you weren't there, trust me, Game Boy was actually this awesome.
TV Buzz If you haven't seen all 89 episodes of the best television series that has aired in my lifetime, just quit your day job and start watching now. I'm sure you can find all six seasons (1992-98) of the HBO show on Amazon for a reasonable price.
http://www.nerve.com/music/the-25-greatest-love-songs-of-...
Remember this before you tell us what we missed. We excluded breakup songs and come-back-to-me songs and please-sleep-with-me songs. These are love songs.
The best parts of the best gag from the best episode of this dumb show.
Culture Buzz A game this legendary deserves a look back, that's why we asked out Twitter followers: What does the phrase “GoldenEye for N 64” make you think of?
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Society continues the sharp descent into social isolation and get off my lawn homogenized commercial industry. Jeff manages to knock another one out of the pop culture park with this.
Food Buzz It's an undisputed fact that bringing your lunch to school was lame. Soggy sandwiches and hot dogs in thermoses were socially scarring. But bringing lunch also gave you the privilege of having snacks from the outside world. Here are the drinks, yogurts, and candies that took you from zero to hero.
TV Buzz Nicktoons fans weighed in on which show was better - Doug, Rugrats or Ren & Stimpy? Looks like Doug and Judy Funnie fans have it by substantially less than a Doug-sized nose!
TV Buzz I want to meet the Ninja Turtle/Power Ranger enthusiast who created this, and give them some money out of my wallet.
TV Buzz Nickelodeon's popular decision to show old episodes of Clarissa Explains It All has been deemed lowbrow/despicable by New York Magazine's Approval Matrix. (via nymag.com)
TV Buzz A “very obscure piece of video” has surfaced proving that Tom Green is THE planking hipster. (via mediaite.com)
Tech Buzz Wait a tick! They were secretly forcing us to learn! Through fun! Great, now I'll be spending the rest of my day trying to find an emulator that isn't secretly a Trojan.
Music Buzz With Nirvana's Nevermind turning 20 this year, we started talking '90s bands on Twitter and Turntable, and compiling a list of those most missed. Whether they broke up, created a side project, the lead singer died or they've been pressing on as a lesser version of their former '90s self, here's a list of 20 bands we'll always fondly associate with that era gone by. (I could have listed so many more.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opinion/30krugman.html?...
In a repeat from the 1990s, the Republicans appear bent on ugliness and paralysis.
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Former famous DC Radio DJ Johnny Riggs' flickr page contains a stockpile of close-up Polaroids of all your fave '90s alt rock stars like Justine Frischmann, Nina Gordon, and Juliana Hatfield. For everyone who ever had to tape 120 Minutes because you weren't allowed to stay up late enough to watch it, this is for you!