Nostalgia

I should be wearing this outfit (or some version of it) most days, because it makes me feel like I'm 10 years old listening to the radio in July.

13 Years Later

No Doubt performed for the first time in 5 years this morning on Today. I was curious as to what song they would choose, and when they broke out with "Spiderwebs" I was instantly taken back to the summer of '96 and their performance of the same jam at the MTV beach house. And while the Today performance left a little something to be desired (but does anyone ever sound good when they play on that show?), I was happy to see that not much has changed for these guys in the last 13 years. They still play very well together, everyone seems happy to be there (especially the audience - watch out for fainting gays!), and they look great. I'm not a big fan of Gwen's outfit, but it's a pretty good and natural evolution from her original style. And the polo buttoned up all the way is a nice, modernized nod to the chola girls who basically made her what she is today. Compare and contrast below.

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Assorted Colors: A Progression

Again with the 1996. I can't help it. I had a strong desire to watch the "Crush on You" video this afternoon. And, after some reflection, I decided that Lil' Kim's wigs directly affected Apple's late nineties design choices (like the candy-colored iMacs seen above, which were produced in 1998). This video also directly affected Pillow and me all the way to a beautiful stripper resale store called Betty's, a 6th grader's dream in fishnet, patent leather, glitter, fake hair and platform shoe. Watch and enjoy.