If you’re reading this, the odds are good you were alive in some way during the past four decades. Let’s go back to the glory days.
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-Voyager embarked on an eternal spaceflight. -The disco inferno raged on. -Apple is incorporated -”Star Wars” opens to packed houses across the nation.
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On Vinyl -”Lido Shuffle” by Boz Scaggs -”Here You Come Again” by Dolly Parton -”Dancing Queen” by ABBA -”Cold as Ice” by Foreigner |
Tune the rabbit ears: -”The Incredible Hulk” first showed his green mug on CBS. -“CHiPs” made motorcycles cool.
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-Visit the replica Voyager spacecraft at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. -Bring the crop top and the glam rock sparkles to The Heartbreaker Tour featuring Heart w/ Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience June 25 at Jiffy Lube Live. |
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-Reagan introduced Star Wars project. -Sally Ride rode Challenger. -KISS appeared without makeup for hte first time on MTV. |
On Cassette: -”1999″ by Prince -”Total Eclispe of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler -”Maneater” by Hall & Oates -”She Blinded Me with Science” by Thomas Dolby |
On BetaMax: -”Scarface,” one man’s race to the top of a cocaine empire became his downfall. -”Star Wars” saga ends. -”Flashdance” hit the big screen. |
-Swap “Scarface’s” cocaine for meth and you have the final season of “Breaking Bad,” July 15. -Squeeze into the crowd at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center to see Billy Idol rock once more. June 20, 8 p.m., $48 in-house, $35 lawn. |
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-The Hubble telescope began orbiting the Earth. -Crack cocaine turned urban streets into warzones.-”America’s Most Wanted” premiered on Fox. |
On these things called CDs: -”Heaven is a Place on Earth” by Belinda Carlisle -”The Loco-Motion” by Kylie Minogue -”Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson |
On VHS: -”Beetlejuice” showed us that monsters may just have feelings, too. -”Rain Man” shed light on the little-known condition autism. -”Big” won grown-up Tom Hanks a Golden Globe. |
-Just like Beetlejuice, the creepy-crawlies in “Monsters University” (June 21) also have feelings. -Check out the only bar-arcade for miles, the Atlas Arcade in D.C., to revisit retro games while doing the one thing you never could as a child: drinking beer. |
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-Harding clubbed Kerrigan. -President Bill Clinton called for health care reform and a ban on assault weapons. -Woodstock ’94, months after Kurt Cobain died. |
ON THE MINIDISC: -”Regulate” by Warren G -”Basket Case” by Green Day -”The Sign” by Ace of Base -”Whatta Man” by Salt-n-Pepa |
Channel surfing: -O.J. Simpson fled police in the white Ford Bronco. -”The Simpsons” hit 100 episodes to much fanfare. |
-Did “Boy Meets World” Corey and Topanga make it? tune into the seires premiere of “Girl Meets World” to find out. -Today, the fashion world is all about grunge. Missed the boat before? Make up for lost time; rekindle your love of checks and stripes. |
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-Myspace and Napster logged on for the first time. -Lance Armstrong ruled the Tour de France. -The DOW closed over 11,000, the highest it had ever gone. |
ON MP3: -”Genie in a Bottle” by Christina Aguilera -”… Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears -Briney vs. Christina -”Mambo No. 5″ by Lou Bega |
On Cable: -Both “Futurama” and “Family Guy” debuted in 1999, and despite being canceled before, they’ve been resurrected to churn out new episodes. -”Law and Order: SVU” premiered with Ice-T in tow. |
-Your Tamagotchi might be missing in action, but luckily there’s a new app for iPhone or iPad that simulates all the button-pushing action of the original. Search for “Tamagotchi L.i.f.e” by NamcoBandai Games in the App Store. |
