friday flick fix: girl (1998)

Girl is a 1998 movie about - you guessed it, a girl.  Specifically a straight-A high school senior from the upscale part of a small town, who suddenly discovers the underground scene and swaps her safe, boring life for an exciting new one filled with rock music, grungy fashion and cute boys.

In short, she falls in love with a rock star and becomes a full-fledged groupie.

monday music trip: angelina [P.S.Y.]

Angelina by the French pop group P.S.Y (not to be confused with the Korean internet sensation Psy).  From the year 1989.

The song is entirely in French, but it became quite popular here sometime '91 / '92.  Even if most of us didn't really know what it was about, it was easy to assume it was a love song of sorts about a girl.  It didn't really matter; besides, the melody sounds so pleasantly upbeat anyway.

back when disaster movies levelled up

Disaster movies have been around since ... well, since people made movies.  In the '90s, the genre took great new leaps as filmmakers employed CGI to create more realistic (and disturbing) effects.  Disaster flicks were churned out one after the other, and often, two or more with similar themes were released within a few months - or weeks - of each other.

monday music trip oi to the world THE VANDALS

Merry Christmas from 1996! Oi, oi!

back when the e-heads' "cutterpillow" went gold in a day

Cutterpillow is the Eraserheads' third album (after UltraElectroMagneticPop and CiRcuS) and remains the Philippines' best-selling album by a band or group.  By a clever marketing ploy, it made gold-status in one day and eventually made Platinum several times over.

monday music trip linger THE CRANBERRIES

This song never fails to move me. Haunting melody, impressive lyrics, and unique vocal technique.

back when dawson loved joey loved pacey loved jen

Revisiting Capeside ...

monday music trip all i want TOAD THE WET SPROCKET

A song that always successfully conjures for me memories of high school dances, silly early-teen crushes, and walking around with a Walkman.  Listening to it now still gives me the warm fuzzies. From a band with a curious name, year 1992.

back when daria offered so much "wisdom"

La la laaa la laaaa ...

back when the joker and robin were high school classmates

Tee hee hee.  Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon Levitt in 10 Things I Hate About You.

monday music tripi am, i feel [ ALISHA'S ATTIC ]

It may sound like a perky little ditty that should be decorated with spangly tinsel stars and lace; the kind of song that could go in a TV ad for a fruity cologne or hip new feminine wash.  But give it a close listen and you'll see that it's actually a tongue-in-cheek expression of the vile (i.e. murderous) sentiments of a girl trapped in a bad relationship.

back when there were baldwins and there were barneys

In the 90s, some guys were Baldwins, and some guys were Barneys.

In the slang popularized by movies such as Clueless, "Baldwin" is a term girls used to refer to a highly attractive, visually delicious, crush-material male.

monday music trip: ava adore [SMASHING PUMPKINS]

A slightly disturbing synaesthetic concoction released in 1998, by one of my favorite bands, Smashing Pumpkins.

back when ...

The evolution of some of our favorite superheroes.

back when everything i needed to know about life i learned from daria

My ten most valuable lessons learned from MTV's Daria.

  

r.i.p., m.c.a. :(

(CNN) -- Adam "MCA" Yauch, a founding member of the pioneering rap band Beastie Boys, died Friday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer.

Thanks for the awesome, aggro music.

back when milla jovovich was a recording artist

Before she kicked arse in Resident Evil and Ultraviolet, before she uglied up to be Katinka Tinka Ingabogovina na na in Zoolander, and before she adorably blurted out "Leeloo Dallas MultiPass" in The Fifth Element, Milla Jovovich released an album entitled Divine Comedy.

back when hanson first mmm-bopped their way into our hearts

If you were alive in 1997 - unless of course you lived in some inacessible corner of the world - you're sure to know MMM-Bop.  You likely sang to the upbeat tune with the awkward lyrics, danced to it,  saw it overplayed ad nauseum on MTV. 

paalam at salamat, kapatid

monday music trip breathe [ THE PRODIGY ]

Some big beat from 1996 to jolt you awake at the start of the week.  I.m.h.o., best enjoyed in full volume.