The Absurd and the Vulgar

Oh 1996!  What a cute time.  It was the early days, or rather the pioneer days, of the internet.  We all thought the global village idea was so wonderful and that multiculturalism was still a viable concept; that communication would bring us together and that technology would save us; perhaps the news would provide us with the information we need to help improve ourselves as a species.

Now at the close of the decade that no one seems to notice is ending, that world depicted in the video above, seems comforting.  I am nostalgic for the hum of the ‘classic’ internet; champagne bottles being popped off in rap videos on MTV; presidential blow jobs; Jerry Springer; fuck, even the trench-coat mafia or Marilynn Manson.

The mid to late nineteen nineties were a very special time.  It was the last clear mark.  It will take a very long time to make sense of what has just transpired.  Possibly a life time, generations even.

Maybe Hal Bop was a signifier?