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A Feature About Nothing: The 1990s in Lists

November 14, 1991: MJ, now about 50% whiter than he was five years earlier, premieres the full batshit crazy version of the "Black and White" video on FOX after an episode of "The Simpsons". Axl Rose seems to take this shit as a dare.

1992: MJ creates the Heal the World Foundation. Part of "healing the world" turns out to be inviting underprivileged kids to hang out at his ranch. What could go wrong?

February 1993: MJ appears on Oprah and opens up in a 90-minute interview, denying that he bleaches his skin or owns the Elephant Man.

Summer 1993: MJ faces child sexual abuse charges, which he eventually settles out of court for $22 million. In a taped statement, the world uncomfortably hears MJ uncomfortably say "penis."

1994: MJ marries Lisa Marie Presley, kisses her on the VMAs. (Well, technically on the lips.)

1995: MJ celebrates the release of his new LP, HIStory, by erecting statues of himself around the world, including floating one down the Thames. He doesn't understand why "jew me, sue me" wasn't a very clever line on the record.

1996: MJ performs the most megolomanical TV performance in music history, casting himself as a Jesus figure who heals the world in a marathon version of "Earth Song". It's also for notable for new lows of hilarity in child acting, and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker invading the stage to mock the performance.

1996: MJ knocks up a dermatology nurse, Debbie Rowe; they marry, she produces another child. Today she gets supervised visits with her children.

Five songs about the death of Kurt Cobain Six memorable Internet 1.0 sounds Twenty-five great remixes Five indie rock bands that actually got better after signing to a major The 10 most expensive videos of the 90s (thx Wikipedia!) Seven things played by OJ in Al Cowlings' Ford Bronco Ten famous ’90s music couples Ten memorable hip-hop fashion moments Defunct music festivals Ten actually good ’90s Jock Jams The seven worst U.S. No. 1 singles of the 90s The seven worst UK No. 1 singles of the ’90s Twelve female bass players Five great hidden tracks Artists that played Woodstock 99's "Emerging Artists Stage" How did we get here? Digital music milestones

1993: MP3 Standard Finalized. Very few people were online when the Moving Picture Experts Group nailed down the mp3 compression standard, and they were rocking the 14.4k dial-up. But our current world of music was on its way.
1995: First Affordable CD-R Burner. A Hewlett-Packard model retailed for $995.
1996: First Portable Digital Audio Player. "Audio Highway today announced the Listen Up(TM) Player, a small, portable device which delivers personalized audio content to 'information-hungry, on-the-go consumers.'" That's from the press release; you had to download the music files from their website, and they had ads.
1997: Release of WinAmp. All of a sudden, listening to mp3s on your computer was easy.
1999: Release of Napster. All of a sudden, illegally downloading mp3s to your computer was easy.

Best Pavement songs that were on compilations Things Meat Loaf would do for love Spice Girls, ranked best to worst
  1. Ginger: Her brassiness and Union Jack dress best articulated what the hell the Spice Girls were supposed to be about.
  2. Baby: By far the most likable and most respectable one these days.
  3. Sporty: Aka the one who could sing.
  4. Scary: As loud and brassy as Ginger but nobody cared what she said.
  5. Posh: Obviously.
Ten songs about heroin (possibly) Five novelty hits Twelve ’90s songs that sampled films Ten unlikely beneficiaries of ’90s alt-rock major-label feeding frenzy MTV's ’90s on-air personalities: Where are they now? The Grand Royal universe: Stuff the Beastie Boys helped make cool Worst band names Best band names Five prophetic songs Ten career-killing albums Ten unusual CD-era gimmicks Greatest urban legends America's forgotten electronic imprint: Matador Ten (of the many) bands the UK press overhyped that amounted to nothing Five memorable "MTV Unplugged" performances Ten other memorable TV moments Three Children's TV characters who had hit songs in Europe for some damn reason

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