I don't h8 the 90's anymore (Part 8).

• Part 1 (Cartoons)
• Part 2 (Movies part 1)
• Part 3 (Movies part 2)
• Part 4 (Regular-ass TV)
• Part 5 (Cable TV)
• Part 5.5 (Cable TV leftovers)
• Part 6 (Novels)
• Part 7 (Magazines/Comics)

So, here's all the leftover categories.
Music, games, and multimedia.
Starting with music.

I've ranted and raved how the music scene ate shit in the 90's, but a thin trickle got through all the whiny alterna-hippie-crap, and stupid ugly hillbilly rap-rock bullshit.
Here's what I liked.
Your tastes will most probably vary.

Also, I'm not a music guru, I don't dissect things by structure, or style, I'm mostly gonna talk about memories I associate with this stuff, and/or how it made me feel.
If you want that fancy-shmancy kind of music criticism, there are a million sites and forums for that.


Music-

Megadeth: Youthanasia (1994) 
Megadeth: Countdown to extinction (1995)
Megadeth: Hidden Treasures (1995)

Old review here.

Megadeth before Dave Mustane went right-wing wackaloon.

Oderus Urungus from GWAR pointed out, hey asshole, Republicans don't like you, they hate metal, you're snuggling up to people that piss all over you.
I'm paraphrasing of course, but that was the gist.
He was right.

Now, if every other atheist on Earth hated me, I'd still be atheist, because I'm fairly confident there's no God, and even if God were real, religion sucks, and he would hate it as much as I do.

But political beliefs are about the world you want to live in.
If you want to live in a world of self-loathing masochism getting pissed and spat on, so be it, but I (and the ghost of Oderus) get to point out how stupid you are.

So, goodbye, Megadeth, you were fun while you lasted, and I'll always have the memories to treasure.
But tinfoil Obama conspiracies aren't fun toe tapping listening, even if I agreed with that shit.


Alice In Chains: Jar Of Flies (1994)

Now, howcome heroin could make Aerosmith, Nirvana, and Alice In Chains rock, and Blind Melon and Hole suck?
I guess it's like the restorative formula from Swamp Thing.
It makes you more of what you are.
Then kills you either way.
Unless you're Courtney Love, then you're as unkillable as The Borg Queen.
And almost as crazy and shitty.

Anyhoo, this album made me happy.
In a time where it felt like I didn't have a lot to be happy about.
Strange, given it was such a gloomy set of tracks.

Oh, right, and it had "No Excuses", which I told a story about here.


Radiohead: OK Computer (1997)

Old quickie review here.

Ahhh, soothing lotion for my brain.
Musicianship!
Actual musicianship!
How did they sneak by the corporate machine's spinning chopper blades?

Speaking of, I guess it's time to get into....


Progressive Music.
(or "prog")
(Various artists)

$Legion$ from J-World turned me on to some of this.
Pre-Phil Collins Genesis, King Crimson, Dream Theater, Mahavishnu Orchestra, early Yes, Rush, and...*struggles to remember*...others.

Check 'em out if you like, Youtube has everything on Earth now.

Ehhh...liked it, but didn't love it.
If OK Computer era Radiohead counts as prog, then that's my jam.
I'll stick with them.


They Might Be Giants
Flood (1990)
Apollo 18 (1992)

Aw, kee-rist "Flood", kept a fucking gun out of my mouth when I worked at Hanover.
Holy fuckballs was that place depressing and soul-sucking.

I'd come home, and listen to "Flood", at least twice through.
At LEAST.
Needed to recharge my weirdness batteries after being around those fucking silent broken robot people all fucking day.
If I ever do office work again, I know I'll kill myself.
I'm amazed the snapped employee spree shootings don't fucking happen more.

See my rant here on "Office Space".

Apollo 18, I got a lot later for some reason.
Equally wonderful.
They moosh together into one album in my mind for some reason.

Nowadays, people might remember them more as the band from "Malcolm In The Middle".
They even did the theme.
They were way cooler than that in the early days though.


Foo Fighters: The Colour And The Shape (1997)

Contains "Everlong", which Dave Letterman fell in love with, had Paul play at every other commercial break, and then Foo Fighters played it live over the big clip segment on his final episode.

Love this album.
Just about every track is great.
"Everlong", "My Hero", "Monkey Wrench", "New Way Home", all solid hits.
Also, Daria used a lot of them for credits songs, so I associate it with that too.

Wish this had been out when I was at Hanover.


Trio- Da Da Da (1981)
(Re-released in 1997 after the famous Volkswagen commercial)

Heh, heh, remember this, Billdude? ;-)


Green Jellÿ
Cereal Killer Soundtrack (1993)
333 (1994)

Yeah, you gotta put that fuckin' umlaut over the Y.

Pronounced Green Jello, but they got sued by Kraft foods, because Kraft foods are petty monsters that are poisoning us with calorie deficient flavorless foods pumped full of diabetes and cancer.

Only in a world this fucked up are a comedy metal band considered the bad guys.

Anyway, Cereal Killer has the famous "3 little pigs", song, and 333 has "Carnage Rules", which is the opening song to "Maximum Carnage", the video game.


Soundgarden: Superunknown  (1994)

RIP Chris Cornell. :-(

You got "Blackhole Sun", you got "Spoon Man".
Hey, where's "Rusty Cage", and "Outshined"??
Ah, that's on "Badmotorfinger".
Dammit.

Anyway, Chris Cornell was awesome, either in Sound Garden, or solo.
"Live To Rise", from Avengers.
"You Know My Name", from Casino Royale.
"Preaching the End of the World", which I played a trillion times.
And countless others.

You are missed....


Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (1999)

Cute little hit in its day, but it's immortal now, thanks to it being in the 1999 flashback at the beginning of "Iron Man 3".

Also, I did a fake parody nerd dissection of the lyrics trying to reconstruct the story-world of the aliens from the video here on the old Krazyfool page.


David Bowie: Hours (1999)

Old review here.

Another one I could have really used during Hanover.

RIP, David. :-(


Enya: Shepherd Moons (1991)

Speaking of death and sadness, holy crap, did her music get used for a shitload of 9/11 funerals.

Before that, I associated her stuff with bookstore hippie nerd lady clerks, and blueberry potpourri.
I think that's a happier association.
If you don't agree, you're probably a prick.

Anyway, my favorite of hers is "Boadicea", which played at the end of "Sleepwalkers", and is the only good thing I got out of that flick.
That, and seeing housecats kill bad guys.

A cat was the hero of "Cat's Eye", too!
There needs to be a General and Clovis buddy cop movie!!
Oh, wait, I told that joke on "Cat's Eye", too.
Shit.
Ah, well.

Course "Boadicea", came out in '86, so it doesn't count as a 90's track.
Screw it, "Da Da Da", was a fuckin' re-release.
Ah, wait, "The Celts", got re-issued in 1992!
Ahah!

Wait, what's on "Shepherd Moons", then??
Ah "Caribbean Blue".
Yeah, that one's pretty famous.
Heard that on a bunch of shows and ads.

Anyway, you either love, hate, or pretend to hate Enya.

*Listening to "Caribbean Blue", in another tab*
Mmm...forgot how much her stuff heals my scrambled nerves, and mellows me out.
Gotta dig her stuff back out, and get back into it...

Y'know, if I'd had a self-esteem at the time, I would've asked one of those blueberry huffing hippie ladies out just to see what happened.
Ah, well....


Aqua: Aquarium (1997)

Got it for the "Barbie Girl", song, cuz I thought it was funny, and the opposite of what was on the radio at the time, and...y'know, turns out the other tracks are good too.
They sound like anime songs.
Really, Aqua would be right at home doing anime themes and end credits songs.


Duran Duran: Medazzaland (1997)

Same backstory to this purchase as "Aquarium".
Plus, the 80's nostalgia.
Fitting that the hit off this was "Electric Barbarella", since the bad-guy from "Barbarella", the movie is where they got their name.


Swing revival!!
Cherry Poppin' Daddies: Zoot Suit Riot (1997)
Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie (1998)

Damn, I thought zoot suits were cool before this came back as a thing!
I should have gotten a suit, and got into this scene while the getting was good.
I was chicken.
Shame on me.
Well....least I got the albums.

I think "The Mask", helped nudge this back to life.

Anyway, 1997-99 was a weird period in music.
The 00's were coming, and no one knew what the next thing was gonna be, so they were throwing everything against the wall to see what stuck.

The winners were us!
Look at the fuckin' variety you've got there!
Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Trio, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Aqua, swing revival, Eiffel 65, Trio revival, holy fuckballs!!
I can't believe I took it for granted!!

Nevermind the animation revolution that was going on!!

Incredible time to be alive.
And I let stupid Wal-Mart get me down?
Fuck, I did need pills.


Final Fantasy: Pray (1994)
Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow (1995)

Old reviews here.

Enya for game geeks. ;-)


Anime MP3s (1996-1999)

See the death of Winamp post here, and the Napster rant here.

Good times.
This is shit you would have never got to hear without file sharing.
Wasn't at the fuckin' record store.
So don't give me that.
Now it's all on Youtube to sample, and Amazon and I-Tunes can get you just about everything.

Back in the day, Youtube wasn't a thing.
If you wanted to bust out of the confines of your humdrum musical box, you had to fileshare.
That's all there was to it.

And I-Tunes wouldn't be a thing without Napster.
So, yeah, suck it.
*Shrug*

Anyway, I recommend anything from Tenchi, anything from Ranma, "Information High", from Macross Plus, aaaand....yeah, pretty much anything from Cowboy Bebop.

That'll get ya started.
Youtube will recommend stuff from there.
Enjoy.


Other audio goodies-

Bill Hicks: Rant In E Minor (1997)
Bill Hicks: Arizona Bay (1997)

Old rant about Hicks (see 1994) and the albums (see 1997) here.

Again with 1997 being a magic year!
Um, said it all in the link.
Helped me evolve.
Thanks, Bill.

And thanks, forgotten AICN message board guy whose quote drops made me seek Hicks out.


Jerky Boys 3 (1996)
Jerky Boys 4 (1997)

So, here's the summarized story of what happened to the Jerky Boys.
They grew to hate each other, and broke up.
It was Johnny's fault, he was the arrogant asshole who thought Kamal was holding him back.
So, Johnny ruined Jerky Boys, and got rewarded for it by becoming a voice actor on Family Guy.
Kamal did nothing wrong, and was punished for it by becoming a boring regular guy.
Showbiz is evil.

I got these last 2 albums during their hate each other and phone it in period.
I totally missed the boat.
Why didn't I get the first 2?
Stupid store didn't have them, and then I just never thought of it again.

Think I turned 'em in to Bullmoose for store credit.
It was pennies on the dollar.
I got hosed.
But not as hosed as Kamal Ahmed.


Dark Empire (audio drama) 
(1994 tape) (1997 CD)

See the updated review of the SW expanded universe here.

Probably corny if I heard it now, but I loved the ever-living shit out of this thing back in the day.

Exactly like it sounds, a radio play of Dark Empire with sound effects, and Star Wars music.
They didn't just recycle movie sound effects like the regular audiobooks, they came up with some freaky stuff of their own for the force magic, and new vehicles too.

Everyone else is re-casted nobodies, but it did actually have Billie Dee Williams as Lando.

There were ones for "Tales Of The Jedi", and "Dark Lords Of The Sith", but those are all nobodies, and not quite as good.

There was Dark Empire II, and I didn't get that for some reason.
Think I was in my "I'm done with this, time for prequels", phase.

*Googles*
Yep, I figured, Youtube's got it.
*Listens to selected chunks*
Eh, it's not horrible...

And, that was audio, now, games.


Gaming-

SNES (1990)

See under Mario in "Heroes Of Vidya Games".

They stopped measuring things in bits after the N64.
Now it's all about polygon count, and they don't release that in the advertising.
You've really gotta dig for those specs.

Just the next console comes out, and the ads show you how pretty the latest game is.
I don't notice the difference anymore.
We're up to the point where the human eye is fooled.
We're not out of the uncanny valley yet, but we'll get there.


Super Gameboy (1994)

See "Metroid II: The Return Of Samus", in "Heroes Of Vidya Games".

The only way to link portable gaming to home gaming at the time.
Now we have portables with video output cables like Dingoo.
Or portables that dock into a home console, like the Nintendo Switch.

Meanwhile, Metroid II just got remade as "Metroid: Samus Returns", for 3DS.


Playstation 1 (1994)

See "Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night", in "Heroes Of Vidya Games".
And/or in "Dracula-Thon (Part 6)".

"Symphony Of The Night", was 1997.
Again with that year...


N64 (1996)

See "Goldeneye", in "Heroes Of Vidya Games, Part 2".

Part of me regrets missing this system.
But, a whole system for Mario, Zelda, and Goldeneye?
Meh.....

The graphics were shit looking back at it, and all the big titles need remakes now.
Except Mario 64, because, well, he's a cartoon.
Pretty sure Goldeneye got a remake.
The Zelda ones could be polished up.


CD-ROM games and apps-
(Got my PC CD-ROM in 1994)

See "King's Quest 6", "Duke Nukem", and"7th Guest", in "Heroes Of Vidya Games, Part 2".

There was also Cinemania '93, a CD-ROM movie guide before IMDB was a thing.
And I've got tucked away somewhere, a Comedy Central disk with comedian routine clips.
Youtube obsoletes that.

With bigger hardrives, and faster internet, no one needs CD-ROMs anymore.
Last couple consoles haven't even had a disk drive, if I remember right.

Everythng's going wireless, and flash memory.

Speaking of the net taking over....


Internet-

• History Of The Internet Part 1
• Krazyfool's Den Of Delusion!!!
• Krazyfool's Den Of Delusion! (Reborn!)
• History Of The Internet 1.5- My 'Puters
• History Of The Internet 2- Anime 
• History Of The Internet 2.5- Addendum
• My old computer art.
• Harry Hembock And The Zone Dweebies.
• Art inspired by "Harry Hembock and the Zone Dweebies".
• Movies I was waiting for in retrospective.
• Movies I was waiting for- The Sequel!
• Movies I was waiting for- Part 3!
• And oh yeah, Winamp is dead.

Updates on everything-

-June was the 20th anniversary of J-World!!

I'm late as fuck, but BD and me observed it in comments here, here, and here.
(Starts with BD's response to "IT")
Then continued starting here.

-As far as movies I was waiting for that took forever, the book "Slash Of The Titans", about the Development Hell of FvJ came out. Good stuff. Still need "The Death Of Superman Lives: What Happened?", to go with it.

-Is AOL still a thing?
They finally took their dopey name off all Time Warner stuff.
Good riddance.

-The newest Tenchi sucked, the glory days are over.

-The bloom is off the rose for all of anime, really. That boom of anime in the 90's was totally due to Japan's economic boom. Since their economic crash, it's mostly lame fighting shit like Naruto. Kiss my ass, Naruto. Well, I'll miss having awesome new animes to watch, but I don't miss the hipster cunts of the fan community. Good riddance to that shit.


-The rise and fall of AICN!!!!

Here's the Harry Knowles puking gif from my old Krazyfool art page. 
It's fitting now.

Knowles turned out to be a groper of women, and "Ain't It Cool News", is imploding, and rats are leaving the sinking ship.
Good riddance.
*Spit*

Everyone just go to Dark Horizons.
Been around since the beginning of the net.
Pure news, no obnoxious hipster bullshit.

-Seanbaby writes for Cracked now, and looking back, he's an asshole.
He's just a bully and a troll.
We've got one for president, it ain't cute anymore.

-Speaking of assholes, here's a dedication video to Goatse.

-Yeah, come to think of it, most if not all of the big rockstars of "Internet 1.0", are gone, or imploding, or even fuckin' dead. Who knows where the Youtube stars of today will be in 20 years.
I already want Pewdiepie, TJ Kirk, and Fine Brothers in coffins or urns, I know that much.
And the Yahoo hackers, and the Equifax hackers, and ransomware authors.
Their deaths would probably make me cum.
Y'know, fuck Twitter too.
Fuck Twitter in the nostrils.

Ah, internet, you showed such promise, and brought us the apocalypse instead.
Wheeee!!


Next time, real life shit.