I was saving this one for Christmas or "Christmas in July," but since the "Jesus Christ Superstar 2000" video review has been delayed for a week, I suppose now is as good a time as any to use this as an Easter-themed backup.
I have held on to this one ever
since it came in the mail (we had a subscription to RD back in the day). The
disappointingly-short cover story reassures readers that Christianity
will be stronger than ever in the 21st
Century. Simple as that, but thoughtful stuff all the same. Having said that, I found some of the other articles rather interesting. One of these involved a man
with congenital Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis (in short, he inherited from his father a condition in which the muscle
of his left ventricle was too big and narrowed his aortic vessels,
and nobody knew why—it’s not good) and the Alcohol Ablation
therapy that saved his life (in short, cold alcohol was injected into
his veins, thereby inducing a controlled heart attack, which caused
the enlarged left ventricle to shrink a bit). I could expound on that
for ages, but…you want more Millennium Stuff, right?
Oh, hey, my birthday's on Wednesday. Think I'll just leave this here:
If you could describe anything on my blog as "putting old wine into new bottles," it's Rhino Records' 50s-themed compilation album. Featuring hits by artists such as Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Canada's very own Little Ri'chard (hello, "Whose Line" fans), this was one of a "New Millennium Party" series alongside 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s hits encompassing a variety of genres:
I say it's a repackaging, but it works well for the Millennium because the series of eight albums serves as a "20th Century Time Capsule" of popular music. The time-capsule theme appears in other marketing gimmicks during 1998/1999...in fact, you could buy a New Millennium Time Capsule at the time. I must make an effort to track that one down.
March 31, 1999: The first of Larry and Andy Wachowski's "Matrix" series opens in theaters worldwide. Its blend of action and philosophical posturing sparks a newfound interest in philosophy, much to the annoyance of innumerable philosophy professors.
March 31, 2000: Vladimir Putin, then (still?) President of Russia, builds bridges with the West after a slight misunderstanding.
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