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The Nineties
by Chuck Klosterman
I was in college when [b:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto|599|Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs A Low Culture Manifesto|Chuck Klosterman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1380742001l/599._SY75_.jpg|929649] came out and I LOVED it, it was one of the first things I read that made me realize you could discuss pop culture in a sort of serious way. And then I read more and learned that like, a lot of people were doing that and I found new favs, but I still have a soft spot for Klosterman. And I have a soft spot for 90s nostalgia as do I think most people who lived through it.
Overall I enjoyed reading this collection and learned some things from it, especially sections dealing with politics/history (I was age 5-15 in the 90s so I wasn't really up on current events for most of it and then my high school classes did not really cover Ross Perot. Wild stuff in the 1992 election, it turns out!)
Klosterman is notably aware of his own perspective and cultural blindspots and will do things like make a footnote about how arguably Tupac and Biggie were a bigger deal than Nirvana and he's aware that he's making a choice by talking about Nirvana way more because that's what he personally was more impacted by. And I think honestly, when you're writing a single book that's just called THE NINETIES you do have to make some choices and understand that you can't talk about literally everything, and can't give equal weight to everything. So like, I get it.
It's definitely a straight white gen X man's POV on the 90s, but he knows it, and I overall liked the infotainment-y air of it all. Basically I think if you think you'd like this, you probably would, and if you're already rolling your eyes at the idea of it, it's probably not going to convert you.
Overall I enjoyed reading this collection and learned some things from it, especially sections dealing with politics/history (I was age 5-15 in the 90s so I wasn't really up on current events for most of it and then my high school classes did not really cover Ross Perot. Wild stuff in the 1992 election, it turns out!)
Klosterman is notably aware of his own perspective and cultural blindspots and will do things like make a footnote about how arguably Tupac and Biggie were a bigger deal than Nirvana and he's aware that he's making a choice by talking about Nirvana way more because that's what he personally was more impacted by. And I think honestly, when you're writing a single book that's just called THE NINETIES you do have to make some choices and understand that you can't talk about literally everything, and can't give equal weight to everything. So like, I get it.
It's definitely a straight white gen X man's POV on the 90s, but he knows it, and I overall liked the infotainment-y air of it all. Basically I think if you think you'd like this, you probably would, and if you're already rolling your eyes at the idea of it, it's probably not going to convert you.