Many music videos from the late nineties,
six underground by the sneaker pimps being the most salient example to me, have a distinctive cinematographic feel and style to them, with very high contrast (super dark blacks and popping-out, almost oversaturated whites); a lot of murky brown/green and pops of red/blue. Does this style have a name? Is it a film effect or some kind of post-processing, or both? digital? Why was it so prevalent in the late-nineties, and, correct me if I am mistaken, mostly just for music videos?
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posted by zingiberene
on Jan 8, 2013 -
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I'm looking for a book I read as a pre-teen. It's been years since I read it and I can't recall the name of the writer, or the title of the work. I recall a little of the plot, but not much.
As far as I recall, it was about a girl living in a small town in the east coast who falls into a pit, or cave, something like that, and is saved by a man made of earth and stone.
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posted by Rosengeist
on Mar 21, 2012 -
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"Is it Sybil?" Help me understand this dated reference in a Rita Rudner joke from the early 90's.
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posted by Silky Slim
on Jan 30, 2012 -
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I am trying to find the name of an obscure mac game i used to play in the 90's. To find by google search terms has not been successful and to describe the game is a challenge.
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posted by pelican
on Jan 14, 2011 -
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What is the name of the band and song in this video from the late 80's-early 90's? I came across
this old post on Yahoo! Answers and now it is driving me nuts. One of the guys in the band had on a Charlie Brown shirt and the video took place in a skate park. "California" may have been part of the band name. Ring any bells?
posted by catastropher
on Dec 31, 2010 -
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A boy buys an earring at an old junk shop, either he can't afford both or the guy sells it to him for a great price because there's no pair for it. Once he start wearing it though, trash becomes attracted to him. He ends up taking refuge (I think) in a phone booth and the trash falls away when he takes out the earring. My question, what show was this?
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posted by abitha!
on Jun 25, 2009 -
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Help me remember this PC game from the 90's! It was a French game, named something like "Fantasio", but I can't find anything about it online.
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posted by ranglin
on Sep 24, 2008 -
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Is there a general consensus on the "feel" or identity" or, dare I say it, "quality" of 90's music yet?
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posted by Navelgazer
on Jul 12, 2008 -
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where can i find an image of the fuzzy laser background that was used in school pictures in the 80's and early 90's?
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posted by binocularfight
on Apr 22, 2008 -
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Early-to-Mid 90's commercial: girl in bar slips guy a piece of paper not with her phone number, but with her email address.
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posted by Venadium
on Oct 28, 2007 -
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Sometime during the 90's, there was a proto-techno group which I just can't identify. I remember a specific music video in which a large, comically dressed rabbit broke into a laboratory for some illicit purpose. The only thing I know about this group is that the singer is a heavyset black woman, and they sound kind of like Real McCoy or ATB. What is the name of the band?
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posted by tehloki
on Jun 7, 2007 -
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I found myself warm and nostalgic today for the brief period between the end of the cold war and the war on terror. Do you think history will look at it as a very good time to be alive or is this just me being a nostalgic Gen x-er?
posted by Deep Dish
on Aug 20, 2006 -
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