25 years ago

In 1991, I was working for the University of New Hampshire, where I would be for ten years. So the economy was very good that year. Anyone who has taken economics knows that economy stands for the running of the household, so I’m talking a very local economy.

1991 was the year of Operation Desert Storm, our first foray (folly) into Iraq. Also, Apartheid formally ended in South Africa, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania got independence from the Soviet Union, and yes, it was still the USSR, although that was dissolved on December 26 of 1991.

We also had music that year. C&C Music Factory had a big hit with “Gonna Make You Sweat (everybody Dance Now)” (although Bryan Adams’”(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was the #1 song of the year). It was a time of good music overall – some dubbed it the best year of the 1990’s. I don’t know about that, but I’ve put together a real strong podcast of music from 25 years ago, with music from R.E.M., Matthew Sweet, Crowded House, Marshall Crenshaw, Seal, Massive Attack, the KLF, Richard Thompson, Julian Cope, the Pixies, Robyn Hitchcok & the Egyptians, the Smithereens, and Elvis Costello.

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