90s alternative rock stuff
So much of 90s alternative rock has been forgotten, left behind to die on a pressed CD, or trapped inside an archaic MP3 player that is as worthless as a brick.
This is my running list of 90s alt-rock bands and songs that kick ass; the tunes that helped shape my soul–many of which, still get played in regular rotation all of these years later.
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I’m just gonna drop this here. It’s a random short story I wrote while commuting on the train about 20 years ago. There are a few of these floating around. The stories are unrefined and are not great, but maybe they mean something about who I am…who I was…who I will become?
A Plastic Pause
He stared at the humongous fish tank that severed the restaurant in two and wondered what the waiter’s reaction would be if he demanded the pale orange guy hovering near the plastic diver.
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Are you debating whether or not to pull the trigger on Mets season tickets? I made the plunge this past season. And like you, I reached the end of the Internet to help make my decision. After trolling Reddit and obsessively Googling questions like, “are baseball season tickets worth it” and “how do season tickets work?” and “Mets season ticket packages”– I took the calculated risk and went with a 20-game package.
Despite my intense research, I found very few answers, making me wonder if the Mets season ticket experience is purposely shrouded in secrecy, a pact made by MLB teams and super fans to preserve a host of benefits only unlocked for the fortunate few who make the plunge.
This article aims to talk about some of the lesser-discussed nuances of being a baseball season ticket holder.
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This is the story of four boys from Queens making their way to Cancun, Mexico for Spring Break in the 1990s. With a legal drinking age of 18, going south of the border was the only viable destination.
Thanks to an old school travel agency, the kind where you sit on the other side of a desk from a human being and plan a trip, we were able to make our booking and pay in installments. Without the “layaway” option, that $600 trip would have never been a reality.
Every other week, I would stop by Empress Travel in Bayside to drop off an envelope filled with cash. All told, I probably had to work over 100 hours to pay for the trip. But as we all learn, the sacrifice to make “forever” memories are always worth it.
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With working-from-home days for the masses winding down, I knew it was time to up my bicycle commuting game.
I’ve biked back-and-forth to the office a handful of times a year. But given the advancements in the electric bike category, including hill-flattening PAS systems and more affordable entry points, there is no excuse for me NOT to make an e-bike my primary mode of transportation back-and-forth to work.
However, I was unprepared for the number of lightweight electric bike choices currently on the market.
I quickly found myself spiraling down a rabbit hole, and indecision paralysis set in. What started as an innocent hunt for a solid bike turned into a quest for perfection. My budget ballooned from a $1,000 e-bike to $5,000. I became consumed with torque sensors vs. cadence sensors. I obsessed over bike classes and weight. Honestly, there was a time when I spent as much time watching Court Rye on ElectricBikeReview.com than with my kid!
I needed to break out of the rut. I had taken enough test drives and done enough reading. So armed with all of the data I collected over several months, I did what any logical human being would do: I bought a bike that didn’t have a single review available on the Web.
And it is easily one of the best electric bikes under $1,000.
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At 12 years old, every night wound down the same way. After brushing my teeth, I’d lay down in my “captain’s bed” with the steering-wheel headboard, my yellow Sony Sports boombox against the wall, and fall asleep with my ear pressed against the speaker, the volume just loud enough to be audible.
Then it happened. Usually, between 2am – 3am.
Aerosmith’s “Angel” would come on the radio, and I would rise from the dead.
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