Don't dye this at
home: Johny Rotten's
punk rock locks are
out.
- Wallet chains (preppies only).
- Dark roots. "But well-groomed, you know?"
- Skateboarder looks.
- Other than that, it was personal. Everybody had pretty much their own style.
- Teen heartthrob (male): Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Perennial older-guy heartthrob: Tom Cruise.
- Teen heartthrob (female): Liv Tyler (if you could get past how much she looks like her dad).
"Oh Romeo, Romeo!".
Leonardo reigned this year.
Cool threesome: The Fugees
- Ska! Ska! Ska! Locally, ska ruled. Huge and building. The next big thing. Got it.
- Techno was building; rap was dying.
- Female artists were big -- Tracy Bonham, Ani DiFranco. But NOT (gagging sounds) Alanis Morissette: Only aging hippies and wannabes listened to her anymore.
- The Fugees and No Doubt were cool. Ditto Tom Waits, in an underground kind of way.
- Beck went far, far beyond cool.
- And Aerosmith was back.
- Date movie of the year: "Romeo and Juliet."
- Hip flick of the year (definitely non-date): "Trainspotting."
- Bang-up action movie: "The Rock."
- Chick flick: "Emma."
- Goof movie: "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America."
- Perennial goof movie: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
- Trip down memory lane: "Star Wars" trilogy re-release.
The B&B movie: It didn't suck
These docs were made for walking. So were stacked heels...The class of '97 wore both.
Basically, this is Tucson. No one knows where to go. But still:
- Concert of the year: Smashing Pumpkins in Phoenix. Pretty much sucked, but everybody went.
- Coffee house of choice: Bentley's.
- Weekend hangout: the Ultimate Frisbee game at Himmel Park.
- Place to shop: Buff X, alias Buffalo Exchange on Speedway.
- The mall? Please.
- TV sucked! Except for:
- "Xena."
- "Pete & Pete."
- "The Simpsons."
- Special mention to "Beverly Hills 90210": Really sucked.
Xena ruled on the tube
Always a status symbol --
the cellular phone
