Things That Make Us Feel Old: The OC Edition

Do you know it's been TEN YEARS since The OC premiered???

We could turn this into an incredibly long-winded nostalgia post, but if we started, we probably wouldn't be able to stop. Those astute cultural references! Those height-of-early-2000's-fashion choices (remember, Marissa had Uggs before anyone did)! Seth's favourite bands becoming our favourite bands! THE ACTING!

Entertainment Weekly has the scoop on what our favourite Californians have been up to since 2003.

We might also marathon Season 1 in the near future and see how a decade has treated the show. In the meantime, let these dulcet tones sweep you away to a simpler time...

Things That Make Us Feel Old: MuchMusic VJ Edition

Remember when you'd come straight home from school and turn on MuchMusic immediately, because you know that's what all your friends were doing too?

And then you'd go to school the next day and rehash The Countdown minute by minute, and be like "Did you see that Jennifer Lopez is a singer now? I bet that video cost like a hundred thousand dollars. And that's probably not even including that BRAND NEW iMac she threw into the swimming pool..."

(1999, people. 1999.)

In a similar vein, the first MuchMusic Video Awards were held in 2002, and were hosted by the two best VJs MuchMusic ever had: George Stroumboulopoulos and Bradford How (if you disagree, COME AT US.)

Perusing the above wikipedia entry got us to thinking: what are all those former MuchMusic VJs doing these days? You know, now that music television is no longer the cultural zeitgeist it once was...

Luckily for us, omg at Yahoo wondered the same thing. Click on over and reminisce with us!

Things That Make Us Feel Old

We checked out "The Great Gatsby" on Friday with some friends, and one line haunted us with its razor sharp precision into the human condition. No, we're not talking about any lines regarding that g-d green light.

THIS is the quote which shook us to our core:

I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade… Thirty—the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair. 

We consoled ourselves with the fact that we still have a few years left before that menacing decade. And with the fact that in the 1920s, the average life expectancy was probably, what, 50? But all our shallow attempts to reassure ourselves that we're really not THAT old were for naught.

Why, you ask?

Because of this urgent and horrifying news story.

IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS? WHERE DID THOSE YEARS GO? We can remember that finale like it was yesterday...we miss you, Scoobies!

Your favorite TV shows, 1995 style

Youtube user goestoeleven is burning up the internet right now with a couple of amazing videos. He explains it best:

"In an alternate universe, The Walking Dead aired in 1995. Here's the intro."

And here's his interpretation of Breaking Bad as a network family drama:

These two videos have even inspired other users to create the same kind of thing. Check out this awesome intro for a mid-90's Game of Thrones (spoilers!):

For us, it's the details that make these videos so great. That squiggly/warped lines that move down the screen, the weird colour "halos" that form around some outlines, the fonts... all of it takes us right back. Not to mention finding the perfect moments to take out of context and give them a whole new meaning (best example: Walter and the rooftop pizza.)

"Nostalgia-fying" current media is definitely going to turn into A Thing, so keep checking back here for the latest and greatest updates!

We All Just Missed Out on the Cruise of the Century

Seriously, you guys. 

We all just missed the opportunity to take a cruise to the Bahamas with this man, and all the 90's glory he entails:

The "Mark McGrath and Friends" cruise was set to take place this October. The lineup was mind-blowing. Just take a look:

It reads like a Hinterland's Who's Who of "Rick Dee's and the Weekly Top 40" circa the best decade of your life. 

And the "special acoustic performances"? Apparently if your name is Ed and you were in a band that was popular in the 90's, you can no longer afford any music equipment except a pair of spoons, a bucket, and a comb with some wax paper over it. 

But before the masses could even begin to think about drunkenly slurring out the chorus to "Sex and Candy" in a roomful of people doing the same, the cruise was cancelled.

Let us hang up our candy necklaces, fold our Adidas tear-away track pants, and pour out a little Blue Raspberry Gatorade for what might have been.

Full soundtrack to your mindful reflections under the cut (and really, just an excuse to post these songs because OH MY GOD, THESE SONGS.)