The pop music of 1997 that this article focuses on was a reflection of the naive optimism that permeated late-90’s America.

That image saved my life (I just took the wrong medication and didn't have anything to induce vomiting).

In the past decade there has been a sea-change in the centralization of the media and it has largely been due to social media. The media is becoming less of a monoculture. Prior to social media everybody had a receiver, but very few had a transmitter. Now anybody can have a transmitter and spread their word, ideas,…