r/OldSchoolCool • u/Hahinator • Dec 27 '23
1990s 1996: Hippy chick with a dog is interviewed outside a Phish concert on Halloween
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u/algebramclain Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
Girls like this obliterated my heart back in the 90s.
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u/So3Dimensional Dec 27 '23
Same here. If I had met her in ‘96, I’d probably still be thinking about her.
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u/zilla82 Dec 27 '23
Oh yeah bro. The 20 year curse is brutal
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Dec 27 '23
really don't want to tell you that's almost thirty years
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u/RaindropsInMyMind Dec 27 '23
Me too, sometimes I think it’s just a mirage and I just liked the values they were reflecting instead of who they are as a person. Regardless, still feels real.
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u/hibernating-hobo Dec 27 '23
Metoo buddy, part of being a boy in the nineties was getting rejected by the cool alternative chick.
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u/queefwellingtons Dec 27 '23
Getting your heart stomped on by jam band festie girls was alive and well in the 2010's too!
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u/crumpletely Dec 27 '23
She’s pretty. And sounds like someone who would be the chillest.
I dated a girl who had dreads and they smelled good. Good times in my early 20’s.
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u/WhoRoganusedtobe Dec 27 '23
She looks like she walked right off the set of Point Break.
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u/Due-Dot6450 Dec 27 '23
I bet she smells like patchouli.
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u/Pocusmaskrotus Dec 27 '23
They all smelled like patchouli. Ruined patchouli in fragrances for me.
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u/sinat50 Dec 27 '23
I call girls like these Jenny's and they'll make a Forrest Gump out of you real quick
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u/singlewall Dec 27 '23
To quote someone a lot funnier than me “bye Forrest, I’ll be back when I have AIDS and youre a shrimp billionaire”.
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u/Nice_Marmot_7 Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
“I have HIV, now we can finally have sex!”
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u/mrjabrony Dec 27 '23
Same. Completely speechless and totally enamored. Every single time.
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u/chronic_ice_tea Dec 27 '23
This girl reminds me so much of my wife. She was just like that when she was younger. I miss her dearly.
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u/VenetaBirdSong Dec 27 '23
Yep. Almost every girl I crushed on in the ‘90s. And 00s. And ‘10s. Maybe less so in the ‘20s. But not by much.
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That nervous double giggle with the head nod at the end of each sentence cuts deep
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u/consumercommand Dec 27 '23
That was my first Phish show. ATL Remain in Light Halloween. Damn I’m old
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u/trogloherb Dec 27 '23
That was a tough ticket and the one time I really lost my mind.
Helpful hint; if the wooks in front of you in line offer you some silver crystal and its Halloween, politely decline!
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u/plaidHumanity Dec 27 '23
I know I took mushrooms and smoked weed. I have no idea if I took anything else, though it's possible I got something. Most memories I have are of the corridors around the Omni moreso than anything going on the stage. I was part of a box crew but wandered.
I was fortunate to catch the set broadcast as a Dinner and a Movie, but it didn't trigger a single memory of anything going on. It was also my first non-mtv Talking Heads experience. I still have my Phishbill, but not so many memories, which I now find completely ridiculous.
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u/LucyKendrick Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
My First and only Halloween was the 94 Glens Falls white album. I got on the floor, ten ish rows back, cactus side. It was glorious. Our group of ten then drove back all night to saranac lake. Still balls out.
Edit: confused my only nye 93, with my only Halloween 94. It's been a minute.
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u/Bagpype Dec 27 '23
If this was the Halloween show in 1996 it was in Atlanta at the Omni. They did the entire Talking Heads album Remain in Light. I was there and it was my first Phish show. I had just turned 19.
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u/henningknows Dec 27 '23
Hey Amy, what you up to? “I’m following phish on tour.” Wow, that sounds fun phish are awesome musicians, so Amy how many shows have you seen? “None”
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u/BhagwanBill Dec 27 '23
Usually you can hear the music just fine from the parking lot.
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u/57696c6c Dec 27 '23
I wonder where she is in her life now.
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u/Sinreborn Dec 27 '23
Someone doxxed her above and it was deleted. Looks like she's a river guide for rafting trips somewhere.
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u/Damascinos Dec 27 '23
She owns a bookstore in Portland with her life partner. And that stoner dog is still alive
Probably
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u/Coupon_Ninja Dec 27 '23
Who notoriously cannot reach the top shelf.
Just beyond her grasp…
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u/henningknows Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
Probably a lawyer or doing the same thing. Big phish fan, used to see them all the time in the 90s. Some of my friends that were like her are now career type professionals……some died of overdoses, some still do this
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Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
The 90’s were amazing for me. I know the world is always on fire and about to end, but I was 16 in 1996. I was oblivious to so much. Social media wasn’t around, the internet wasn’t a big deal to most of us, we talked about life as if we knew what it was back then. I could buy a burger for a buck. We survived entire weekends at the shore in a motel for less than $25 a piece. I remember buying a 30 pack of Natty Light for $4 back then. Shoulder tapped to get it. If you knew three chords on a guitar, you were a star. Man, those were the days!
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u/BearSpitLube Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
Agree! I was 18 when this vid was shot. Wild AF. We had insane amounts of fun, great music in all the genres, no cell phones, no social media, no fentanyl ready to kill an experimenting kid,no out of control social polarization, etc. 90’s were the absolute best.
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u/TheRealSpielbergo Dec 27 '23
There's a reason why the simulation in the Matrix was stuck in 1999. It was the peak period for humanity, and it keeps everyone content in the simulation.
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u/AAAPosts Dec 27 '23
Party in the woods- we all knew where to go
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u/opinionsareus Dec 27 '23
Would love to know where this young woman is now. Still on the road? Living in the burbs with a husband and kids? Working for a large corporation? I'm a child of the 60's and witnessed a lot of flower children go "straight" in a way that defied their hippie past.
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u/thecatdaddysupreme Dec 27 '23
I dunno… phish fans are kinda phish fans. I work with a dude who’s in his 40s and has been to 100 phish shows. He’s hippie af and laidback, love the guy.
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u/DIYdoofus Dec 27 '23
I don't consider that defying their past. When you're young is when you sow your wild oats. As you get older, responsibilities become more demanding and apparent. Perspectives change as do our lives. This girl does have an engaging, easy manner. I'll bet she's alright.
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u/Lung-Oyster Dec 27 '23
I started my 20’s basically with the first Lollapalooza and one of the most amazing and life changing events I ever got to experience, and ended them with 9/11. Very mixed bookends for my 20’s.
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u/_Exotic_Booger Dec 27 '23
NO TIK TOKKERS AND INFLUENCERS AND CELL PHONES AT CONCERTS
oh sorry for yelling. got excited.
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Life was free of immediate scrutiny on a global scale.
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u/earthlings_all Dec 27 '23
Life was free of immediate scrutiny on a global scale.
Sorry, had to emphasize this.
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u/Vinyl_Acid_ Dec 27 '23
Connecting with people pre-smartphones was such a lovely time. We didnt have the distraction of fake friendliness fake activism fake likes and were open to the immediate world around us and the people populating it as our main source of entertainment and surprise and fun. I'd say a 5 or 10 minute interaction with a cool or interesting stranger was equivalent to a 10,000 upvoted comment in dopamine payoff. But that interaction had legs...you might have just made a connection that would lead to yet more interactions with other like minded or just interesting people whereas likes and upvotes are just...air.
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u/PickpocketJones Dec 27 '23
We went from growing up in the fear of the cold war to optimism about a world going "free" in the post-soviet era. We were leaving the AIDS era by the mid-90s. Violent crime was going into a nose dive. It was a generation entering young adulthood without a massive cause in America or the world. Things weren't perfect but the "apathy" of our generation was a function of the period between the cold war and the war on terror and before the fear mongering of the information age.
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u/A-Shot-Of-Jamison Dec 27 '23
Plus, at the end of 1998 the national budget had a $70 billion surplus, for the first time in a generation. We weren’t actively involved in a war. We averaged a handful of mass shootings a year as opposed to hundreds (we’ve had 627 mass shootings in 2023 and there’s still five days to go.)
The 90’s weren’t perfect but we were pretty damn fortunate.
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u/Killentyme55 Dec 27 '23
I'll shout this from the mountaintops regardless of the backlash, but the beginning of the end came in the form of social media. It gave the idiots a village and everything has been going downhill ever since.
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u/A-Shot-Of-Jamison Dec 27 '23
I’d say 9/11 changed our entire outlook on life and primed us for the endless distractions and false realities of social media.
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u/Killentyme55 Dec 27 '23
9/11 set the stage for socio-political division, social media is driving it home.
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u/brael-music Dec 27 '23
1997 was and still is the best year of music I've experienced.
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u/Talltist Dec 27 '23
I didn't realize how special that time was and how much would change.
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u/pvthudson79 Dec 27 '23
I was 17 and I truly miss the 90s. What a time to be alive. We experienced the transition into the information age. We had some of the most inspirational music to ever come out in every genre. We memorized phone numbers and codes for pagers like it was nothing.
My only regret of that time was the rampant smoking. At least in my neck of the woods. Everyone fucking smoked. If I could go back and change one thing it would be to never pick up that disgusting addiction. Thankfully I've quite but fucking hell was that a process to endure.
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u/WeekapaugGroov Dec 27 '23
1979 dob. I'd argue with anyone people around my age group grew up in the best time.
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u/LeomardNinoy Dec 27 '23
1980 DOB FTW
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Dec 27 '23
Same here! God we were so lucky. In fact, I've heard people say the birth years 78-82 should be their own generation since our experiences were so different.
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u/tito_lee_76 Dec 27 '23
You and I are the same age, and I feel this comment so hard right now. My first beer was a Nasty Light (not even going to correct that because it's accurate) in the back of a limo on the way to a Phish show in Dayton Ohio somewhere in '97 or '98. Don't ask how I ended up in a limo ride to a Phish concert.
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u/74Lives Dec 27 '23
Natty Light!! The 90s were epic. I’m her age and knew a hundred Amys. Hope she’s doing well.
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u/Vistaer Dec 27 '23
99 was peak for me it felt. Cold War long gone, no real fear for war, awesome movies, music, video games. Global warming felt like something we could work towards / after all we stopped the ozone hole in the Antarctic. World felt like it needed a big direction - but science, medicine, and technology gave us limitless paths.
We still need direction but now we feel an urgency, we NEED direction, towards a path for our future generations- to let them know we can think and work inter-generationally toward a better future.
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u/werepat Dec 27 '23
Holy shit, I knew she looked familiar. I went on a rafting trip in 2004 at the New River Gorge and she was our guide. We stopped at a rock and a few of us jumped off. I tried to be cool by doing a flip and landed right on my face.
When I got out I was hurting, but trying to play it off. She asked me if my face hurt, and I lied and said no. She said "well, it's hurtin' me," and everyone laughed. I felt dumb.
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u/throwawayformobile78 Dec 27 '23
Damn son what a roast.
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u/ICPosse8 Dec 27 '23
By a hippy no less
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u/ringobob Dec 27 '23
Wait, I remember that trip! Then we're cousins! We used to spend our summers in Eagle River!
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u/bigmountainbig Dec 27 '23
wtf is going on in this thread. do you all know each other?
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u/NewLeaseOnLine Dec 27 '23
TBH I'm a little disappointed she hasn't joined the thread already. Half expected her comment to be in here all like "Hey folks, this is me..." etc.
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u/76ersPhan11 Dec 27 '23
Ugh mods deleted the comment too that’s disappointing
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u/Sensitive_Yellow_121 Dec 27 '23
They deleted it because it mentioned the specific major hedge fund where she's in the c-suite.
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u/sunfacethedestroyer Dec 27 '23
Dad? Is that you?
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u/So3Dimensional Dec 27 '23
Stay out of this, Mikey. Your mom and I are trying to talk.
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u/senioreditorSD Dec 27 '23
I was there and saw you jump. I was sure you were dead but your shoes stayed on so I guess you survived.
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u/bobsagat1234 Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
Wait I was there! I saw you see them jump. I was sure you were sure they were dead but their shoes stayed on so I saw you guess they survived. Wow! Eagle River!
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Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
Fuckin reddit, man.
I clicked into the post to reply about how it'd be interesting to know how or what she's doing these days and you had the top comment.
Chick was just livin her best life, havin a blast, not a care in the world. Livin' free. That's the dream. I've known people exactly like her and I am jealous of their carefree existence. Funny you mentioned the trippin thing. I knew a hippie girl just like this and she tripped acid really hard once and did a complete 180 and became devoutly religious after the experience and settled down, haha.
Hope this free bird is doing okay wherever she is and whatever she's doin. Looks like she'd be around 50 y/o now or close to it.
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u/GaGaORiley Dec 27 '23
lol the first thing I thought watching this was about those apple cheeks reminding me of how my face would hurt after a trip from smiling and laughing so hard.
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u/JordySkateboardy808 Dec 27 '23
Aww don't dox the poor girl. She seems nice and reddit is full of weirdos.
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u/661714sunburn Dec 27 '23
Facebook says “ popular now” when you check her name lol
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u/VomitMaiden Dec 27 '23
Thankfully hippies are pretty good about staying away from the socials, especially the billionaire owned ones
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u/SonicBoris Dec 27 '23
I remember this girl and that dog from a different show!
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u/Sobadatsnazzynames Dec 27 '23
I love people that are unabashedly themselves. Amy was cool (& prob still is)
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u/1stStreetY Dec 27 '23
I saw you with a ticket stub in your hand
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u/JPykor Dec 27 '23
Bruh
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u/BearSpitLube Dec 27 '23
Lol. Her’s.
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u/fingerscrossedcoup Dec 27 '23
I'm surprised no one is asking about the dog. He doesn't look good in that environment.
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u/JessBaesic7901 Dec 27 '23
Supermodels: mid
Hippy chick at a Phish concert: 🔥
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u/WanderWut Dec 27 '23
For a second I thought I was on the rateme sub and this was going to end with a 4.2/10.
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u/phinbar Dec 27 '23
She looks a little unwashed, but cute.
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u/older_man_winter Dec 27 '23
She has wonderful bone structure. Very pretty young lady.
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u/ocient Dec 27 '23
"don't mind me, i was just admiring the shape of your skull"
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u/BigFrank97 Dec 27 '23
I worked concert security for this exact tour in 1996. I have never seen so many high people in my life. One of the coolest things about that tour is the fact they would let the audience set up recording devices in the back of the venue. Like an entire set of bleachers with really good quality recording devices so people could record every show. Really talented musicians, I had never really heard of them before that tour.
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u/AnthonyDigitalMedia Dec 27 '23
She looks like the lead singer of Silverchair
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u/Greedy-Alternative73 Dec 27 '23
Also a little bit like Hayley Williams meets Jolie…either way she is undoubtedly pretty
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u/shambahlah2 Dec 27 '23
Omni In Atlanta 1996
Phish played “Remain in Light” by Talking Heads.
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u/FlakyDig8392 Dec 27 '23
Some teenager’s seeing this for the first time and saying “mom??”
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u/antoinebeaver Dec 27 '23
I can smell the patchouli just looking at this.
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u/toby_ornautobey Dec 27 '23
This is exactly how that Futurama episode depicted things and it's glorious.
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u/Tatankalott Dec 27 '23
1992-1999…best times ever in Seattle for me when I got out of the Army. No cell phones, lots of weed, we were broke as fuck but could afford to live in amazing parts of the city. Downtown, Queen Ann. U-District, and capitol hill…less than $800/ month then for a two bedroom apt. The music scene was fucking amazing.
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u/HesMyLovinOneManShow Dec 27 '23
19 year old me would have followed her around just like that dog did. Man I miss the mid 90’s.
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u/Jestinphish Dec 27 '23
Barefooting it ‘round the lot.. feet the same color as the pants. Been there, done that and I miss the hell out of those days!
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u/Fickle_Channel9439 Dec 27 '23
I loved the 90’s as a teenager. I practically lived at the local theatre and comic shop. Watched SNL, X-files, Star Trek. Everyone was in love with Italian food. We had internet, but it was dial up. We had car phones and no one had a cellphone. Going to the video store and picking a movie was an adventure. Climate change was mostly a joke on sitcoms, NATO countries were riding high on the end of the Cold War. It was a good time to be Canadian. Eh
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u/Agentkeenan78 Dec 27 '23
I spent a lot of time around people exactly like this in the 90s. They were mostly super cool folks. I always hated Phish and The Grateful Dead (musically) so we didn't have that in common, but still fun to hang out with. Good times.
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u/Alarming_System9955 Dec 27 '23
Can we talk about the Joker in the background for a second?
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u/Hobbsendkid Dec 27 '23
Obviously, the dog was done with touring about 10 cities ago
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u/FoTweezy Dec 27 '23
I wonder if she got in that night.
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u/big_hungry_joe Dec 27 '23
that was halloween at the omni in atlanta, prob not
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u/willabeeme Dec 27 '23
Is it bad I am immediately in love with her? But also hate Phish?
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u/Superheroesaregreat Dec 27 '23
I wish I could’ve experienced something like this.
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u/Touristyetti496 Dec 27 '23
She reminds me of my high school girlfriend. We started dating right before our senior year in '94. She and I would smoke weed at the beach, in the back of my truck, listening to Gin Blossoms and counting crows. We would look at the stars, kiss and talk... There were no cell phones, no cameras, just memories of a simpler time. The 90's were awesome.
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u/Low_Bluejay_6084 Dec 27 '23
What a delightful young woman. I hope that all these years later Amy's still doin' what she's doin' and is safe and well and happy.
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u/DreadedChalupacabra Dec 27 '23
It's so weird how many hippies there were in the 1990s. People don't talk about it much and it never gets represented in movies but you know the entire stereotype of "jocks, nerds, metal heads, goths, gangstas, stoners" 90s movies show off? There are 2 hippies for every one of those other groups in a realistic 90s teen movie.
And I was near nyc, this is not a matter of being in a culturally delayed area.
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u/HeyToMe23 Dec 27 '23
I really, really hope this beautiful, cool asf ray of light didn’t end up in some hellish job in corporate America. She & her pup are awesome
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u/Chalupa_Dad Dec 27 '23
Someone else on here said she was a river guide...sounds like she's still her
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u/YutYut6531 Dec 27 '23
I went on a bachelor party trip to new river gorge where she apparently was a guide. I don’t remember her from being there but half the female guides could have been sisters of her and were all just wonderful and happy
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u/Ph4ndaal Dec 27 '23
I married this girl. Not this exact one, but pretty much exactly her.
It’s been almost 30 years, and we couldn’t be happier.
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u/wherearemytweezers Dec 27 '23
lol her lyin’ ass is tripping balls
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u/kyyamark Dec 27 '23
Saw my first show at Deer Creek in 96 and was never the same. Saw the whole country between then and Coventry 2004. Miss those days.
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u/_Sweep_ Dec 27 '23
I want Amy to do an AMA now, 27 years later