Airing my Philthy Laundry

Ruminations on Advertisements

Today I saw a GAP commercial for their new summer line. The cornerstone of the summer line for GAP: white jeans. I immediately got freaked out. What if white jeans become popular again, and what if I buy a pair? Will I cut my hair into a mullet and shave lightning bolts into my temples like I did the last time white jeans were popular? On days when I'm not wearing white jeans, will I wear spandex, or Umbros, or (gasp) Hammer Pants? What about shirts? Hypercolor? Frankie Says Relax?
Will I buy snap bracelets and Swatch Watches to accessorize? Will my sneakers light up or pump up?
I really don't want to have to find my NKOTB and Vanilla Ice CDs (luckily Milli Vanilli is still in the rotation)

Speaking of advertisements...I also saw an ad for "That's What I Call Music 18" That's right, they're on number 18! I could have sworn that 2 years ago they were on 5, how did we jump to 18? Well, I figured no one would have the answer to that, so I did some investigative work. According to www.nowthatsmusic.com the first, NTWICM album debuted in October of 1998 feturing such classic hits as "Mmm Bop" by Hanson, "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and of course "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. Then about every 6 months a new NTWICM album would come out with songs by hitmakers including, Shakira, Sisqo, BBMac, Shaggy, and solo debuts by Jennifer Love Hewitt and JC Chasez. Lately we've been on a 4 month cycle of NTWICM albums...which means that eventually it's just going to be called "Now that's what I call September" I don't know about you, but That's What I Call CRAP!

posted by philthy @ 9:02 PM