Ah, 1998 -- What a simple time. Clinton was in office, the economy was intact, the Iraq “threat” was still legitimate, and anyone with a two ears and a radio was familiarized with the Hip-Hop/R&B group by the name of Blackstreet, when the song “No Diggity” was conditioned into our ears by the likes of KUBE 93 as if we were all pigeons in one of B.F. Skinner’s infamous boxes.

My oh my, how the times have changed. What happened to the budget surplus? What happened to all the room in the music industry for a multitude of R&B boy-bands? Or boy-bands in general! Ah yes, 1999 happened, and so on. We should all consider ourselves lucky to have room in said industry for the infrequent cover of songs like this, from bands like Klaxons.

Since your local Hollywood Video was out VHS copies of There’s Something About Mary, Take a moment (after you feed your Tamagotchi pet its digital food, of course) to sit back and reminisce about a time when virtually anyone could get a record deal with the right look.