“I’m not the only one who yearns for the future that never showed up. The frustration is widely felt and has been mounting for some time, gathering serious speed in the late ’90s when the really-ought-to-be-momentous new millennium loomed. Dates like “1999,” “2000″ and “2001″ set off special reverberations — not just for the science fiction fans among us but for plenty of regular folk too. Even now, when we should have grown blasé about living in the 21st century, the dates still have a faint futuroid tang, a poignant trace of what should have been. The obvious landmarks of tomorrow’s world never materialized: vacations to the moon, 900 miles per hour transatlantic trains hurtling through vacuum tunnels. But the absence is felt equally in the fabric of daily life, the way that the experience of cooking an egg or taking a shower hasn’t changed in our lifetime.”
read full article on Salon.com
Interesting article, and now I quite want to read the book. Also reminded me of that shirt I want that all the indie kids probably already have…
Gonzales – Futuristic Ain’t Shit To Me
The The – I’ve Been Waiting For Tomorrow (All Of My Life)
Those kinds of musings always remind me of this strip (though I haven’t read the full article. I try and avoid trying to get sucked into such things at 3am when I’m about to go to bed):
http://lispmeister.com/images/calvin_and_hobbes_future.png
Also: “That shirt”? Which shirt?
http://www.threadless.com/product/63/Damn_Scientists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6645987.stm
that is from a great old movie not back to futer