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Article: '90S REVIVAL: GIN BLOSSOMS, SPONGE TO PLAY PINE BLUFF.(LIFESTYLE)
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- The Capital Times
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- August 14, 2002
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Byline: Rob Thomas The Capital Times
It's time to hop in your rock 'n' roll time machine and head way back in time - well, actually, not that far back at all.
Less than three years after they ended, the '90s are back.
Nostalgia for 1980s pop culture has been a hot property for a little while now. Package tours featuring '80s bands like the Fixx and Psychedelic Furs tour in the summertime, and radio stations like Madison's WBZU/FM 105.1 ("The Buzz") build their entire format around the decade of parachute pants, John Hughes films and Kirk Cameron.
But a few forward thinkers have already leapfrogged ahead and are tapping into nostalgia ...