Dressup, Fragglerock, Looneytunes, and Mister Roger’s Neighbourhood, all of which were available on CBC. So limited, I don’t recall watching much television at all at our other homes before then, apart from the childhood classics of Mr.
Having only one cable provider, the channel selection was extremely limited for starters. Living in Whitehorse in the 1990’s was very different from growing up in most city centres of Canada. That moment stands out for many reasons (a new home! trails and forest to explore behind the house! My own room!!!) but in terms of “cultural perception” the main reason was having a television in the basement, away from parents, and having access to MuchMusic and TSN TV channels, both creating a love of music and sport. For Klosterman, the nineties began with the release of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album, released in September 1991 for me, the easiest marker would be the fall of 1989 when I moved to Whitehorse, Yukon from Regina, Saskatchewan, turning 10 that November, but the more significant moment would be in 1994 when my family moved into a house that we built in a new subdivision of Whitehorse (nearly 15 years old). Thus begins ‘The Nineties,’ a fantastic book full of moments of nostalgia and information that I was simply oblivious to for multiple reasons. Chuck Klosterman, ‘ The Nineties: A Book’ Decades are about cultural perception, and culture can’t read a clock. The nineties began on January 1 of 1990, except for the fact that of course they did not. Light my candles in a daze 'cause I've found God Sunday mornin' is every day for all I care and I'm not scared I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you, we broke our mirrors I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends, they're in my head
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