"You must be older than Dangerous to drink in this establishment."

"You must be older than Ricky Martin's first album to drink in this establishment."

... as with BloodSugarSexMagic coming out the same day as Low End Theory and Nevermind, there's a bigger event to come.  Keep your radio dial tuned to my shitty blog for all the latest!

"You must be older than 'Mysterious Ways' to drink in this establishment."

"You must have breathed the same air as Freddy Mercury to drink in this establishment."

"He used to be a cave man..."

"You must be older than Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer to drink in this establishment."

... and happy birthday, Stephanie!

"You must be older than Beauty and the Beast to drink in this establishment."

... and happy birthday, Jaren!

He backlashed my bootie like I was Susan Faludi

"You must be older than Backlash to drink in this establishment."

Let's all go...

"You must be older than 'Flaming Moe's' to drink in this establishment."

First Dr. Pepper-and-cough syrup cocktail's on the house, birthday boy. 

On another note (just because I can)...

...today in Calvin and Hobbes history:

"You must be older than Achtung Baby to drink in this establishment."

"You must have been born before Terry Waite was freed to drink in this establishment."

A confession:  This one doesn't actually make me feel old, because I don't remember hearing about this while it happened.  In later years, I remember coming across the story in articles about 80s politics and Mideast affairs.  Somehow, though, I completely missed it.

Black or White

"You must be older than the 'Black or White' video to drink in this establishment."

"You must be older than Cape Fear to drink in this establishment."

"You must be older than 2Pacalypse Now to drink in this establishment."

"You must be older than Real Love to drink in this establishment."

There was something about the nineties that produced a handful of songs with identical titles.  Mary J. Blige's track with the same title was only a year off, and The Beatles' later track was released alongside the Anthology series in '95.  My favorite, however, remains the coincidence of "Show Me Love" by both of Robyn and Robin S., especially when I get the dates wrong and say they came out in the same year (they didn't).  

We Can't Dance

"You must have been born before the end of the Phil Collins era of Genesis in this establishment."

Strictly Business

"You must be older than Halle Berry's film career to drink in this establishment."

Yeah, yeah---technically she had a bit part in Jungle Fever four months earlier, but this is the first role she was listed as a co-star. 

"You must have been born before Magic Johnson announced he was H.I.V.-positive to drink in this establishment."

(pic)

"You gotta have lived at the same time as Fred MacMurray to drink in this establishment."

He wasn't always so serious, of course.

"You must be older than Bandwagonesque to drink in this establishment."

... actually, I have a soft spot for Young Adult, so here's that scene:

Outsourcing to Ken Jennings

This is neat:  You must be older than the Sistine Chapel to get into... I don't know.  Lothlórien? 

Go bye-bye!

"You must have been alive during Muppet Babies to drink in this establishment."

Sorry...

... for not being around; you may have heard of a little thing to happen to my hometown.  Internet was out from the weekend on (evidently the cable company got hit by Sandy before it made landfall elsewhere), so even if I had been able to find good events to catalog, I would have been prevented from doing so.  However, I was looking at this week with some trepidation, as there was really a blank space in pop culture 21 years ago.  I mean, the Halloween Blizzard, but that's lame ("Really? And the anniversary is on the same day. Weird."), and very little besides.

Anyway, I know most of my readers are from... Uzbekistan, if Blogger's stats are to be believed, so hope the rest of you stayed dry.