As has been our practice since 1988, this year’s list reflects what will become big over the next 12 months, not necessarily what’s big now. If you believe everything already big will just keep getting bigger forever, we’ve got some Northern Exposure and Barney merchandise to sell you.
| Insville |
Outski |
| Pocket watches |
Swatch |
| Power PC |
Pentium |
| Blue drinks |
Clear drinks |
| Real cocktail parties |
L.A.-style “slumming” |
| Fizz |
Wired |
| LPs |
Tribute albums |
| Determination |
Defeatism |
| Brooklyn |
Berkeley |
| Count Chocula |
Pop Tarts Crunch |
| Mini satellite dishes |
Cable |
| Video dialtone |
Pay-per-view movies |
| Hi-8 camcorders |
“Kill Your TV” bumper stickers |
| Old Country |
Young Country |
| Voodoo |
Faith healing |
| EastEnders |
Days of Our Lives |
| The Other Side |
Geraldo |
| Hinduism |
Baseball as religion |
| Indie films |
Action hits |
| Tower Video |
Blockbuster |
| Drew Soicher |
Bruce King |
| Lives |
Lifestyles |
| Scotland |
Spain |
| Safeway Select |
President’s Choice |
| Shop-Rite |
Larry’s Markets |
| Democracy |
Demographics |
| World Wide Web |
Video games |
| Love vs. hate |
Right vs. wrong |
| Alaskan Amber Ale |
Rainier’s fake microbrews |
| Sew-your-own |
Designer fashions |
| Gas station artifacts |
Glass art |
| Horse shampoo |
Spray-on hair |
| Urban homesteading |
Moving to the country |
| Hercules |
Babylon 5 |
| Tom Snyder |
Last Call |
| Body painting |
Piercing |
| Passion |
Fashion |
| All-female bands |
All-male plays |
| Jack Hammer |
Jay Jacobs |
| Miss Lily Banquette |
Madonna |
| Wisdom |
Ideology |
| PDAs (this time for sure) |
Cell phones |
| Public nudity |
Cybersex |
| Atom Egoyan |
Oliver Stone |
| DIY culture |
Global entertainment empires |
| Talking books |
Talk radio |
| Nellie Bly |
Hunter Thompson |
| Cool wit |
“Hot Talk” |
| Whiskey |
Vodka |
| Jazz |
Funk |
| Linda Fiorentino |
Meg Ryan |
| Johnny Depp |
Michael Douglas |
| Opium tea |
Crack |
| Ambrose Bierce |
Dave Barry |
| Musical comedy |
Stand-up comedy |
| Curling |
Snowboarding |
| Gargoyles |
Animaniacs |
| Skeleteens sodas |
OK Soda |
| Old Dart Swingers |
Mercedes |
| Sampling |
Intellectual property |
| Floods |
Earthquakes |
| Fat pride |
Waifs |
| Live performance |
Movies based on TV shows |
| Men who wish they were lesbians |
Whites who wish they were Indians |
| Doing your own thing |
Obeying dumb in/out lists |
