What up? It’s Kyle from the AMP-Tourage here to let you know about a new segment on our website called “Pick a Page.” What is it you ask?
Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Basically, I found some old magazines that date back all the way to 1998 and are filled with pop culture gold I tell you, GOLD!
There are articles that will take you back to the good ol’ days of when Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were just getting on their feet and when Eminem wasn’t even a twinkle in our eye yet!
These mags have been passed around the station and we have found some great articles that reminded us of when we were first introduced to Christina Aguilera and Sean Fanning. You know Sean Fanning, the dude who created Napster.
What we want you to do, is throw out a page number to us from any of the magazines in the picture above and we’ll reply with a bit of pop culture history that is on that page.
Everything from Katy Perry’s first interview about how she “Kissed a Girl” to the evolution of Youtube could pop up.
It’s the ultimate throwback to some of your favorite AMP artists a great way to learn something new, or just read for nostalgic reasons to kill some time while you sit at work.
Tara from promotions got us started. She chose page 35 from an Entertainment Weekly magazine dating back to 2001.
Of course there was A LOT of fun facts on this page but here is the one that stood out to us:
January 28, 2001
“Generations collide as Aerosmith, flanked by N’Sync and Britney take center stage at the Super Bowl half-time show. The game itself is among the lowest-rated Super Bowls in the last decade, but the half-time show attracts about 2 millions more viewers.”
Pretty crazy to think that 11 years later, Madonna performed and brought in an unbelievable 114 million viewers.
Holy moly!
Alright, now it’s your turn. Pick a page in the comments and tell us which magazine from the picture you want to use, and we will tell you some pop culture history!
Go!
