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Home » Y2K

Tag: Y2K

Pat Hughes
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Baseball Announcer Likely to Recall an Obscure Play From Ten Years Ago in Extraordinary Detail

by Mick Dumke June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Every big-league announcer has to develop a knack for creative filibustering.

Posted inBlogs

Kosmyk Charlie’s Y2K Catastrophe Ale from Central Waters: It’s a mouthful

by Philip Montoro January 21, 2013August 18, 2021

Central Waters first brewed Kosmyk Charlie’s barleywine for Y2K, but luckily they kept going.

Posted inNews & Politics

Artificial Intelligence/Steppenwolf Strikes a Nerve

by Michael Miner January 6, 2000August 19, 2021

Media columnist Mike Miner on Y2K and Steppenwolf’s 1999 production of Hysteria, a dark farce that raised the issue of “trigger warnings” before the term had come into use.

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