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| + | The year [[1989]] is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the [[Eastern Bloc]], starting in [[Poland]]. Collectively known as the [[Revolutions of 1989]], they were the death knell for the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[Stalinism|Stalinist]]ic [[Marxism-Leninism]] as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[globalization]], [[free trade]], and [[United States dominance]] that lasts to this day. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *Tian'anmen Square, Bejing, China, [[5 June]] 1989: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. | + | *[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] shot |
| - | *[[King Tubby]] shot | + | *[[February 14]] – radio Tehran broadcast [[fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie]] |
| - | *[[Berlin Wall]] falls | + | *[[June 5]] – [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. |
| + | *[[November 9]] – [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]] | ||
| + | *[[December 17]] – ''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres | ||
| + | *[[Axiom (record label)|Axiom]] founded | ||
| + | ===Visual art=== | ||
| + | *[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls | ||
| + | *[[The Situationist International 1956-1972]] retrospective | ||
| + | * | ||
| + | ''[[Candy Cigarette]]'' (1989) by [[Sally Mann]] | ||
| ===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
| - | *''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' - A Grand Day Out (1989) - Nick Park | + | *''[[Marquis (film)|Marquis]]'' by Henri Xhonneux |
| - | *''[[Monsieur Hire]]'' (1989) - | + | *''[[A Grand Day Out|Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out]]'' by Nick Park |
| - | *''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover]]'' (1989) - | + | *''[[Monsieur Hire]]'' by Patrice Leconte |
| - | *''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' (1989) | + | *''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover]]'' by Peter Greenaway |
| - | *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' | + | *''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh |
| - | *''[[Parents]]'' (1989) - [[Bob Balaban]] | + | *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen |
| - | *''[[Santa Sangre]]'' (1989) - Alejandro Jodorowsky | + | *''[[Parents (1989 film) |Parents]]'' by Bob Balaban |
| - | *''[[Dead Calm]]'' (1989) - Phillip Noyce | + | *''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| - | *''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' (1989) - Gus Van Sant | + | *''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce |
| - | *''[[Communion]]'' (1989) - Philippe Mora | + | *''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' by Gus Van Sant |
| - | *''[[Life and Nothing But]]'' (1989)- Bertrand Tavernier | + | *''[[Communion (1989 film)|Communion]]'' by Philippe Mora |
| - | *''[[Time of the Gypsies]]'' (1989) - Emir Kusturica | + | *''[[Life and Nothing But]]'' by Bertrand Tavernier |
| - | *''[[Slaves of New York]]'' (1989) - James Ivory | + | *''[[Time of the Gypsies]]'' by Emir Kusturica |
| - | ====Literature==== | + | *''[[Slaves of New York]]'' by James Ivory |
| - | *''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' | + | *''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' by Ron Howard |
| - | *''[[The Quincunx]]'' (1989) - Charles Palliser | + | *''[[Dead Poets Society ]]'' by Peter Weir |
| + | *''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]'' by Paul Bartel | ||
| + | *''[[Darkness/Light/Darkness]]'' by Jan Švankmajer | ||
| + | *''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'' by Shinya Tsukamoto | ||
| + | *''[[Vampire's Kiss]]'' by Robert Bierman | ||
| + | *''[[Begotten (film)|Begotten]]'' by E. Elias Merhige | ||
| + | ===Television=== | ||
| + | *''[[Inside Story: The Road to Terror]]'' by Adam Curtis | ||
| - | == Music == | + | ===Literature=== |
| - | *''I'' by [[A. R. Kane]] | + | ====Fiction==== |
| - | *''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' by [[De La Soul]] | + | *''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille |
| - | ==== Singles==== | + | *''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser |
| + | *''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis | ||
| + | ====Non-fiction==== | ||
| + | *''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus | ||
| + | *''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross | ||
| + | *''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' by Linda Williams | ||
| + | *''[[Rants and Incendiary Tracts]]'' by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey | ||
| + | *''[[Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity]]'' by Richard Rorty | ||
| - | *[[Jerry Edwards]] - I am somebody | + | === Music === |
| - | *[[French Kiss]] by Lil' Louis | + | * [[Music Institute]] in Detroit closes its doors |
| - | *[[Jungle Brothers]] - I'll House You | + | ====Albums==== |
| - | *[[Frankie Knuckles]] present Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (feat. Robert Owens) | + | *''[[i (A.R. Kane album)|I]]'' by A. R. Kane |
| - | *[[Sueno Latino]] - Sueno Latino (E2-E4 reinterpretation) | + | *''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' by De La Soul |
| - | *[[808 State]] - Pacific State | + | |
| - | *Symbols and Instruments - Mood (Mark Farina) | + | *''[[From The Mind Of Lil Louis]]'' by Lil Louis |
| - | *[[Octave One]] - I Believe | + | *''[[Textures (album)|Textures]]'' by Brian Eno |
| - | *[[Ten City]] - Where Do We Go | + | * ''[[Sex (The Necks album)|Sex]]'' by The Necks |
| - | *[[Black Box]] - Ride On Time | + | |
| - | *[[Frankie Knuckles]] - Your Love/Baby Wants To Ride | + | ==== Singles ==== |
| - | *[[S'Express]] - "Theme from S'Express" | + | *[[French Kiss (Lil Louis song)|French Kiss]] by Lil' Louis |
| - | *[[Mr Fingers]] - What about this Love | + | *[[I'll House You]] by Jungle Brothers |
| - | *[[Steve Poindexter]] - Work That Mutherfucker | + | *[[Work That Mutherfucker]] by Steve Poindexter |
| - | *[[R-Tyme]] - R-Theme | + | *[[Sueño Latino]] by Sueño Latino |
| - | *[[Carl Craig|Psyche]] - Crack Down | + | *[[Pacific State (song)|Pacific State]] by 808 State |
| - | *[[Technotronic]] - Pump Up The Jam | + | *[[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]] by Public Enemy |
| + | *[[Funky Cold Medina]] by Tone Lōc | ||
| + | *[[Wicked Game]] by Chris Isaak | ||
| + | *[[Falling (Julee Cruise song)|Falling]] by Julee Cruise | ||
| + | *[[Rhyme Fighter]] by Mellow Man Ace | ||
| + | =====Guilty pleasures===== | ||
| + | *[[Me So Horny]] by 2 Live Crew | ||
| + | *[[Pump Up the Jam]] by Technotronic | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| + | *[[Georges Simenon ]] (1903 – 1989) | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989) | ||
| + | *[[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989) | ||
| + | *[[Jack Smith]] (1932 - 1989) | ||
| + | *[[Sergio Leone]] (1929 – 1989) | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Bernhard]] (1931 - 1989) | ||
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The year 1989 is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in Poland. Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they were the death knell for the Soviet Union and for Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of neoliberal globalization, free trade, and United States dominance that lasts to this day.
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Art and culture
- February 6 – King Tubby shot
- February 14 – radio Tehran broadcast fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie
- June 5 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: "Tank Man" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
- November 9 – Fall of the Berlin Wall
- December 17 – The Simpsons premieres
- Axiom founded
[edit]
Visual art
- Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? by the Guerrilla Girls
- The Situationist International 1956-1972 retrospective
Candy Cigarette (1989) by Sally Mann
[edit]
Film
- Marquis by Henri Xhonneux
- Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out by Nick Park
- Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover by Peter Greenaway
- sex, lies, and videotape by Steven Soderbergh
- Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen
- Parents by Bob Balaban
- Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Dead Calm by Phillip Noyce
- Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant
- Communion by Philippe Mora
- Life and Nothing But by Bertrand Tavernier
- Time of the Gypsies by Emir Kusturica
- Slaves of New York by James Ivory
- Parenthood by Ron Howard
- Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills by Paul Bartel
- Darkness/Light/Darkness by Jan Švankmajer
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Vampire's Kiss by Robert Bierman
- Begotten by E. Elias Merhige
[edit]
Television
- Inside Story: The Road to Terror by Adam Curtis
[edit]
Literature
[edit]
Fiction
- My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man by Georges Bataille
- The Quincunx by Charles Palliser
- London Fields by Martin Amis
[edit]
Non-fiction
- Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century by Greil Marcus
- No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture by Andrew Ross
- Hard Core: Power, Pleasure by Linda Williams
- Rants and Incendiary Tracts by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey
- Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity by Richard Rorty
[edit]
Music
- Music Institute in Detroit closes its doors
[edit]
Albums
- I by A. R. Kane
- 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
- From The Mind Of Lil Louis by Lil Louis
- Textures by Brian Eno
- Sex by The Necks
[edit]
Singles
- French Kiss by Lil' Louis
- I'll House You by Jungle Brothers
- Work That Mutherfucker by Steve Poindexter
- Sueño Latino by Sueño Latino
- Pacific State by 808 State
- Fight the Power by Public Enemy
- Funky Cold Medina by Tone Lōc
- Wicked Game by Chris Isaak
- Falling by Julee Cruise
- Rhyme Fighter by Mellow Man Ace
[edit]
Guilty pleasures
- Me So Horny by 2 Live Crew
- Pump Up the Jam by Technotronic
[edit]
Births
[edit]
Deaths
- Georges Simenon (1903 – 1989)
- Samuel Beckett (1906 – 1989)
- Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989)
- Jack Smith (1932 - 1989)
- Sergio Leone (1929 – 1989)
- Thomas Bernhard (1931 - 1989)
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