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- | :[[1980]] - [[1981]] - [[1982]] - [[1983]] - [[1984]] - [[1985]] - [[1986]] - [[1987]] - [[1988]] - [[1989]] - [[1990]] | + | 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. |
- | The year is historically 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. |
- | *''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres | + | *[[November 9]] – [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]] |
- | + | *[[December 17]] – ''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres | |
+ | ===Visual art=== | ||
+ | *[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
+ | *''[[Marquis (film)|Marquis]]'' by Henri Xhonneux | ||
*''[[A Grand Day Out|Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out]]'' by Nick Park | *''[[A Grand Day Out|Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out]]'' by Nick Park | ||
*''[[Monsieur Hire]]'' by Patrice Leconte | *''[[Monsieur Hire]]'' by Patrice Leconte | ||
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*''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh | *''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh | ||
*''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen | *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen | ||
- | *''[[Parents (film)|Parents]]'' by [[Bob Balaban]] | + | *''[[Parents (film)|Parents]]'' by Bob Balaban |
*''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky | *''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky | ||
*''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce | *''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce | ||
- | *''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' by Gus Van Sant | + | *''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' by Gus Van Sant |
*''[[Communion (film)|Communion]]'' by Philippe Mora | *''[[Communion (film)|Communion]]'' by Philippe Mora | ||
*''[[Life and Nothing But]]'' by Bertrand Tavernier | *''[[Life and Nothing But]]'' by Bertrand Tavernier | ||
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*''[[Dead Poets Society ]]'' by Peter Weir | *''[[Dead Poets Society ]]'' by Peter Weir | ||
*''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]'' by Paul Bartel | *''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]'' by Paul Bartel | ||
+ | *''[[Darkness/Light/Darkness]]'' by Jan Švankmajer | ||
+ | *''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'' by Shinya Tsukamoto | ||
+ | |||
===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
- | *''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus | + | ====Fiction==== |
+ | *''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille | ||
*''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser | *''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser | ||
*''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis | *''[[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 | ||
- | == Music == | + | === Music === |
+ | ====Albums==== | ||
+ | *''[[As Nasty As They Wanna Be]]'' | ||
*''I'' by [[A. R. Kane]] | *''I'' by [[A. R. Kane]] | ||
*''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' by [[De La Soul]] | *''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' by [[De La Soul]] | ||
+ | *''[[From The Mind Of Lil Louis]]'' | ||
==== Singles==== | ==== Singles==== | ||
+ | *[[Lambada (Kaoma song)]] | ||
+ | *[[French Kiss]] by [[Lil' Louis]] | ||
+ | *[[Pump Up the Jam]] by [[Technotronic]] | ||
+ | *[[I'll House You]] by [[Jungle Brothers]] | ||
- | *[[Jerry Edwards]] - I am somebody | + | *[[Sueño Latino]] by Sueño Latino |
- | *[[French Kiss]] by Lil' Louis | + | *[[Pacific State]] by [[808 State]] |
- | *[[Jungle Brothers]] - I'll House You | + | |
- | *[[Frankie Knuckles]] present Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (feat. Robert Owens) | + | |
- | *[[Sueno Latino]] - Sueno Latino (E2-E4 reinterpretation) | + | |
- | *[[808 State]] - Pacific State | + | |
- | *Symbols and Instruments - Mood ([[Mark Farina]]) | + | |
*[[Octave One]] - I Believe | *[[Octave One]] - I Believe | ||
- | *[[Ten City]] - Where Do We Go | + | *[[Black Box]] - [[Ride On Time]] |
- | *[[Black Box]] - Ride On Time | + | *[[Frankie Knuckles]] - [[Your Love (Jamie Principle song)|Your Love]]/[[Baby Wants To Ride]] |
- | *[[Frankie Knuckles]] - Your Love/Baby Wants To Ride | + | *[[Steve Poindexter]] - [[Work That Mutherfucker]] |
- | *[[S'Express]] - "[[Theme from S'Express]]" | + | *[[R-Tyme]] - [[R-Theme]] |
- | *[[Mr Fingers]] - What about this Love [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BQ7nN2ILtc&] | + | *[[Carl Craig|Psyche]] - [[Crack Down]] |
- | *[[Steve Poindexter]] - Work That Mutherfucker | + | |
- | *[[R-Tyme]] - R-Theme | + | |
- | *[[Carl Craig|Psyche]] - Crack Down | + | |
- | *[[Technotronic]] - [[Pump Up the Jam]] | + | |
== Births == | == Births == | ||
==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
- | *[[Simenon]] (1903 – 1989) | + | *[[Georges Simenon ]] (1903 – 1989) |
*[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989) | *[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989) | ||
*[[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989) | *[[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 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
Visual art
- Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? by the Guerrilla Girls
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 and 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
Literature
Fiction
- My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man by Georges Bataille
- The Quincunx by Charles Palliser
- London Fields by Martin Amis
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
Music
Albums
- As Nasty As They Wanna Be
- I by A. R. Kane
- 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
- From The Mind Of Lil Louis
Singles
- Lambada (Kaoma song)
- French Kiss by Lil' Louis
- Pump Up the Jam by Technotronic
- I'll House You by Jungle Brothers
- Sueño Latino by Sueño Latino
- Pacific State by 808 State
- Octave One - I Believe
- Black Box - Ride On Time
- Frankie Knuckles - Your Love/Baby Wants To Ride
- Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutherfucker
- R-Tyme - R-Theme
- Psyche - Crack Down
Births
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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