{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Looking at the musical hellscape that was 1998, did Princess Di almost single-handedly hold the fucking Anglosphere together for...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/617432396558630912/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>Looking at the musical hellscape that was 1998, did Princess Di almost single-handedly hold the fucking Anglosphere together for like 15 years? For real?</p></div>\n<p>yeah in retrospect 90s &ldquo;alternative&rdquo; was a little goofy, like &ldquo;oh rock&rsquo;s still a vital genre, the modern form running from postpunk to, uh, ska? &lsquo;electronica&rsquo;? pop-punk? rap-rock? shoegaze? coffeehouse singer-songwriters? Help me out here&rdquo;</p>"}