This story first appeared on Page 5 (The Five Hole) of the Nov. 21, 2019 edition of the St. Louis Game Time paper, sold outside of every Blues home game. For more information or to subscribe, email gtbradlee@gmail.com
Tonight is for people like me. (Actually, tonight is a marketing ploy to sell merchandise, conveniently disguised as a tug at nostalgic heartstrings, but it’s a damn good marketing ploy and I can’t resist nostalgia, so let’s go along with it.) Tonight is for us ‘90s kids, and if you’re not one of us, I’m sorry. I’m sorry you didn’t have the Do-do-do of “…Baby One More Time” echoing through your childhood, and I’m sorry you didn’t get turned on by Britney Spears or Nick Carter before you even knew what it meant to be turned on.