Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

Author: Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole

From 1988-1994, Sassy was the coolest magazine going for Gen-X teens. Celebrate that golden time by joining Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole for a deep dive into every one of its 80 glorious issues and remember what it was like hanging out with Jane, Christina, Catherine, Karen, and the whole crew, learning What Now, What Next, and so much more!
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August 1991 Pop Culture: Guns 'N Roses, Bulletboys & Paula Abdrool
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026

The August 1991 issue has a few pop culture topics to go deep on. Guns 'N Roses gets covered with a What Now concert review AND a review of Danny Sugerman's very pretentious-sounding book about them in the brand-new column Read It (though probably don't; it only earns one pip as the month's book bomb). Paula Abdul gets a bomb review of her new album Spellbound AND name-checked as "Paula Abdrool" in the Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter cover Q&A. Otherwise, we get a lot of material we might like more coverage on, like: Siouxsie And The Banshees' Superstition; Ethan Hawke's Mystery Date hair; Tori Spelling's 18th birthday party; and what Anne L. could not have foreseen would be an incredible revolving door of BulletBoys. You don't need an extra arm à la The Dark Backward to enjoy our commentary on all of the above and more!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS StoreJOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post.TOPICS🎧 It Is August 1991🎧 What Now🎧 Read It🎧 Watch It🎧 Listen Up🎧 Ones To Watch🎧 Feature: The Bogus Interview: A Play In One Act🎧 Goodbye For Now🎧 And I'm Tara...NOTES🎂 Tori Spelling and her "Absolut Birthday" cake🎉 More photos from Tori Spelling's 18th birthday at The Daily Mail🌶️ Absolut Pepper magazine ad🐴 Horace Mann School's website🌊 "Andrew Trees: Case Of Terminated Horace Mann Teacher Still Causing Waves" at HNN👹 "Prep-School Predators" in The New York Times Magazine🏫 "The Master" at The New Yorker🤷‍♂️ "Horace Mann Apologizes For Abuse But Won't Start New Inquiry" at The New York Times🎓 "Horace Mann School Admissions Scandal" at Ivy Coach💵 "Elite NYC Prep School Horace Mann Accused Of Letting Tech Honcho Buy Kids' Admission For #1M: Lawsuit" at the New York Post🔬 Gina Rodriguez's "mama lets research" tweet on Twitter📖 The Big Takeover magazine🛹 Blind Skateboards Video Days on YouTube🗡️ Gladiator (1992) on The Roku Channel🎸 Metal-Rules's review of Danny Sugerman's Appetite For Destruction👩‍❤️‍👨 Mystery Date on Hoopla⏪ The Dark Backward on YouTube⭐️ Brenda Starr on The Roku Channel🏃‍♀️ Paula Abdul's "Rush Rush" video on YouTube🥁 BulletBoys on Wikipedia🎙️ "BulletBoys' Marq Torien And Mick Sweda Discuss Original Lineup Reunion And More" on YouTube📺 "The Idiot Box, Episode 1" on YouTube📺 "The Idiot Box, Episode 2" on YouTube⏳ "Waiting For Godot Review - Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter's Unlikely Reunion" at The Guardian🔥 Extra Hot Great 601