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The year 1999 was intense, the new frontier in technology and internet was approaching fast. The Matrix and Animatrix revealed a new potential future where robots dominated mankind by using virtual reality. Video: The Animatrix (2003) The Matrix (1999) Songs: Meat Beat Manifesto-Prime Audio Soup Crystal Castles-Insulin

Modern films that depict near future dystopian scenarios have used Blade Runner as their template. So it was only suiting that a direct sequel was necessary for portraying how a globalist technocrat future would play be only a few more decades into the future. Video: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Songs: Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack-Los Angeles

This masterpiece of Science Fiction was set in 2019. It was copied by many films in the Cyberpunk genre. There is a lot to learn from this movie and its portrayal of the near future. Video: Blade Runner Final Cut Songs: Vangelis-Blade Runner Opening Score The Midnight-Shadows

We are currently seeing a craze over 90s fashion and culture. There are many reasons why this time was so trendy. I grew up during this time and want to share with you how it was living during the greatest time to be a kid. Ewjxn (YT) 1993 Peter Piper Pizza Kids Love it...(2021) OnFireGraphicsInc (YT) Blockbuster Commercial (2014) Kevin Noona (YT) McDonalds Hamburglar Commercial 1986 (2016) OffbeatFrontier (YT) Mac Tonight Commercial (2011) Grim2 (YT) TMNT Scumbug, Muck Man,,,(2023) Jing (YT) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...(2021) PowerRangersOfficial (YT) Mighty Morphin Season 1...(2020) ImmaDMCA (YT) Cha-La Head...(2013) T.C. Intros Latino (YT) Ranma ½...(2017) sailorremas (YT) Sailor Moon Opening latino...(2010) Bella Correa (YT) 1980s Movie Montage (2020) kaleab spica (YT) Home-Resonance (90s/modern anime...(2023) Shatner Method (YT) Video Arcade Addiction...(2019) 9th Key Pattern (YT) Video fever-Games people Play...(2011) Songs: The Midnight-Youth The Midnight-Wave

If you watch this video, chances are you watching it on a iPhone. Do you know the man behind the brand? Steve Jobs pushed innovation and never settled for anything beneath greatness. A biopic titled Jobs was released in 2013 summarizing who he was. Video: Jobs (2013) Silicon Valley Historical Assoc. (YT) Steve Jobs Secrets of Life (2010) Songs: Bob Dylan-One Too Many Mornings Com Truise-Data Kiss

SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Before Page Master and harry Potter, there was the NeverEnding Story. A film directed towards the minds of children but with serious undertones. A classic that began the Fantasy Adventure genre of the 1980s. Video: The NeverEnding Story (1984) Songs: NeverEnding Story-Fantasia Aura Qualic (YT) Bastian's Happy Flight (AQ's Synthwave) 2019

Round two of Grif's Analysis will cover various films which range from various genres such as sci fi, dystopian, 60s and psychological thrillers. Stay tuned, this season will be wild! Song: Le Cassette-Silence

This year will be an interesting one. With that in mind, I will only concentrate on a few reports. That allows me to do more film analysis and do special reports if needed. As always, have a bodacious day! Song: Neon Indian-Heart Decay Video: RM Drone Images (YT) El Paso, Texas Downtown Night...(2023)

Continuing from last season's “Grif's Origins in Random Travel.” I speak about Santa Fe, NM and it's cultural significance to the Southwest. Also, the art complex Meow Wolf. Perhaps the areas most unique attraction in terms of entertainment. Sources: www.santafe.org Santa Fe's History (2023) www.meowwolf.com About (2023) www.britannica.com Santa Fe:History (2023) Video: The 1491s (YT) Singing Lessons (2011) The 1491s (YT) I'm and Indian Too (2012) Santa Fe TV (YT) The Santa Fe railyard (2023) Yard Limit (YT) NMRX 105 New Mexico...(2018) Zuma Ariryan (YT) Santa Fe: Where Art and Culture Collide...(2021) Dee Schneider (YT) Memorial Park El Paso Flight (2022) Studio Marklin (YT) Santa Fe New Mexico by Drone...(2021) Robert Pineda (Drone Video of downtown Santa Fe...(2021) Meow Wolf (YT) Assorted Videos (2023) Rep_Raptor (YT) The Midnight at Meow Wolf-Los Angeles (2019) Some Kind of Classic (YT) The Midnight-Memories (Music Video) 2015 Songs: The Midnight-Memories Washed Out-You'll See it

The 1980s was filled with films about highschoolers, romance, and quirky friendships. Pretty and Pink and Somekind of Wonderful were essentially the same story with gender swapping. We tend to overlook people around us. Perhaps we shouldn't. Video: Pretty in Pink (1986) Somekind of Wonderful (1987) IDMM Club (YT) Robert Parker ft. Miss K-85' Again (2017) Songs: New Order-Thieves Like Us Robert Parker ft. Kiss K-85' Again

A wallflower is a slang term referring to a person who, because of shyness or unpopularity remains at the side at a party. In this film we see how modern life for a teenager is rough and we never really know what one is going through. Sources: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Song: David Bowie-Heroes Cocteau Twins-Dewdrops Drops

Sixty years ago, President Kennedy visited El Paso which was the biggest political event in the Southwest. Tens of thousands from the area came to see him. He represented true hope and prosperity for the world. Today, 60 years after his assassination, let's remember his legacy and promises he had for our country. Sources: O'Neill, Jesse. New York Post. Rfk Jr. Repeats Claim...(2023) Long, Trish. Past Presidential Visits: John F. Kennedy in 1963 (2019) 1963: Over 300,000 Will Greet JFK on Visit to El Paso jfklibrary.org November 22, 1963: Death of the President (2023) Video: Poly Math (YT) JFK Speech about Deep State and Secrecy...(20 PRX (YT) American Experience: International Reaction to the Death of JFK (2015) CNBC (YT) President Trump: The Future does not belong to the globalists. (2019) Oliver Stone. JFK (1991) Moyer, Jeff (YT) The Human League-Seconds (2018) Song: Human League-Seconds

In 1917, a group of local businessmen united and formed the Five Points Business Men's Assosciation. It became the second Chamber of Commerce for El Paso. The primary goal was to bring awareness and customers to Central El Paso. Sources: Fivepointselpaso.org About Us (2023) Long, Trish. The El Paso Times. All Roads Led to Five Points...(2021) Long, Trish. The El Paso Times. Price's Creameries (2016) Barba, Johanna. KLAQ. A Look Back at the Haunting...(2022) Hernandez, James. Texas Highways. Dine with the Dead at Monteleone's...(2022) Video : Javier Or (YT) Part Time-I Belong To You (2012) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Songs: Buddy Holly-Not Fade Away Part Time-I Belong To You

The Lost Boys are taken from the story of Peter Pan, they are youth that will never grow old. They have no family connections other than to the group. Here, they are the vampire embodiment of Jim Morrison. Sources: The Lost Boys (1987) The Lost Boys-I Still Believe (Sunglasses Kid Synthwave Cover) The Lost Boys-Cry Little Sister-Stranger Things style Synthwave Cover)

Last year I covered the first installment of Esoteric Southwest. For this episode, lets go across the border and see what mysterious and esoteric landmarks lie within Ciudad Juarez. Sources: www.paris-arc-de-triomphe.fr History of the Arc de Triomphe (2023) www.churchofjesuschrist.org Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple (2023) juarez.gob.mx/noticia La construcion del Monumento a Benito Juarez (2022) laverdadjuarez.com Cuando Benito Juarez Goberno Desde Paso del Norte (2020) universal co-masonry.org Benito Juarez (2022) laverdadjuarez.com Alvarado, Leobardo. A una dedicada de la inauguracion de la X...(2023) thoughtco.com/tonatiuh Tonatiuh The Aztec God of the Sun...(2019) elibrary.net Nahui Ollin (2023) Video: Volandojz (YT) Monumento a Benito Juarez (2020) puentelibremx (YT) Abejorro: Arco del Triunfo (2009) MisaelPerea (YT) Arco Del Triunfo (2017) Dron Tour (YT) Templo SUD Ciudad Juarez (2020) Loco de Remate (YT) Monumento a la Mexicanidad (2021) Music: Vacios Cuerpos-Vacio Eterno Berlangas-Besame

Dating in the 21st century is a whole new phenomena. Traditional understandings of the opposite sex has deteriorated. The film 500 Days of Summer depicted that in 2009 and it only seems to be getting stranger. Sources: 500 Days of Summer (2009) Songs: Wolfmother-Vagabond (Acoustic) Million Young-Replicants

Zen aesthetics and Japanese culture has been consumed by the west for several decades now. Stereotypes give us misconceptions about Japan and East Asia. The film Lost in Translation inadvertently pointed out that Japan is not a Weeaboo paradise but a modern developed country similar to any other in the First World.. Sources Lost In Translation (2003) Songs: My Bloody Valentine-Sometimes Milliong Young-Cynthia

The hot muggy desert can be painful to stomach for many. Several major cities in the southwest however have an oasis in the shape of public gardens. Japanese gardens give peace and introspect for many. Zen aesthetics can be found in the strangest places. Sources: www.sanantonio.gov Parks and Facilities: Japanese Tea Garden (2023) www.yumegardens.com About (2023) www.japanesefriendshipgarden.org About (2023) cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/garden/exhibits/japanese-garden Sasebo Japanese Park (2023) Video: Rediscover Tours (YT) Zen Gardens in Kyoto (2021) Wonderliv Travel (YT) Japanese Tea Garden San Antonio...(2020) PlantPop (YT) Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson (2021) The Japanese Friendship Garden (YT) Welcome to RoHoEn...(2021) Albuquerque BioPark (YT) Discover the Sasebo Japanese Garden. (2009) Always Walking About (YT) Sasebo Japanese Garden...(2023) Song: Craft Spells-Party Talk Small Black-Photojournalist (Official Video) 2011

The 1980s was a fun time! Cool clothes, rad music, and knarly movies that centered around high school life. The films Risky Business and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are similar in theme. But the details seperate them in so many ways. Video: Risky Business (1983) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Songs: Tangerine Dream-Score Risky Business Tesla Boy-Undetected

Jack Earle was El Paso's tallest man. He lived an entertaining life and is called a giant by many. But, what is a giant really? Several ancient societies speak of massive human like creatures who either ruled over them or brought them fear. Traces of their existence can still be found today. Sources: Long, Trish. El Paso Times. El Paso Giant: Jake Erlich...(2022) showmensmuseum.com. Circus Tall Man Jack Earle (2023) Vintage Everyday. Jack Earle...(2023) Epoch Times/Ancient Origins. Ancient Race of White Giants Described in Native Legends...(2016) World History Encyclopedia. Gilgamesh. (2022) Michaels, Denver. Daityas, Rakshasas and More. (2020) Hilliard, Bryan. Ancient Origins. Lovelock Cave: A Tale of Giants Or...(2022) Video: History Channel. The Unexplained: Giant Skeletons...(2023) Dark5 Ancient Mysteries (YT). Ancient Giants in America...(2023) Odysseus (Mini Series)-Cyclops (1997) British Pathe (YT) Is It Cold Up There (1928) Uploaded (2014) The Human League-Empire State Human (remastered 2003)

Robots are quickly making their presence known in our daily lives. AI is becoming smarter while humans are copying their outdated demenors. All to make a quick buck. Simps are funding the degeneracy of NPC content creators for the false sense of companionship. The culture of the west is falling one click at a time. Sources: Video: Inside Edition. AI Models Gains Thousands of Followers...(2023) TheDC Shorts (YT) Goodbye, Western Civilization, Hello NPC TikTok...(2023) Spolchen (YT) Yes Yes Yes Gang Gang...(2023) Aaron McLain (YT) Cherry Crush TV Off Her Game...(2023) duda (YT) Macross Plus-Sharon Apple...(2022) Hub Network (YT) Jem and The Holograms Theme (2011) HatsuneMiku (YT) Hatsune Miku-World Is Mine (2013) news.com.au (YT) AI Influencers Are Taking Over. (2021) Firstpost (YT) AI Girlfriend At $1 Per Minute...(2023) Song: Com Truise-84' Dreamin

Robotic technology has drastically advanced during the 21st century. Human interactions have changed along with it. Where does the human experience go as AI becomes smarter? The films Her and Ex Machina give a few examples. Sources: Ex Machina (2015) Her (2013) Song: Trevor Something-Isolated

Once a small farming village in New Mexico, Las Cruces accepted the railroad in the late 19th century. As a result it grew into the most important city in the Mesilla Valley and second largest city in the state. Sources: www.lascruces.com Walking Tour: Alameda Historic District (2023) www.hauntedhouses.com Las Cruces Railroad Museum (2023) www.hmdb.org The Santa Fe Railroad Depot 1910 (2023) Video: KRWG Public (YT) Living Here Las Cruces Railroad Museum (2018) ExploreNewMexico (YT) Historic Las Cruces Neighborhoods (2011) 20ATL07 (YT) Cut Copy Strangers in the Wind Live (2009) Song: Cut Copy-Strangers In The Wind

Social outcry was well into effect in mainstream America by 2019. The film The Joker gave insight on how psychosis and cultural pressures can create monsters. Sources: www.imdb.com The Joker (2023) Watson, Paul Joseph. Why The Woke Establishment Hates Joker. (2019) Warner Bros. The Joker (2019) The Soft Moon-Try

El Paso has had its share of signed bands that took Indie music to the next level. In a big city with a small town mentality that speaks volumes. The D.A., The Royalty, Holy Wave, and Part Time/David Loca went to the next level in the music industry. Sources: Weirdo, Bobby. Weirdo Music Forever Quality Time with Part Time...(2017) Robinson, Wolf. Indie over Nite 91.7. Q&A:David Loca of Part Time (2018) KissFM Stuff I'm Digging: El Paso Indie Band the DA (2012) Raine, Michael. Quipmag.com Interview with the Royalty (2012) allmusic.com Holy Wave Biography (2023) Video: Cooperate...(YT) Part Time-Thunderbolts of Love (2012) OutofFocusTV (YT) Part Time-I Wanna Take You Out Live (2012) Suicide Squad (YT) Holy Wave-Happier (2023) Leviation...(YT) Holy Wave-Adult Fear (2022) The Royalty-I Want You (2013) The DA KVRX SET (2012) The DA-Pastels (2012)