SOME SAY THAT SERENDIPITY IS DEAD thanks to our hyper-connected internet culture.  Much of the time, I agree with those sentiments.  Then there are other times, though, where you follow the white rabbit from link to link and find something that really makes you happy, really challenges you, really gets you to reflect on the big ideas of life.

Or you find something that reminds you of that brilliant cultural moment that was the (late) ’90s.  Case in point: an article I found over at Grantland from last November about the song “Closing Time” by Semisonic.  I bought Semisonic’s greatest hits album a few years ago (back where there was still a Tower Records, I think) based on my love of “Closing Time” and the weird recollection I have of their other radio hit that I knew of, “Chemistry.”  It was a decent collection, really scratching the itch of the moment for me.  I’ve been a fan of “Closing Time” from the beginning, and I appreciate anything well-said about the song and its moment.

Check out that Grantland article by Steven Hyden here.  Warning: I’ve not watched the clips embedded in that article with the exception of the one from The Office, so viewer beware.

And, just because, here’s the song and video itself: “Closing Time” by Semisonic.

There’s just something about the ’90s that I really miss.