The Internet is now strewn with broken links that once led to MP3 sites. Of the various predictions to be made about 1998, one is certain: The outlaw days when cyberspace was an information free-for-all will seem further and further behind us.
Other predictions:
The Hanson cartoon series.
Americans discover the latest sound from the UK: "speed garage."
Impressed by the large revenue generated by the Spice Girls, the Russian government creates its own version of the pop group in an attempt to boost its economy.
The return of Bow Wow Wow -- with a thirtysomething Annabella Lwin.
The "Puff Daddy" remix of the Police's 1979 breakthrough "Roxanne" spawns yet another round of "Roxanne Roxanne" and "Real Roxanne" spinoff singles.
That new My Bloody Valentine album comes out. Maybe.
The return of Richard Carpenter.
The Electronica Dancing Monkey.
