Full, searchable 1990s-era issues of Spin Magazine, thanks to Google Books →
Searching Google Books for a German textbook, I found this scan of Spin Magazine, on page 38 of which I found a comparison chart, describing two unknown blond teen singers—Britney Spears and Shelby Starner (who I had never heard of). It turns out this girl recorded an album with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (which was never released), then died of bulimia in 2003. I wonder how future historians will deal with the vast availability of fascinating cultural minutiae like this.
