In the ultimate 'remember the '90s' nod, a seductive new electronic message sent from Monica Lewinsky to Bill Clinton has surfaced. For those too young or old to remember, the message was an audio recording encoded onto a cassette tape. Because in 1997, when this was recorded, that's how it worked.

It's impossible not to draw the parallels, so let's get it out of the way. Yes, this is Bill Clinton, whose wife is the boss of Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner's wife. Yes, this is a young woman with political aspirations who is trying to seduce a Democratic elected official. And, yes, it is better for Hillary Clinton's future aspirations that this recording come out in the doldrums of late July 2013 than in early June of 2016, but we're sure that's a complete coincidence. What's interesting about this isn't really the politics (unless, in true Weinerian fashion, this thing was recorded after Clinton left office). What's interesting is how the differing messages and media reflect the times.

According to Radar Online, the National Enquirer has a copy of the November 1997 recording, in which Monica Lewinsky plots a rendezvous with the then-president. This was shortly after the internet was thrown open to commercial entities. It was while AOL still dominated the web, when Geocities was still a top-tier destination. It was when Hotmail was a year old. Bill Clinton wasn't sending messages to .