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Friday Flix: May 1987
It’s May 1987, the school year is winding down and it’s a bittersweet time. I was more than happy for school to end. It was the worst school year of my life! I don’t know CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: Call The Police There’s a Mad Man Around
This Week In The 80’s: Call The Police There’s a Mad Man Around It’s the second semester of my sophomore year, 1986. We’re a couple of weeks from summer break. Most of my friends and CONTINUE READING…
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Friday Flix: May 1982
May kicks off the summer blockbuster season! We’ll see some great movies over the next four weeks. In May 1982 there was one movie theater in my home town. The big movies listed below made CONTINUE READING… CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: I’ve Got A Pocket Full of Quarters…
This Week In The ’80s: I’ve Got A Pocket Full of Quarters… It’s May of 1982 and I’m a few weeks from finishing 6th grade. I’m just starting to get into music. We don’t have CONTINUE READING…
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The Beach Boys 25th Anniversary Concert from Waikiki
A few weeks ago, in my article about my first (Le Clic) camera, I mentioned that the camera had been purchased for my fourth grade field trip to Rock Eagle. When I returned home from CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: Walking Like a Man, Hitting Like a Hammer
This Week In The 80’s: Walking Like a Man, Hitting Like a Hammer Spring of 1989. It’s the second semester of my freshman year of college. It’s a little over a month to the end CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: A Floating Amp, Lions, and Richard Marx
This Week In The 80’s: A Floating Amp, Lions, and Richard Marx April, 1988. Senior year. A month and a half from THE finish line and a few short weeks from a huge prom debacle CONTINUE READING…
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Like Totally the Top Songs of the ’80s with ‘LIKE’ in the Title
We have already given you an awesome list of ’80s songs that have the word “love” in the title. Sometimes love can be too strong of a word to describe an affection for something. When CONTINUE READING…
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Friday Flix: April 1987
April 1987 was a slow month for movies, only nine new movies released. One movie went straight to video due to other box office failures. Don’t let the low number of releases get you down, CONTINUE READING…
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Toy of the Week: Le Clic Camera
I can hear the hobby and professional photographers gasping for breath. No worries. I know a camera isn’t technically a toy. LeClic cameras were so much more than a camera and because I used mine CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: Swaying Room As The Music Starts
This Week In The 80’s: Swaying Room As The Music Starts Freshman year of high school, 1985. Man, there’s so much GREAT music sitting in the Top 40 this week. Lots of great songs with CONTINUE READING…
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The Short Life of New Coke
Perhaps one of the darkest days in soft drink history occurred on April 23, 1985, when a true American icon was altered beyond all recognition. Yes, this is the day that Coca-cola announced to the CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: I Want My MTV!
This Week In The 80’s: I Want My MTV! Oh man, what a week this was in 1983! When I looked at the Top 40 list for this week I got excited because it’s chock CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: Just Around The Corner To The Light of Day…
This Week In The 80’s: Just Around The Corner To The Light of Day… It’s March of 1987 and I’m a junior in high school. I don’t have any big story for you this week, CONTINUE READING…
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Cel to Silver – Transformers
Even though they’re sometimes disappointing, I’m always excited when I see a cartoon I love adapted to the big screen. Inspired by my fellow Retro Network contributors, the retired SequelQuest POD, I thought I’d try CONTINUE READING…
