If there is one theme that seems to inspire more music than any other, it has to be “love“. Love is a very powerful word and it finds its way into the title of many CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: January 29th Men At Work are still holding down the top spot. After being in the top ten since November of 1982, “Mickey” by Toni Basil starts it’s quick descent back CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: January 22nd Men At Work are still holding strong this week at #1 with “Down Under”. In fact, all the songs in the top ten are the same, just shuffled a CONTINUE READING…
If you are on the fence of subscribing to ESPN+ (or the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle,) here are some reasons that might tip the scale for classic sports fans. I’ve been a Hulu subscriber for a few CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: January 15th After four weeks in the top spots, Hall & Oates are supplanted by Men At Work with the song “Down Under”. The song’s lyrics, full of slang and drug CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: January 8th Our first number one song of the year belongs to Daryl Hall & John Oates. The prototype for the song was a piece that John Oates had been banging CONTINUE READING…
There’s a scene in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, where the character Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) is complaining to a co-worker, Nigel (played by Stanley Tucci), about her job, her boss and the CONTINUE READING…
As the saying goes, time sure does fly by. To think, we are entering our fourth decade since our cherished ’80s began and, no matter how much I try to keep it front of mind, CONTINUE READING…
For this issue, we revisit the ’80s holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The song was written by Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) in 1984 specifically to raise CONTINUE READING…
I really enjoy this video montage of “40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes”… That inspired me to put together a list of the best inspirational/motivational speeches just from ’80s movies. There were several choices that CONTINUE READING…
The Show: Kate & Allie Ran for: 122 episodes— 6 seasons from 1984 to 1989. What it’s about: Two lady detectives? I really don’t know. I assume they were detectives. And possibly lovers. My relationship CONTINUE READING…
The World Series had one its most memorable moments in 1988 when Kirk Gibson hit a dramatic home run. The following year, the 1989 World Series became memorable for an entirely different reason. The 1989 CONTINUE READING…
I like to take a moment to recognize noteworthy moments in ’80s pop culture history whenever possible. This month we acknowledge the 35 year anniversary of the Muppet Babies cartoon series debut on CBS Saturday CONTINUE READING…
This is the 2nd part of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. We’ve got Mickey’s list today, and you can check out CONTINUE READING…
This is part one of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. Here’s Jason’s Top5 list, and you can see Mickey’s picks here. CONTINUE READING…
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