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This Week In The 80s

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This Week In The 80’s: The Longest Summer of My Life

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: The Longest Summer of My Life June, 1985. It’s a boiling hot day in the Texas panhandle. I ride my Huffy 10-speed up to a stop sign intersection that greets

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This Week In The 80’s: Passion Killer, You’re Too Much

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Passion Killer, You’re Too Much It’s summertime in 1983! School is out, the city pool is open and I spend most of the day on my bike with my friends

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This Week In The 80’s: Sleight of Hand And Twist of Fate

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Sleight of Hand And Twist of Fate 1987. I’m finishing up my junior year of high school and headed to the summer. I’m a senior, baby! I’ve got two albums

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This Week In The 80’s: In Charge of Finding Treasure In The Dark

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: In Charge of Finding Treasure In The Dark It’s May of 1984. I’m a couple of weeks from the end of my 8th grade year and a great summer break

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This Week In The 80’s: Call The Police There’s a Mad Man Around

Eric Vardeman

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

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This Week In The 80’s: I’ve Got A Pocket Full of Quarters…

Eric Vardeman

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

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This Week In The 80’s: Walking Like a Man, Hitting Like a Hammer

Eric Vardeman

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

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This Week In The 80’s: A Floating Amp, Lions, and Richard Marx

Eric Vardeman

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

Music

This Week In The 80’s: Swaying Room As The Music Starts

Eric Vardeman

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

Music

This Week In The 80’s: I Want My MTV!

Eric Vardeman

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

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This Week In The 80’s: Just Around The Corner To The Light of Day…

Eric Vardeman

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,

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This Week In The 80’s: I’ve Got A Pocketful of Quarters…And Slugs

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: I’ve Got A Pocketful of Quarters…And Slugs March of ’82. I had just turned twelve and I’m in the sixth grade. I was just starting to discover Top 40 music

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This Week In The 80’s: Then I got my first ticket…

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Then I got my first ticket… It’s March 7, 1986. Three days prior to this date I turned 16. First thing that morning, my dad took me to take my

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This Week In The 80’s: And I Know, Baby, Just How You Feel…

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: And I Know, Baby, Just How You Feel… It’s the first of March, 1984. I’m in eighth grade and about a week out from turning fourteen. Looking at the chart

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This Week In The 80’s: The Curious Tale of Rob and Fab

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: The Curious Tale of Rob and Fab In February of 1989, I was in college, second semester of my freshman year. My freshman year started out ambitiously – getting up

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This Week In The 80’s: A Slim Chance In Tight Pants

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: A Slim Chance In Tight Pants February, 1988. It’s my last semester of high school and I DO NOT wanna be there. My daily class schedule is a joke and

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This Week In The 80’s: Young Love & Nuclear Bombs

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Young Love & Nuclear Bombs February 7th, 1987. I’m a junior in high school. I drive a hot car (’71 Matador Red Chevelle Malibu), I’m in a band and I’m

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