Note: Apparently the video contains spoilers. This is a video from Auralnauts reimagining the opening credits for Disney’s ‘Ahsoka’ in the style of a 1986 show like the A-Team. They really did a great job — I felt like it was 1986 all over again! Would I watch this reimagined
Because who doesn’t like to close their eyes and imagine they live in an alternate reality where 80’s music was popular in the middle ages, this is a medley of 22 different 1980’s jams performed in a 1380’s bardcore style by a computer. Time stamps in case you’re looking for
This is a vintage 1988 clip from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul talk show Good Company, where hosts Steve and Sharon Edelman (who reminds me of Shelley Long) discuss the opening of an exciting new Italian restaurant in the area: Olive Garden. They run through the location and menu, before delving into
This a vintage news report from the vaults of ABC7 in New York highlighting the crazy demand for Cabbage Patch Dolls leading up to Christmas in 1983. Man, those parents are NUTS. Me? If my kids want something and it’s out of stock or hard to get that’s just too
The 80’s: I was born in them. And to celebrate my birthday tomorrow (I’m going to be older than whatever came before dirt, unless you’re older than me, in which we’re still spring chickens, 120 is the new 30!), here’s a video of a bunch of tasty 80’s jams (including
These are six videos of young people dancing at the San Diego area Stratus Dance Club during ‘The Metro Beat & Club Sanctuary Nights’ circa 1986 – 1987. The Stratus Dance Club was an all-ages new wave synthpop club that catered to the “new romantic and goth crowds” of the
This is a video of Heather Parisi and a group of dancers performing Michael Sembello’s 1983 Flashdance banger ‘Maniac’ in a way that can only be described as the 80’s personified. There’s no question they’re all maniacs. The way they all move — it’s unnatural, and it gives me anxiety
Prior to forming Nine Inch Nails with himself in 1988, Trent Reznor played in several new wave and pop bands in the 80’s, including tickling the ol’ plastic ivories for Cleveland, Ohio based Slam Bamboo, as seen in this video. Trent was actually composing Pretty Hate Machine for himself at