Interview with Keva Rosenfeld
We recently attended the opening night festivities at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham on August 22nd, which featured the screening of Keva Rosenfeld’s documentary, All American High Revisited. As an avid 80sophile, I expected to like the film. But, wow, that doesn’t begin to cover how much I loved the film, and I wasn’t alone. The Alabama Theater was packed to the gills with over 2,000 people, and each and every one of them...
99 Luft Balloons Cover Using Only Red Balloons
Covers of songs can be a lot of fun; they pay the ultimate compliment to the original artist. And, an 80s cover, well, that’s even better. But, when you do a cover of Nena’s ’99 Luft Balloons’ using only red balloons (it is unclear whether it took 99 balloons to do this), it takes the whole cover song thing to a completely new level. Nena released the anti-nuclear song in 1983-1984 (depending on location)...
Vote for Your Favorite 80s Fashion
80s fashion had so much to offer, it is impossible to narrow it down to just a few trends. But, we’re not going to let that stop us. We’ve picked 9 of the best for this first round, trying to include both gal and dude fashions (happily lots of 80s fashions were unisex) and need your help in picking a winner. If you don’t see your favorite below, suggest a trend in the comments. We’ll have a Round 2 based on...
Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order Music Video
Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order New Order, Brotherhood, 1986 Information on New Order on MTV.com
80s Cartoons – 25 Totally Rad Intros
Saturday mornings in the 80s meant one thing: cartoons. Millions of American kids got up, fixed a bowl of cereal, and plopped down in front of the TV for a morning of animated bliss. By the power of Grayskull, I declare this montage of 25 80s cartoon intros totally rad. (Speaking of He-Man, he may have been the most powerful man in the universe, but that is still no excuse for the little-lord-fauntleroy hair cut he sported...
