80s Fashion: How to Wear Jean Jackets Now
Jean jackets, color pants and animal print all seem like such 80s fashion, don’t they? It’s because they are. The thing is, these looks are classics and are showing up everywhere even now. Jean jackets can be worn with almost anything. Here are the most fashion forward ways to incorporate this look: Jean jackets with a maxi This combination is one of the best looks around. Not only is wearing a maxi a fashionable choice but a...
Fashions From the 80s That Are Back!
Fashion in the 80s meant big hair, bright colors and parachute pants. While fanny packs and rat tails are least likely to make a huge comeback, the 5 fashions below are back and more popular than ever: 80s fashion: Big Earrings Big Earrings meant big style in the 80s. Known as door-knockers, the bigger and brighter your earrings, the better. Huge earrings paired with animal print were the most fashionable accessory around. (As...
80s One-Hit-Wonders: 40 Songs You Can’t Forget
They’re called one-hit-wonders and 80s one-hit wonders covers are lot of ground. The phrase itself describes artists who are mostly known for having one, solitary hit song on the Billboard Charts. Some of these songs were so popular, that it’s almost impossible to believe that more hits didn’t come pouring out of that artist. There were times when you couldn’t turn on your radio without hearing these songs. They were ingrained in your...
Then & Now: Charles in Charge
“The new boy in the neighborhood Lives downstairs and it’s understood. He’s there just to take good care of me. Like he’s one of the family…” If you can finish that lyric, then chances are that you were a Charles in Charge fan. That catchy opening theme was so gosh-darn catchy that you found yourself singing it on the bus, in class, or as you were falling asleep. They just don’t write them like that anymore. Well,...
80s In the Kitchen: How to Make Sloppy Joes
Have you ever wondered what happened to the loose meat sandwich of the 80s? Turns out it got a makeover, a new name (one you know) and it lives on as the Sloppy Joe. Loose Meat Sandwiches, or as we know them now, Sloppy Joes, gained popularity in the 80s. They were served on Roseanne at her restaurant and considered a comfort food of the time. These sandwiches were characteristically made of “loose” meat (crumbled ground beef) with a...
“Remembering an 80s Movie Nobody Remembers: Where the Boys Are 84”
The category is campy 80s flicks that you’ve never heard of and the answer is Where the Boys Are 84. Why? Because some movies are so bad, that they’re actually fun to watch. Consider it a guilty pleasure. Not to mention that Liza Minnelli’s little sister is in it, along with the blond, blind girl from “Ice Castles.” (Yeah, “Ice Castles” made me cry too.) It was a remake of the 1960’s, Metrocolor classic, “Where the Boys Are”—the...
4 80s Headphones We Miss
When it comes to headphones we can now easily access smaller buds and in some cases wireless ones as well, take Apple’s new wireless headphones for their iPhone for example. However we would like to relive 4 80s Headphones We Miss. The four headphones in the slideshow below were game-changers all on their own. However, when it came to sound quality they really showed a lot of growth from the ones that predated them. The Walkman...
Mini Nintendo NES Classic Edition Will Make 80s Kids Very Happy
Thankfully all of the Nintendo fans from the 80s are going to have a lot to rejoice about. Nintendo is planning on releasing a mini NES console with 30 of the most iconic games from the system. Yep, things are going to get very awesome. Nintendo NES Classic Edition “The NES Classic Edition will retail for $60, or about half of what an original NES goes for on Ebay. On the Virtual Console, the 30 NES games included have a value...
5 80s Summer Blockbuster Fails
One thing that the 80s films and films today have in common is the uncertainty when it comes to popularity. Some films are hits and some are just flat out misses. We created a list of 5 80s Summer Blockbuster Fails that shows some films just don’t cut it. Films like The Big Red One were hyped up to be hits but made a list of The Greatest Box-Office Flops of the 80s list. The list features some pretty notable films that could be...
80s Toys: ‘Infaceables’
Remember those action figures called Infaceables? Those mystic warriors were some of the most popular action figures to come from the Galoob company and we decided to pay a brief little homage to them, as well as give you that little feeling of nostalgia. “The Infaceables: Mystic Warriors of Change was a 1984 toyline by Galoob in which plain-face characters grew more animalistic through the use of vacuum suction,”...
80s Toy and Film Combo: Fluppy Dogs
In 1986, Fluppy Dogs, the animated film was released and it led the release of a pretty fluffy toy. The Disney film was pretty low on the end of popularity compared to many of the bigger hits, however, the toy was jus enough to grab your attention and be a pretty popular hit. “A band of dimension hopping humanoid dogs need the help of two kids to return home,” according to IMDB’s summary of the film. It’s not...
80s Candies: Pixy Stix
Powdery sugary substances never got any better than Pixy Stix. Who could forget one of the most simple candies known to man? Why did we love Pixy Stix? Was it the fact that it was simply a Sweet-tart in powdered form? Maybe. The packets varied with some of the extra-large ones almost being too much for one person to handle. Of course, Pixy Stix were introduced in the 70s however, they started their upward boom in the 80s and guess...
How much does it cost to buy…Garbage Pail Kids?
Infuriating authority figures was a piece of cake in the 1980s. All you had to do was show up at home or school with a pack of Garbage Pail Kids stickers. Oh, mothers and teachers in particular loathed those things, which of course only made them more attractive to us. Topps ended up producing five sets of Garbage Pail Kids (as well as a handful of 21st century sets) but was not responsible for “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie,” which...
The ’80s lasted until 1991: The hits from spring 25 years ago
History declares the ‘80s ended on Dec. 31, 1989, but the decade was still alive and well on the radio in the early ‘90s (at least until Nirvana showed up). You’ll hear the ‘80s all over the top 30 songs from a recent countdown aired on XMs 90s on 9. We’ll reveal six songs a day each day this week. The hits from spring 25 years ago 24.) “Love Is A Wonderful Thing,” Michael Bolton Nobody symbolized the impermanence of the ‘80s quite...
Candy of the ’80s: Gobstoppers
Is it a globe? A Gobstopper? Or both? Was there a better candy for the naivety of youth than Gobstoppers? As kids, we welcomed the challenge of consuming a piece of candy that was nicknamed “jawbreaker.” We ignored the choking hazards accompanying the enormous contraption and believed cavities were things that happened to other kids. Of course, all these decades later, we know better, and can only imagine what a Gobstopper would do to...
