What Your Kids Are Up To: Pokemon Go
Growing up in the 80s meant keeping up with a ton of fads, styles and the latest trends. However, things have gotten even crazier as the years went on. You’ve now got kids of your own and they have their own trends, including the very popular, Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go is the latest mobile game that is taking the country by storm. Some may remember when the first part of the Pokemon craze began in the late 90s. It was a trading...
Jay Leno Explains Why Car Collectors Should Avoid Cars From The 80s
Well if you loved the cars from the 80s and may be thinking of adding one to a collection, Jay Leno’s got some advice for you. Don’t. Jay Leno explains why car collectors should avoid cars from the 80s. “The cars had not caught up to the regulations. The government said, ‘You must be able to do this.’ Well, they just jury-rigged whatever they had to do,” said Leno in a CNBC report. The report claims...
Punk Band Blink-182 Covers The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
It’s not very often you hear of a late 90s-2000 band covering one of the greatest bands of the 80s, however, it has happened. Punk rock band Blink-182 recently covered The Cure‘s “Boys Don’t Cry” during a radio appearance for France’s OÜI FM. The band sat down with OÜI FM to chat about their new music and more but the real excitement for 80s fans is the acoustic cover of The Cure’s “Boys...
Best Velma Costume From Scooby-Doo
This time around we figured we would continue the Scooby-Doo content from the previous piece because it’s just too good to pass up. We outlined an awesome Shaggy costume for Halloween but now we’re bringing you the Best Velma Costume From Scooby-Doo. Velma was certainly the most level-headed of the bunch. She wasn’t overly-concerned about her looks like Daphne, crazy about traps like Fred or always thinking of food...
The Beatles in the 1980s: A Timeline
On August 29, 2016, Mark David Chapman, was once again denied parole for the murder of John Lennon in December 1980. Chapman was sentenced to twenty years in prison. This is the ninth time his request for a parole has been denied. With Lennon’s name back in the news, it seemed a good time for an article about what all the former Beatles were doing in the 1980s. A few weeks ago, I published a piece focusing on just two members of the...
