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Tag Archives: 1980s
Cultural Notebook
Skinemax: The Lure Of Adolescent Nostalgia
In the description for this hyper-nostalgic audio-video mix, Smash TV explains that “Skinemax is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It’s long form entertainment for short attention spans.”
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Scorpions’ Blackout: Gottfried Helnwein’s Doppelganger
Yesterday I stumbled across this photograph by Peter B. Kaplan (see above) over at Hey Okay. Even though I had never seen it before, it seemed familiar. At first, I thought it was just the quality of the photo that triggered some random memory, reminding me for some reason of the 1980s. But after a second look today,…
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Reagan Era Remix: Night Flight’s War On Drugs
Night Flight was the Internet before the Internet existed. Videos, like this remix of Ronald and Nancy professing their love of drugs, were standard fare on the program. It’s when cable television was populated by a bizarrely enthralling mix of content, the pioneer days.
