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Rage – going retro in January

By indi on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

For you Aussie readers, Rage which is the music video show on the ABC is going retro this month. As they have done in previous years around this time, reruns of the the classic music shows countdown and rock arena are being shown this month. As always with Rage, you can look at the playlists [...]

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The Thompson Twins – a short biography

By indi on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Ahh the Thompson Twins – iconic 80′s music band. Who could forget Hold Me Now and Doctor! Doctor! In preparation for this article, I did a bit of research on the band and found a few facts that I did not know about them. The band, named after the bumbling detectives from Herge’s TinTin, first [...]

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Rick Astley Would Never ….

By indi on Saturday, March 8th, 2008 | No Comments

This is currently being circulated around the internet, and I think it is great! If you don’t understand it, then you obviously didn’t love the 80′s as much as the rest of us.

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NKOTB to return?

By indi on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | No Comments

I was reading today that New Kids On The Block (NKOTB) are set to announce something on their website. Whether that means a new album, a tour it remains to be seen. NKOTB rose to fame in the 80s with such hits as Hangin Tough, Step by Step to but name a few. Hard to [...]

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Stuck in the 80s podcast

By indi on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Everyone that has an ipod uses podcasts. And there are plenty out there on the internet. But what about for the good old 1980′s? Yep, sure is. Stuck in the 80′s is a great blog on the decade that mattered, complete with a weekly podcast hosted by Steve Spears. On the blog pages, there are [...]

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Addicted to Love?

By indi on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 | 3 Comments

One of most iconic songs from the 80′s was Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love. The girls in the music video were scantily dressed for the 80′s, and caused quite a stir. To say they are iconic of the 80s is an understatement as even to this day they are constantly parodied. For a reminder of [...]

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Martha Davis (The Motels), POET

By bron on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

Take the L out of LOVER and it’s OVER (1982 – “Take the L” /made it to number 21 in AU) Classic, poetic, timeless, and to us teenage girls in the 80s, ever so POIGNANT. She was right up there giving us the words of the era. What else gave you inspiration?? Turning Japanese – [...]

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It’s all in the Hair Attitude

By bron on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

The 80s, the last bastion of great original hair attitude. Back in the 80s only inner city dwellers would dare to have 2 toned hair, and now every suburban Tracey and Jacinta has it. Back in the 80s the more makeup you had on your face at the one time, indicated your place in the [...]

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Robert

By bron on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

Robert is a genius!

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Cure is the CURE

By bron on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

CURE is the CURE  Thank goodness for THE CURE. When they hit mainstream with The Head On The Door in the 80s, only us true fans knew they would still be with us today. Looking and sounding as great as they were in the heady 80s, Robert, Porl, Jason and Simon were timeless and awesome [...]

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