#1239 - 10/23/07 02:53 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Miami Vice baby.
Although, I was in my teens in the 80's, and the memories are great. I'm not an "old fart," because I know that the new generation has it together, just as much as we thought, that we did.
In the 80's the old farts were left over hippies, who thought we were shallow.
In the 60's, the rock n rollers of the fifties were the old farts.
Although I might be getting to be just a little bit of an old fart, because when I hear music from the 80's I do travel back to a better time, in my mind. Darn. Maybe I am an old fart afterall.
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#1251 - 10/24/07 02:13 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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I also noticed that a lot of the fashion from the 80's is coming back nowadays. You know, fitted jeans, Chuck Taylors, and bright colors. If I dig in my closet, I could be with the "In Crowd" sipping lattes with Brangelina.
Any one of you guys have a mullet back then? All business in the front and a party in the back...
Cool, I hope that means I can bring out my "Parachute Pants" and hight top sneakers, which of course was a sin to tie. We tucked our laces in, and wore them kind of like slippers. Damn, we were cool.
Yes, I had a kind of a mullet, but it actually looked good on me, because I had much more hair (quantity) back then.
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#1257 - 10/24/07 09:05 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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I was going to name drop Repo Man too. But you beat me too it. Loved that movie.
How about the Dead Kennedys and Alternative Tentacles? The lawsuit that ensued over their "graphic" use of an artist's painting(Giger)and subsequently going bankrupt fighting big brother government.
Black Flag was another major player back then. I was a huge fan of them. I still remember the day I saw one of their videos on MTV and damned near peed on myself.
Fist, I am surprised you didn't mention some of the great bands that came out of the DC area. Black Flag being one of them, though they get credit for Cali. Bad Brains, The Meatmen, Fugazi, and Minor Threat.
I have to give credit to the skateboard scene that exploded in the 80s. I was a member. They pushed subculture to the mainstream. I found out about more bands and scenes by reading interviews with them and hanging out with them. Those kids didn't give a shit about anything other than getting paid to ride a piece of wood with four plastic wheels attached. They would flip the finger to middle America and appear on the cover of US Today. Until corporate America found a way to push it on to mainstream America.
Even MTV was cool back then. They didn't have a large pool of videos to pull from. So you would see a mix of punk, rock, pop, metal, and old stuff all in one hour. They broke down a lot of doors for some artists.
Woland, glad to see you mentioned Gary Numan. I am a huge fan of his. He was one of the first to record a complete album using only synthesizers as instruments. Most people only know him for "Cars", but I have all his albums and he put out some exceptional tunes otherwise.
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#1260 - 10/25/07 09:29 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Fist, I am surprised you didn't mention some of the great bands that came out of the DC area. Black Flag being one of them, though they get credit for Cali. Bad Brains, The Meatmen, Fugazi, and Minor Threat.
Well (like Regan would say), where I was going with this thread is to give people an idea of what 80's scene was actually like. Everything 'alternative' to day is a poor copy of what came before it. We have great tools today like the web, cell phones, and social networking but everything back then was in live and in real time. The 'scene' today, such as it is, is pretty lame.
DC of course, had a great scene. Bad Brains was alway awesome. The Meatmen from NOVA were a riot. Tesco Vee just plain didn't give a fuck and was completely politically incorrect, he real was 'punk.' Now punk means to be a faggoty leftist with a Che shirt. Iain McKay? I don't think so. Minor Treat was OK but the straight edge movement was for 80lb vegans who were sometimes Krishnas who usually got their ass kicked all the time. Fugayzi? Give me a break.
Black Flag? Did that act ever move around. Depending on who you asked they were from LA, NY, or DC. It was hard to tell. Rollins ruined Black Flag but he did do a lot of shows and made his energy made it a household name (maybe just in my house?). What was funny is how Rollins started lifting weights after more than a few people in DC kicked his ass. Don't be a tough guy!
Yeah, old 9:30 and DC Space. I remember it...
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#1473 - 11/06/07 03:44 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Carburetors, 15" rims, "River's Edge", an actual "live and underground" Metal scene with less ego, 6 string BC Rich Bich, 4 string Warlock bass, ripped blue jeans, Yngwie Malmsteen, factory chrome, AMC Eagle, girl on girl action (before it became trendy), Cliff Burton, Iron Maiden, Government Issue, Richard Ramirez, Mark David Chapman, John Hinkley Jr., '84 Detroit Tigers, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Evil Dead, Trouble, Agent Steel, Death of Bon Scott....
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#1530 - 11/07/07 01:30 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Good for you for admitting the mullet! Since you're from NYC, did ever go upstate and discover that the mullet is still alive and well today? It's strange, I don't even find it funny. I just think: "Good for you, man!"
Were you guys ever paranoid about seeing that big mushroom cloud out in the horizon? I didn't let it totally consume me back then, but the thought did linger in the back of my mind. I would think about basements, laundry rooms, etc. and wonder if it was the safe in there if the Russians, Chinese, or Cubans ever decided to push the button. I think that it takes at least 6 feet of concrete to be relatively safe from radiation and about 10 years for the radiation to dissipate. "The Day After" really did a number on me!
Hey, I was in my teens at the time, so I have an excuse.
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#1534 - 11/07/07 02:23 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Good for you for admitting the mullet! Since you're from NYC, did ever go upstate and discover that the mullet is still alive and well today? It's strange, I don't even find it funny. I just think: "Good for you, man!"
LOL, actually, I am as far upstate as one can get, without speaking in a Canadian accent.
No, I haven't seen any mullets around here as of late. Although, they say, that if you wate around long enough, everything comes back into fashion eventually.
As for worrying about the "Mushroom Cloud," not at all. By the eighties, it really wasn't much of an issue. It was obvious to most, that Gorbachev (sp?) wanted good realations with the West.
Plus I would travel behind the Iron curtain quite often back then, and would see that those people were too busy enjoying their life to "push the button."
The whole thing was mainly propaganda on both sides of the pond.
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#1670 - 11/10/07 01:04 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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I have the motherboard of a Commodore Amiga 500 on my wall.
The one I got as a kid back in '89.
What is interesting is that it actually has a chip called Paula 
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
That brand of computer had a peculiar hippie influence though - on crashing, it gave the message "Guru Meditation"...
Though I believe the Atari ST was more popular with musicians due to its sound features.
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#1982 - 11/17/07 07:14 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Hmmm, the eighties for me were bands like The Cure, Iron Maiden, The Divinyls, Faith no more,INXS, Eurythmics, I'll stop there or I'll go on for pages.
Movies that stand out for me are The Friday the Thirteenth series, Any of the treasured works by Cheech and Chong, and my favourite gang movies of all time The Wanderers and on a darker note, The Warriors.
Probably the worst fashion of all in my lifetime so far, and much to my disdain, it's all come back. Bubble skirts, spray on jeans with high tops (laces undone of course) Heavy Metal Patches on denim jackets *shudders* and bloody flouro *covers eyes in order not to get retina damage*
Oh and who could forget LIVE AID
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#5307 - 03/11/08 07:05 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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i wonder if we can retrieve back our childhood those days of care-free lapse of reason., seemed to have lot of time in our hands but death make you to belive in after-life, i remember .,flower children of 60's., thedoors,jimmy hendriks,ozzy osbourn .,heaven and hell.,black sabbath.,the end of innocence., dead people,i like ozzy osbourn's heaven and hell.,black sabbath
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#5373 - 03/12/08 10:36 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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For my part, I would recommend the following movies:
Romper Stomper
I dont really understand how Romper Stomper could show how the 80s "used" to be. Could you explain please?
2. GG Allin. Didn't care if anyone came to his shows. Could care less if he made a nickel. Wasn't worried the cops were waiting for him outside. He threatened to kill himself at the next show more times than I can count. Crapped himself, pissed himself.
GG Allin is a comical genius. xD I have yet to see "Hated".
I myself was born in the late 80s and grew up during the 90s. I never liked the 80s much, the 90s was always my favourite decade. Everything was good back then when it comes to TV, music and games. I love it. Most of those things now are basically shit.
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#5406 - 03/12/08 06:37 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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At least we can identify certain things with the 80's and 90's like certain clothing and musical trends, etc (Whether good or bad). To me, I just can't attach anything to the millenium as of yet. What does the millenium have so far? When talking about the millenium, we'd probably talk about the crappy shows that became guilty pleasures like "Flavor of Love" and "American Idol". Or the rise of the reality shows and the death of the music video on MTV. Maybe the Saw movies.
You didn't like the 80's because you were still a toddler! Did your parents dress you in acid wash jeans and make you watch "Knight Rider"? "Growing Up 80's" is for us old farts, my friend! I did like the 90's too but the 80's was just great, it was a unique age.
Youre right, there isnt much to attach to this millenium. At least not anything thats good. There arent any good shows anymore, the games are just getting obsessed with graphics and not as good as they used to be. You can really just relate it to those things i mentioned with the 90s that were good going bad. This is the age of commercialism and corruption.
Nope, but they made me go to school with a pink/black jumper with two polar bears kissing each other on once. At the time i was embarrased but looking back maybe i would like that shirt now. 
Perhaps the 80s is one of those things where you had to actually be there to appriciate it. But the things that i associate with the 80s arent things i care for much.
From what ive read the late 80s seem to be the golden age of industrial rock which is good. But other then that - Glamrock, flashy clothes, no internet, so on. I dont really associate the 80s with anything to my taste.
I mean, with the 90s even some of the mainstream stuff was good.
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#5408 - 03/12/08 06:59 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Although I was only born in '85, I still grew up with a lot of 80's cartoons, such as Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Trap Door and TMNT. Some of the newer renditions (TMNT in particular) sucked ass.
The original TMNT movies..... *sits back and reminisces*
And I know it's so cheesy, but The Goonies is still a classic in my eyes. Damn, that truffle shuffle was stupid as hell, but funny all the same...
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#5723 - 03/15/08 11:32 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Mask,
Don't take this the wrong way, but you are pretty much a nerd.
The www as we have come to know it did not exist. In the mid-80's we had BBS' that people would log into by trading obscure phone numbers and logging in on 9600 baud modems - beeeeep, click, click, bong, bong, beeeeeeep. It was sort of special too because some of these sites had some really esoteric content. It was like discovering something really underground.
The music was totally different. Yes, you had all of the nasty commercial glam rock crap that a lot of people associate with the 80's. However, if you went to see a real show you didn't find out about it on the internet and buy tickets online at Ticketron.
The promotion back then consisted of a crappy Xerox copy of a crappy Xerox copy that somebody made a local print shop. This was before Kinkos. You would find these fliers on telephone poles and street lights. Some of them are sort of collectible today. You went to the show at the date and time on the flier and paid the cover at the door. Nobody searched you for weapons at the door. It was a different scene. No corporations - all DIY.
Before, during or after a show maybe you got high, maybe you got laid, maybe you got into a fight. Maybe you went to an after party and did more of the same. Really, ANYTHING could happen.
Everything now is so controlled and so corporate. Kids 'discover' the music that the music industry wants to promote. They buy their tickets online and have their parents drive them to the corporate venue to see the 'show.' They are searched for weapons, drugs, food, drinks, and recording devices. They go in wearing their corporate provided costume that they bought at the mall. They play anarchy for an hour then have their parents drive them back to their suburban cul-de-sac. Lame.
All of the crap you see at Hot Topic and other 'urban wear' stores all use to be DIY. I made more than a few of my own shirts and jackets using a card stock stencil and Krylon spray paint. Now, the only thing you need to be 'down' is a line of credit.
As for "Romper Stomper" well, google around for The Spirit of 69. This how it was. Fred Perry shirts, Ox Blood Dr. Martin's, thin bracers, cuffed jeans, really short hair. Google 'fag bashing Washington DC 80's.' Right, wrong or indifferent, this is how it was.
And speaking of the 80's, how about Boyd Rice?
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#5724 - 03/15/08 11:42 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Aw, shit. And while googling some other stuff about the DC scene in the 80's, I ran into this gem from the Urban Dictionary:
Emo 359 up, 227 down
(Noun, Adjective) - A word of many uses, emo generally describes:
A) A genre of music
B) Style of fasion
C) Lifestyle/subculture
(NOTE - The following may be just slightly biased)
Emo music (short for Emocore or Emotional Hardcore) is a derivitive of the mid 80's hardcore scene. Born in Washington D.C., early emo was a mix of hardcore punk with both emotional lyrics and performances, dominated by bands such as "Rites Of Spring" and "Embrace". By the late 90's, most original emo bands had disbanded or changed direction. From 2000 onwards, many bands have unwillingly or unrightfully been labled as emo, such as "Dashboard Confessional" and "Taking Back Sunday". Many "classic" emo fans and outsiders view modern emo music as warterd-down punk rock.
Emo fasion or "the emo look" has a number of simple characteristics. For males, hair should be black (although dark red/brown is acceptable), greassy, have a long fringe and a bang covering one eye. For females, although dark hair is prefered, any colour is acceptable. While hair may be cleaner, it must still cover a large portion of the face. Black shirts and jackets are worn, although on rare occasions an emo may wear a grey or white hoodie. Jeans are the clothing of choice for the emo, although for males anything out of their sisters closet is fine. Footware is typically any sort of skating shoe. To complete the look, apply excessive amounts of eyeshadow (males and females), put on a pair of black horned glasses and start listening to your eyepod.
Emo culture, dominated by middle to upper class suburban white teenagers, is characterised by weak music, self loathing and melodrama. After listening to some emo music (generally, but not always shite), emo-boy will log onto myspace to talk to his emo friends. After blogging about how shit life is, how he fucking hates his parents, and how the whole world hates him, he'll have a look at emo-girls myspace page. A quick look at the 17,000 photos she's uploaded (either of her looking into the distance, her looking up at the camera in a confused and drugfucked way or her at an emo gathering), emo-boy and emo-girl will chat to each other. The conversation quickly turns to how they are both alone and nobody understands them. Emo-boy has had enough of myspace (for a few minutes at least) and decides he is depressed. He writes a "deep and meaningfull" poem, before deciding to end it all. A quick slash of the wrists and it's time to sit in the dark and wait for the end to come. Unfortunately, he only drove the razor 2 milimetres into his skin, so there's a pretty good chance he'll be back at school next week, trying (not very hard) to hide his fresh scars and emotions.
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Christ on a crutch, how could I forget this crap!? I remember when Minor Threat became Fugayzi. I was in the Army and came home on leave only to find this sad state of affairs. All the same, it does speak to the influence of the DC hardcore scene. Maybe Rick would care to chime in on this?
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#5741 - 03/15/08 08:03 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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The promotion back then consisted of a crappy Xerox copy of a crappy Xerox copy that somebody made a local print shop. This was before Kinkos. You would find these fliers on telephone poles and street lights. Some of them are sort of collectible today. You went to the show at the date and time on the flier and paid the cover at the door. Nobody searched you for weapons at the door. It was a different scene. No corporations - all DIY.
I still have some of those original fliers buried somewhere in my house. I have tons from DOA. One of my fave bands back then. I still have letters we exchanged. I asked them to play my 18th birthday, but alas they were on tour in Germany during that time. But they did send me some nice swag.
Kids 'discover' the music that the music industry wants to promote. They buy their tickets online and have their parents drive them to the corporate venue to see the 'show.' They are searched for weapons, drugs, food, drinks, and recording devices. They go in wearing their corporate provided costume that they bought at the mall. They play anarchy for an hour then have their parents drive them back to their suburban cul-de-sac. Lame.
While stationed in the army back in the 80's in Hampton, VA, my best friend and I caught wind of an Exploited show going down in Virginia Beach. We begged a ride from some army chick. We got to the venue, walked across the street and bought a 12 pack of Heineken. Snuck back into the woods to comsume said beer. Come show time, we found out the fire marshall had closed the show. No concert, no refund, thank you for coming. We decided to walk back. Mind you, it is about a half hour drive from Hampton to Virginia Beach. So maybe a 25 mile walk. Even though we were in the army at the time, we still were able to dress the part. We had on spiked leather, bandanas, non issued boots with red laces, leather jackets. Two drunk punks set out on a walk back to base going through some high crime areas, late at night. We actually made it as far as the Hampton Roads bay bridge. For those that don't know, Hampton is connected to the rest of Virginia via an underwater tunnel. No pedestrians are permitted in the tunnel. The channel would be a bitch to swim, and probably too dangerous. So we could see our destination, just had no way to get there. So we decided to hitch hike. Yeah, we were about as likely to get a ride as a guy holding a bloody chainsaw. We had a cop pull over, so we jumped the fence and ran into the woods to hide. Eventually a van pulled over. We piled in. Turns out the driver was very creepy. I swear it was Jeffery Dahmer driving that van. We were very grateful dude pulled over to give us a ride given our appearance, but I didn't want to die for it. Once we hit the gate for our base, we thanked him, and high tailed it out of his van and onto base. That was good times in the 80's.
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#5778 - 03/16/08 02:53 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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Why would that have to be the case? Someone has a social preference different then yours and you see it as a problem?
And thank you Isaak.
To be honest i view your statement as ignorant, Fist. Since you are suggesting that the term "Nerd" would be a bad thing. I cant possibly comprehend why that would be the case.
If this isnt the case then please, correct me.
But its kind of you to explain the spirit of the 80's to me.
The way you describe it, it all sounds very underground and so on. But alot of it simply sounds complicated and unknowing. I dont think that it may be my cup of tea.
The way you mentioned "kids" going to see their shows is how i go to shows. I dont make my parents drive me but i buy my tickets online and whatever. I dont see why this is even mentioned as a bad thing.
Just because things have gotten alot easier i dont see why there is a need to rag down on it since it isnt "underground".
There is also a good reason to why there is controlls at shows and you just mentioned them yourself.
"All of the crap you see at Hot Topic and other 'urban wear' stores all use to be DIY. I made more than a few of my own shirts and jackets using a card stock stencil and Krylon spray paint. Now, the only thing you need to be 'down' is a line of credit. "
The only thing you need to be "down"? Fashion and mainstream exists even in the underground. The popular people bought their clothes. The rebellious people made their own. Its all trends one way or another. If youre going to be truly original and hardcore underground then one should simply walk around with nothing but a thong on as some kind of statement.
And regarding that post of yours about "EMO", its definetly biased. I cant stand emo-bashing.
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#5779 - 03/16/08 02:54 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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Oh, regarding Romper Stomper it is a great movie. Thats why i asked you how it defined the 80's. I didnt know that skinheads were much 80s as they were 60-70s. During the 90s over here we also had a huge wave of racism with skinheads. Kind of funny, seeing as how being a skinhead couldnt have had shit less to do with politics.
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#5784 - 03/16/08 08:49 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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Isnt it up to each and everyone to themselves decide how their existence is vital? From what i know there isnt any official definition of a vital existence. If there is and the official definition is yours then i dont care much for it.
Most people are ignorant so meeting people IRL is somewhat overrated. You seem to think that "nerds" spend their entire time 24/7 not meeting anybody but i think that isnt very correct.
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#5788 - 03/16/08 09:37 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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One definition is "Necessary to the continuation of life" which pretty much sums it up. And constantly meeting people doesnt have to be "vital". It depends on what kind of person you are.
If you arent a peoples-person then my point speaks for itself.
The Satanic Bible isnt my kind of Satanism so that doesnt go for me. I havent read it, but i intend to someday.
I am not trying to redefine LaVeyan Satanism but im not going to follow laws written by some person that i feel are bullshit. Thats the reason i dont like Christianity in the first place.
Some book isnt going to tell me how to live my life rule by rule. It can inspire me in certain things but im not going to follow it by the word like you seem to do.
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#5839 - 03/17/08 08:35 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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Thats your opinion. I dont feel like i should leave because of a few people not liking me, if that was the case then i will never find a forum that i am able to hang out on.
I dont care that much if you dont like me and for that matter, i dont understand why we all have to get along peacefully. I have seen others on this site that dont.
With that said, im not going to take your "advice". I dont get what makes you think that i would.
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#5855 - 03/17/08 11:52 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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You're wierd... even for Satanists.
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I dont think i would ever hear that on this site.
If youre looking for a reply to what you said then just read the post above you.
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#5869 - 03/18/08 02:55 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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Thats actually one reason i am here. However your opinions on this matter which are utter bullshit to me i dont really consider educational.
Try finding out some stuff about me before posting stupid comments like that again, please.
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#5876 - 03/18/08 03:52 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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[quote=LUCIFERIFIC]You're wierd... even for Satanists.
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That is hilarious! For some really strange reason, I would've taken that as a compliment.
For all of you familiar with the New York area: I guess that I've been hiding under a rock or something, but I had no idea that there was a CBGB shop. Anyway, I haven't been to CBGB since the 80's.
Fake Prophet brought up Exploited and that really took me back. Along with the Metallica/Megadeth debates, I remember the Misfits/Exploited debates. Youth is wasted on the young, I'll tell you!
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#6006 - 03/20/08 01:32 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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TheMask
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I have read the basis, the commandments and such and i find those things not to my liking. I just havent read the whole book yet.
[quote=LUCIFERIFIC]You're wierd... even for Satanists. .... That is hilarious! For some really strange reason, I would've taken that as a compliment.
I cant take it as much else then that.
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#6109 - 03/21/08 05:38 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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LUCIFERIFIC
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just tell me how can i do a riveng on some one that had destrojd my life all things i wod try
You load up a car with some friends, drive to his house or work place, all you guys jump out and mob lynch his dumb ass for shitting on you and making you life miserable. When your feeding his face with your fist don't forget to chant the infernal mantra: "What up cuz...now what bitch." Then when you see his blood you make your hand in the evil sign of the B and say: "Sa-Woop!" or "Brrrat!" But not if your in a crip neighborhood.
Make sure to make him bleed or the magic won't work! Then run into your car real fast when he's unconscious and peel out.
For you guys on the island of Malta, since you guys don't have cars, you can use a horse cart or mule. Just make sure there fast so the pinchi "Hudas" won't bust you.
This should work and teach him a lesson; but if it doesn't then later i'll teach you to use Greater Masic to call for reinforcements to kill him.
~Kayla
P.S. In your signature you talk about you "larn" being very bad. What the hell is a Larn by the way?
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#6137 - 03/21/08 08:41 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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LUCIFERIFIC
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Perhaps this will shed some light on his larn. Larn Only 8 more beers to go, and I will be reading him like the funny pages.
Lmao. A computer game? I don't understand what he's trying to say in his signature? FProphet, you don't need a beer to see the humor. Frank is a classic. He reminds me of Balki.
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#6147 - 03/22/08 12:40 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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LUCIFERIFIC
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hey kayla im sory losing your time maybe first i have to learn writeng properli but hear you soon tanks
Awe... your not losing my time Frank. I understand your gibberish, trust me, i'm very smart. I speak many vernacular englishes like yours.
I'm sure Malta is a nice ancient Island indeed. With lots of beer and hookers; hell that makes any place great. But 50 euros is way too expenssive. In Thailand you can get one for 20 dollars, plus she can shoot bannanas and ping pong balls out of her panocha.
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#6153 - 03/22/08 01:00 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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what the fuck man!!!! i thought i had typeo and spelling problems. frank you are not even understandable..take your time and type slower man.
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#6181 - 03/22/08 10:43 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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LUCIFERIFIC
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whats the fuck i dont work all week and i can make 850 euros a week whit any problems gust yusing my mind in malta any one can make monye even the hokers why not
Frank, can you teach me how to make 850 a week like you without working? I work part time and make shit. I can't imagine what you do. Do you slang? Car Jacking is big business out in in Cali, but it's not something I would pick up. I will fly down to Malta and party with you when you teach me to make money like you.
~Kayla
p.s. Don't type slow hon, we don't want you to be here all week.
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#6193 - 03/22/08 01:31 PM
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LUCIFERIFIC
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for me was the begining the 80s but i like all from that time my first time off any thing i don any thing from shoting, drugs,sex,roberis. good music good films wow what memores. i need my pipe it is just 18.22 but i need it
Good boy Frank! I like your style. Not afraid to take life by the balls and squeeze it for everything it has to offer. You really do know your ABC's: Assault, "Business," and Criminal organization.
I hear there were a lot of shooting, drugs, and stuff around southern california in the 80's. The hay days of bloods and crips.
Have you ever seen an 80's movie called "Colors?" Good shit.
American Me - that's another 80's movie I love.
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#6195 - 03/22/08 01:44 PM
Re: lucirrus
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LUCIFERIFIC
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yes i see that film and scarface, thats my type now you can see how you make money but here you need to feed many pepeol and you can stay cool. whit out ABC no problems
Yes! Scarface!! Now we're talking Frank. No more public posts about this though. I'll Private Message you; we'll talk about this there. Some people here aren't open to your level of literacy like me. They fail to see past it. You'll fit in with my crowd of Satanists. I'll send you to a safer site.
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#7748 - 04/15/08 08:50 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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The Automan TV show was special. Max Headroom. ALF. He-man and the masters of the universe. The dungeons and dragons cartoon show. Red dawn. Mega-force (with chuck norris). Footloose. Mannequin. Robotech, Gummi bears and Cabbage patch kids. Garbage pail kids. All the pastel clothes. Reaganomics. Gorbachov. The Hind helicopter gunship. Scrunchies, caps and bike straps. Bike pants. Learning computers. Tape deck personal computers.
New romantic music.
Sigh.
When I was a kid, we all knew that sooner or later we were going to go to war with Russia. Cuba and a whole bunch of other countries were gonna help share nukes and troops with each other as well. It was pretty much a given. Everything on TV and every movie had some kind of reference to the idea. It was considered pretty revolutionary to have a movie where a Russian wouldn't be a robotic asshole, like in Spies like us and even Red Heat with Arnie. When a Russian / the KGB wasn't the evil mastermind, they were supporting them secretly, like in Rambo 2. When I was a kid I used to read a lot about the weirdness like the physic training that the Russians and Americans were rumoured to be testing, or the chimpazee pilots that were gonna be used for fighter planes. Computer magazines and books talked about a future in which games would seem so realistic that you'd sit in a box surrounded by screens and think you were really there.
Even though there was a lot of new stuff, I remember being really bored. Deep down we were still very repressed, and there were a lot of conservative ideas under the surface. The new war on drugs was starting to get into PR, with things like Nancy Reagan dropping by "Diffrent strokes" to talk about drugs, and computer games like NARC selling the idea that weird south americans were making factories to sell us giant syringes full of crazy drugs.
Today is very much like then, but we were more naieve. It seems there's very little room for creativity now. The coverage of wars are a lot more tightly edited then they used to be. There are a lot less opportunities for individuals to make a huge shift in personal fortune. We also no longer trust in the idea that our employer will hire us for the rest of our lives.
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#7787 - 04/16/08 12:13 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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We also no longer trust in the idea that our employer will hire us for the rest of our lives.
I have highlighted this quote because I both agree and disagree with it.
I don't think this is primarily the fault of the employer, but the employee that we no longer have life long careers. Hell you can have 3 or 4 different careers in this day and age and you so please.
Actually faithfulness all around is less common these days, not just at work, but at home, lovers, friends and just about everything in our lives. Hell, most people are more faithful to their favourite TV station than anything else in their life.
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#24897 - 05/22/09 09:58 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High pretty much sums up my 80's life, and the 80's as well.
Breakfast Club is a close second though.
And remember the Metal? Ozzy, Dio, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, The Scorpions, Motley Crue, Black Sabbath, and so many more. An amzing time to grow up indeed.
Oh, and back then MTV actually played videos 24/7/365.
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#25411 - 06/05/09 08:46 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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When Adidas was probably making the best clouths humanity will ever know.
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#38952 - 05/31/10 08:35 PM
Absolutely essential for serious police work.
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Michael A.Aquino
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Seven thread pages about the '80s and not a single mention of what defined the decade?  For shame!
Though I have to say that when I eventually got my hands on a TR, I was disappointed. Unless you bolt a Tubi exhaust on, that DOHC flat-12 is as quiet as a Chevrolet, and the front spoiler is delicate fiberglass. You don't get any low-end torque at all, and driving the car through the average American city's potholed streets would pulverize its nose in short order. So the MV chase sequences had to be filmed on carefully-selected routes and with audio overgrowls.
In 2010 we are clearly headed for a PC, ecological, and decaffeinated age of anemic electric & hybrid go-karts, so hurry up and push your skeleton out your back with a maniacal, knuckle-dragging throwback pig like this. Getting on the gas in a KR is like being mugged by angels: Your mind & body end up in complete disarray, but you still feel blessed. 
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#38962 - 06/01/10 12:50 AM
Re: Absolutely essential for serious police work.
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MatthewJ1
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Yes and then there is this: be warned and be ready for THE CAR!
‘Fasten your seatbelts for the terrifying thrill ride that has become a cult classic - The Car! The peaceful tranquility of a small Western town is disturbed when a murderous car wreaks havoc by viciously mowing down innocent victims. New sheriff, Wade Parent (James Brolin), may be the only one who can stop this menace in its tracks until he realizes that the driver of this indestructible vehicle is far more dangerous than any man… it is driven by pure evil.’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWea3Eu97E
Woo Hoo!
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#38977 - 06/01/10 12:57 PM
Oh, that's just Jake ...
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Michael A.Aquino
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Lincoln Town Car. Accept no substitutes.
So that was you who blew my doors off the other night ... 
Don't know if he still had it when you were there, but ASLV's personal road weapon of choice was his black Olds Toronado, which he considered a phallic symbol easily surpassing the XKE. Since the Cord got the garage, the Toronado was originally parked out front, and unfortunately got vandalized by punks. He tried parking it around the corner, but its looks & ZAMZAM plates still gave it away.
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#38979 - 06/01/10 02:09 PM
Re: Oh, that's just Jake ...
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Yep! I had the honor of whipping through town in the Toronado once... had the plate number 999 FCS. I don't know what he did with it. He never told me, so I assumed he had it in storage someplace.
I much more enjoyed the limo, but it was more like cruising a shark through traffic and people were always gawking at it to see who was inside.
Dr. LaVey and Lady Diane wanted to go to the Concourse d' Elegance (if memory serves in Burlingame), so I volunteered to drive the limo. Once we got there, I dropped them off and went to park, but parking was a long way off, so I drove up up the gate like I belonged there and schmoozed my way in, explaining that this was a historic limo, one of the last such Cadillac Fleetwood limos in all of Northern California. Once past the gate, I found a place to park on the main drag of the Concourse, and became an exhibit. People loved the car.
Dr, LaVey and Lady Diane came strolling up to the car, and I ceremoniously let them in the vehicle with snap. Dr. LaVey had an amused look on his face and people were snapping all the photos they could. Lady Diane was glad she didn't have to walk that far!
Most times, when we were just out and about on some errand, I would drive my Mercury Marquis, which he found comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. I had stations that didn't play rock on the buttons for quick change over, lest my head be removed from my body.
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#38981 - 06/01/10 03:30 PM
Sigh, never enough garages!
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Michael A.Aquino
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I much more enjoyed the limo, ... one of the last such Cadillac Fleetwood limos in all of Northern California. Once past the gate, I found a place to park on the main drag of the Concourse, and became an exhibit. People loved the car.
That must have been a later arrival. In the early '70s their formal car was a black Buick Limited. I found a couple of my old snapshots, unfortunately a bit faded. No photos of the Olds or the Cord. Anton was definitely a fellow car freak, and at the time also had an ice-blue Jag 3.8 sedan. Don't think I ever saw him angrier than when the Shell attendant at 19th & Taraval scratched it while gassing it up. 
Karla, like Emma Peel, was into Lotuses. Since I was a longtime devotee [of both the marque and Mrs. P], I suggested an Elan +2S similar to the one I acquired on return from Vietnam, but don't know if she ever took the plunge. Today I'd point her at the Evora, which is a breathtaking [and comfortable] car.
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#39008 - 06/02/10 02:58 PM
The "Coffin Nose"
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Michael A.Aquino
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It occurred to me that most of you are too young to ever have seen a 1936 Cord, so I'll post a picture of this one, which is similar to the object of my LUST.
More photos and other fun stuff here
Rare and extremely expensive, if you can find one.
Starting apparently around $80K; see here.
Of course if you really want to make an entrance [and like to stand up next to your chauffeur], try a MB 770.
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#39020 - 06/02/10 10:09 PM
Re: The grinning kid has it right.
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MatthewJ1
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Okay okay Dr. Aquino, I am prepared to admit that the GT 500 can possibly eat a Dodge for breakfast.
But you must concede defeat and admit that "The Mad Max Interceptor" is the king of all the movie cars! Nothing can touch it or even comes close!
It doesn’t get better than this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawspa5EVzs
Yeah!
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#39023 - 06/03/10 12:09 AM
Tach it up!
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Michael A.Aquino
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But you must concede defeat and admit that "The Mad Max Interceptor" is the king of all the movie cars! Nothing can touch it or even comes close! It doesn’t get better than this.
Arguably it recently got just a little better ... and in action ...
I must say we've come a long way from the BM of my youth. I [along with every other hooky-playing teenager in Santa Barbara] was down at Stern's Wharf to watch the Batman movie filming there. The BM was a distinct disappointment. It was a modified Lincoln Continental, so unwieldy that it rocked and bounced at more than the slowest speeds. Whenever it was shown in the TV series or the movie, the film was usually speeded up - as is evident from the lazy, upward-drifting "jet exhaust". 
Jake and I grew up under the influence of Big Daddy Roth's Rat Fink, Mr. Gasser, et al. Doubtless it occasionally shows.
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#39027 - 06/03/10 01:23 AM
Re: Tach it up!
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MatthewJ1
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I like that Batmobile Dr. Aquino. It certainly is more sci-fi than that old Mad Max Interceptor.
My love of the MM Interceptor kind of shows my age.
When I was growing up in the 1980’s every kid I knew (including myself) was into the Mad Max movies (even though many actually hadn’t seen them due to ratings) and desperately wanted to own this car, or, at the very least spout as much trivia and gibberish as possible about it in order to impress others.
We grew up out in the western suburbs of Sydney, which is a flat, harsh and horrible place during summer. There is just too much open space and very little shade or greenery. The people who live out there are (or were) blunt, unsophisticated and somehow quintessentially Australian, with this simple set of values they would almost kill others over. It was focused on traditional gender roles, mateship, grog, BBQ’s and big loud cars and listening to harsh music.
There was almost nothing to do out there when I was growing up, except getting a licence and hitting the wide open roads in powerful Ford Falcons and Fairlanes, and big Holden Commodores, and just driving and racing others and getting into fights etc.
Anyway, there is still a great deal of Australian myth still wrapped up in that MM interceptor and that movie for me.
I think the myth may have slowly passed away. I definitely think the times are gone and the attitudes have changed.
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#39047 - 06/03/10 05:16 PM
Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out!
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Michael A.Aquino
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LOL! It's a far cry from the Goat my brother had back in 65! I dunno why they assumed that smaller was better. Same thing happened with the LeMans. But I remember the Goat when it was GLORIOUS!
All the males of our generation remember (a) where they were when JFK was shot, (b) their first ride in a GTO, and (c) their first sexual experience. Usually in that order.
The 65 was definitely the signature year. The San Mateo BSA Executive picked me up at the airport in his white tripower 65. I said, "So what's the big deal about GTOs?" He just smiled and stomped the go-pedal, and I said  .
Lilith never understood it until a couple of years ago when I found a 65 at a local dealership, which was kind enough to allow me to drive her once around the block. When we got back a few seconds later, she was basically  and thanked me along the lines of "Are you out of your ******* mind!?"
The thing with the 2006 GTO was that it had to meet USA crash tests, not to mention that our parking spaces [at least in SF] are shrinking. 1950s land yachts won't fit here anymore. Pontiac had stopped making brutal engines, so the 06 had the 400hp LS2 borrowed from the Vette. Definitely enough to pass anything on the highway but a gas station. 
Karmann Ghias were a really beautiful redesign of the classic Bug, but I couldn't quite fit in one and also needed the extra luggage space of a Bug (my first car, also like most of the rest of our generation). I stupidly put a Judson supercharger (fueled by Pep Boys' "Marvel Mystery Oil") on it, consequently blew the cylinder heads to bits going 100mph through the Sacto desert on a hot summer's day. 
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#39074 - 06/05/10 04:13 AM
Re: Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out!
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Unfortunately the latest GTO concept (known as the Coupe 60 in Australia) failed reach production. It is based on the same platform as the new Camaro, so naturally its handling and performance has been substantially improved:
[url]http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/holden-coupe-60-side.jpg]Bigger picture [/url]
Bigger picture here
Edited by Woland (08/10/10 12:57 PM)
Edit Reason: Image to large...
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#41698 - 08/10/10 08:02 AM
Re: Oh, that's just Jake ...
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Don't know if he still had it when you were there, but ASLV's personal road weapon of choice was his black Olds Toronado, which he considered a phallic symbol easily surpassing the XKE.
Just an update on the Toronado. The BLACK BEAST still lives. Apparently it is now owned by the artist COOP.
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#41718 - 08/10/10 02:08 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Some of my favorite films from the 80's were, The Terminator, Escape From New York (being from NY I was particularly proud of that title), John Carpenter's: The Thing (although the original is a classic), Friday The 13th, A Nightmare On Elm St., The Hidden (a very underrated film), Predator, Blade Runner, Return Of The Living Dead, Tron.
Some of my favorite arcade games were, Defender, Asteroids, Joust, Turbo, Dig Dug, Missle Command. I've spent a TON of my parents money on that stuff.
Having been born in '69, I'm glad that I was around for some of the 70's too. I have some fond memories from that era as a child. But that's for another thread 
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#41788 - 08/11/10 01:26 PM
Jake's Next Wheels
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I guess I could always park it in the trunk of my Town Car or use it as some kind of hood ornament.
I'm not that impressed with Mercedes... not my kind of thing.
OK, let's try again American.
And there are at least a few cars which can defeat your Town Car trunk ...
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#41792 - 08/11/10 01:53 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Some of my favorite films from the 80's were ... The Hidden (a very underrated film)
As noted earlier, it certainly showed you how to take a relaxing drive through L.A. in a Ferrari. And is additional proof that in all cop movies, including alien-hunting ones, it is always necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
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#44811 - 12/10/10 04:57 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Clarence
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Registered: 01/14/10
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The 80's? Christina Amphlett!
When I think about her, I touch myself... Ooohh 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM
I grew up on a diet of 80's slasher films... Nightmare on Elm St, Halloween, Friday the 13th. But it was Heathers that really captured the decade, for me at least:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEeQpejFbYA
(The trailer is pretty dull until the 38 - 40 second mark, then it gets interesting.)
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#44835 - 12/11/10 06:38 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Simon Jester
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Registered: 10/24/09
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I love digging through youtube to find all the really terrible 80's music videos...
Cindi Lauper, Bananarama... and The Bangles! This crap is unbelievable. If you didn't live through it or your memory is fading I would definitely suggest starting with Walk Like an Egyptian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5N7RNQUKts
P.S. Yes, I still have a thing for the lead singer from The Bangles That hair! I also thought Linda hamilton was kinda hot. Kylie, Madonna...
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#44836 - 12/11/10 07:27 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Clarence
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Cindi Lauper, Bananarama... and The Bangles!
LMFAO! Glad to see I'm not the only one.
Yes, I still have a thing for the lead singer from The Bangles That hair! I also thought Linda hamilton was kinda hot. Kylie, Madonna...
Wooahh Heaven is... Belinda Carlisle! Is it just me? So sexy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1efsbl19A
Seeing that we've veered so far into camp territory, it would be terribly remiss not to give George Michael his due. NB - contains gratuitous ass shaking - Baaaby!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqepCssCPT0
I've always hoped that The Veronicas would cover some bangles stuff. Nothing thus far
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#44859 - 12/11/10 10:03 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Clarence
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Registered: 01/14/10
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Thanks for that Dr. A. It's one of my faves :).
Susanna Hoffs is still amazing at 50 - odd years of age. I saw them live earlier this year. Great fun.
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#44936 - 12/14/10 09:43 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Nyte
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Registered: 10/19/09
Posts: 360
Loc: Ohio
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Centipede, Astroids, Dig Dug and of course Pacman! But Centipede was the best, by far.
The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Stand by Me, Cadyshack, Taps, Risky Business, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghost Busters, The Blues Brothers, and the list goes on and on!!
And the music, where to even start.....Triumph, Bad Company, Kiss, Poison, AC/DC, .38 Special, Scorpions, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bon Jovi, Motley Crew, Guns and Roses, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Cinderella, White Snake, Great White, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Dokken, Def Leppard, Eric Clapton, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Phil Collins, Genesis, U2, The Police, Iron Maiden, Rush, ZZ Top, Rolling Stones, and the list goes on.....
I know a lot of those bands started long before and continues on well after, but the music they made in the '80's..... just nothing like it. Oh the BIG hair.....1/2 a bottle of hair spray just to start.
The things we remember.
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If only just for today.....
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#44947 - 12/15/10 05:39 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Clarence
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Registered: 01/14/10
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Damned right. Of course I had to wait until the 90's to really take advantage of that fact, being quite young.
Oh yes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And the sequel [the second was awesome, then they went down hill]. And Evil Dead,of course - all the video nasties for that matter: Zombie Apocalypse, Eaten Alive etc. etc.
Oh great Bog, how I wish Dr Aquino and friends at the TOS had been approached for the original Walk Like an Egyptian music video. I'd like to think that they would've jumped at the chance. No offence intended. I'd give my right arm to have seen them rocking out to it. Just priceless.
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#44976 - 12/15/10 06:57 PM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Clarence
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Registered: 01/14/10
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Something like this, except that I'd have to spend a lot more time in the gym & dojo to move like M.J. 
Ha! Beautiful. Though it might benefit from some random Crowleyesque poses for effect. Possibly a combination of the 'The Enterer', 'Isis Mourning' and 'Air'.
I too might suffer a catastrophic injury in trying to make some M.J. moves. The action comes in at about the 45 sec mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Qo74_L3vo
If the link fails, Joe R. Lansdales' short story Bubba Ho Tep will provide the gist of it:
"I was gyrating", Elvis said. "Doing 'Blue Moon' but my hip went out. I'd been having trouble with it"...
"You swiveled right off the stage?" Callie said. "Now that's sexy."
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#45058 - 12/17/10 04:35 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Clarence
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Registered: 01/14/10
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It was that song that prompted me to take up the guitar - it's just so simple and effective that I figured, I can do that too. And so it was.
Not a fan of the Depeche Mode version though. Sick of Sarah did a great cover a while back.
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#47496 - 01/29/11 01:01 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Michael A.Aquino
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Registered: 09/28/08
Posts: 1247
Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA
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This should probably be in "Growing Up '50s/'60s", but what the hell ...
I must have missed this last year, but apparently 77 Sunset Strip is coming back bigscreen. [Scroll down to the comments for one by Stephanie Zimbalist, "Stu Bailey's" daughter.]
For those of you with GoogleEarth, type in "8532 Sunset Drive, West Hollywood, CA" to see the original building today. Across the still-there driveway where Kookie used to park Bailey's Thunderbird was Dino's Lodge (at 8524), owned by Dean Martin and a regular dinner-spot for the Church of Satan Priesthood in the early 1970s. [And if you need a further C/S connection, how about this?]
Not too far away, incidentally, at 7439 Sunset, is the famous Sunset Grill of the Don Henley song. If you're wondering why it doesn't look as ratty today as it sounds in the song, that's because Henley was singing of it in the old days before it got renovated and gentrified. Back in the '60s/'70s when I periodically stopped there for a cheap burger and fun-peoplewatching, it was just a little counterstool shack that looked like this [scroll down to the photos and look for the one taken at the SG].
Exit music, please! Snap, snap! 
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[On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#47499 - 01/29/11 02:15 AM
Re: Growing up 80's
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Jake999
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Registered: 11/02/08
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Across the still-there driveway where Kookie used to park Bailey'sThunderbird...
I don't think it'll be the same without Ed Byrnes and Connie Stevens and their hit, Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.
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