Comments on: Win Tix to Datarock Tomorrow Night at the El Rey!

By: skip

skip — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:37:10 +0000

my fav item i still have from the 80s is this metal disc with a nipple at the bottom that you spin to make rainbows, no idea what it is called but i have had it for 20 years

By: Miles Merlino

Miles Merlino — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:43:35 +0000

Penny Loafers, Farrah Fawcett Poster, Garbage pale kids stickers. what else do you need on Friday night! remember getting the penny so shinny when ever i’d wear those loafers. Farrah Fawcett poster was a must. such a babe. The garbage pale kids where so disgusting and awesome, trading was the best but i never stuck them on anything. i think they made a come back. totally rocking the loafers to the show.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:34:44 +0000

Hands down, I loved my AT-ST model. I didn’t like the drab colors of the Hoth planet, so I painted mine sky blue and hot pink. It’s still in a place of prominence, next to my complete Care Bear (and Cousins) stuffed animal collection in my parent’s home.

By: Chal Pivik

Chal Pivik — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:24:47 +0000

Have I mentioned my big-shouldered Comme des Garcons jackets?

By: Burns!

Burns! — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:38:57 +0000

HAHAHahaha! I think you’ve just called out about half of the MetBlogs audience.
“Not a geek? Fake it, Mr/Ms. ‘I’m Reading Blogs Right When I Get To The Office But I’m Still Not A Nerd.’”

By: Sofia Rivera

Sofia Rivera — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:12:15 +0000

my ghostbusters ecto pack! i was the coolest girl in the track housing complex. that toy taught me how to kick ass ad take names at the tender age of 8.

By: Rickety

Rickety — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:01:18 +0000

My favorite thing from that decade is the memory of me first hearing Funkytown on my little portable radio in May of 1980. That opening cowbell riff sounded fresher than anything else coming through my little speaker.

By: joe daverin

joe daverin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:37:12 +0000

I was a young’un in the 80′s, so my 80′s memory items are all toys. I think my favorite was my Tron bike toy that you could rev up with that old mechanical system where you would push it forward against the ground over and over to get it going and then let it go. And I don’t give a crap what anyone says I’m psyched for the new Tron movie.

By: deedub

deedub — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:27:28 +0000

My Commodore 64!