1982: I Think Old People Are Really Boring

Oh, Rik.  I will miss you so much.

I'll never forget watching The Young Ones on MTV in early 1988, after 120 Minutes.  No other show before or since knocked me on my ass more.  It changed my comedic sensibilities forever, and for the better, and Rik Mayall was a HUGE part of that.

From 1988: Two Halloween Costumes Are Born

This year, Ken and I are celebrating Halloween as our Pee Wee's Playhouse counterparts, Cool Cat and Chickie Baby.


That is, unless I can get my hands on two complete Leatherface costumes.

From 1988: Gorgeous Jill Goodacre

I ran across this Cosmo cover as I was researching something else.

Struck by how beautiful it is, I thought it deserved its own post.


I must have owned my own copy back in the day, as I read Cosmo religiously.

From 1988: Lea Salonga Auditions For MISS SAIGON

Lea Salonga, 17 years old, auditions with Claude-Michel Schonberg for the leading role of Kim in Miss Saigon.

Not much can be said about this clip, other than to direct you to watch the reactions of the three men standing at the other piano. They are, left to right, Nicholas Hytner, Cameron Mackintosh, and Alain Boublil. And I think you can tell what they were thinking: We've found our Kim.

(If you have the chance to see Miss Saigon, go! It is my favorite musical.)




Do you see Kim's face?

1988 Is Your Dior

Roberta Chirko and Renee Simonsen

From 1988: The Most Fucking Brilliant And Horribly Underrated Band Of All Time

My favorite song from my favorite band ever. Best live band I have ever seen. And a bunch of really incredibly nice guys, to boot.

Fantastic breakup song. Suitable for laying in your bed in the dark, playing this over and over on the tape deck (being brokenhearted took considerably more effort back in the 80s!), smoking Marlboro Reds, and sobbing about How It All Went So Wrong.

From 1988's landmark Green Thoughts LP,
this is "Drown In My Own Tears."