In the ’80s I started to watch soap operas, mostly when I got into high school. The ’80s had a ton of soap operas to choose from: Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful,…
P: Parties at McDonalds
I don’t know any of my friends who didn’t have at least one of their birthday parties at McDonalds. It was the place to go. We had a McDonalds right down the street from my house and we would go…
O: Out of the Blue
Many artists impacted me in the ’80s, especially the early ’80s. But later in the decade, in the midst of my hair band obsessions, one young female artist really struck a chord with me. Her songs were catchy little pop…
N: Notes
Back in the ’80s kids didn’t have cellphones or texting. Nope! If we wanted to talk to our friends in school without disrupting the class or being caught by the teacher we passed notes. We would pass notes for basically…
M: Madonna
If Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was the Queen. Madonna broke onto the scene in 1982 with the club hits “Everybody” and “Burning Up”. But it wasn’t until her debut album, Madonna, that she…