The 80s Club

While linking to Duncan’s blog for his “best of the worst” picks, I noticed his enthusiastic mention of the reforming of the band Crowded House. And, since reading that post, I haven’t been able to get away for more than a few minutes without, “Something So Strong” running through my head. At least it’s no longer the theme to Charles in Charge though, aye? That really was annoying.
Anyway, here are the sites that Duncan links to: liveDaily and tvnz. And here’s the scoop from another page at tvnz:
A reformed Crowded House is expected to perform at a …read more

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Ms. Kidman is one of my favorite actresses of all time. I don’t remember her being in the movies until Days of Thunder (1990), but apparently she was quite busy during the 80s making films and tv movies (more than fifteen of them). Most likely I wasn’t aware of her work simply because much of it wasn’t a big hit in the U.S.

What is Nicole up to these days? In addition to recently completing three films, filming a fourth, and having three more lined up; the BBC posted this announcement:
Actress Nicole Kidman has confirmed she will marry …read more

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If you like bare-chested, whip-cracking, virile handsome men with an attitude, chances are you liked Crocodile Dundee. Played by Paul Hogan, Dundee ends up in the Big City. This Aussie is a fish out of water, but that doesn’t stop him from keeping his cool and staying on top of his game. If you’d prefer to see Hogan as an Australian outlaw in the Wild West, check out Lightning Jack.

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The generation before mine was accustomed to practice drills in school for what to do if “the enemy” were to drop The Bomb. If you talk to anyone who was a kid in the 1950s and 60s, they will likely be able to tell stories of everyone learning how to hide underneath their schooldesks, and the somewhat paranoid neighbor who built an underground fallout shelter.

Blithely ignorant mainly of such grownup issues during the 70s, I can’t really say what the prevailing worry of that decade was. But during the 80s it was a toss-up between a fear of …read more

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As a kid in the 80’s I aspired to be like Christopher Skase. The man had it all. He owned a TV network, had a glamorous wife, owned resorts, owned the Brisbane Bears and flew around Australia in his private jet. He even tried to buy MGM studios. Along with Alan Bond, Skase was the penultimate 80’s business man, lots a loans to fund a lavish lifestyle with lots of media attention. But as history shows like many highfliers of the 80’s, he was nothing more than a crook. But still looking back, he was part of a golden age …read more

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