The 80s Club

Hello :) I’m Deb Ligget from Tangled Thread, and when the call went out for a few more writers for The 80s Club, I couldn’t resist. The 80s for me were my teen years, from the gawky Junior High years, through the Bad Fashion High School Years. I discovered a lot of things about life and culture during those years, and have a lot of great memories. I’m looking forward to working with these other fabulous folk, and enjoying the 80s in the 2000s. :) (besides, it gives me an excuse to listen to all the great music again)

Hi! I’m Tammy Powley and I’m a new member of The 80s Club here at b5media.com.

You could say I’m a senior member since I was in college during the early 1980s, and come to think of it, I was also in college during the late 1980s. I guess I was a career student there for awhile, graduating in 1984 and then sticking around in grad school for a few more years and graduating again in 1987.

So I have fond memories of partying studying and have fun. That’s kind of what I hope to bring over here… a little F-U-N!

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Here I am, with my favorite shirt on, starting a blog that is my dream and passion: The ‘80s Club.

Oh, the ‘80s…those halcyon days of yore. The music, the movies, the clothes. Man, the clothes. The fluorescent shoelaces alone were enough to burn your retinas. Will anything ever be that wonderful again?

I’m a bona-fide child of the ‘80s, with the triumphs and scars to prove it. When Ingrid and I decided to write this blog, I whooped with joy because…1) The eighties, and 2) Ingrid. Both are endless delights!

The decade wasn’t all fun and joy, of course. It was a hard time to be a kid, with the violence that surged up and the fear that grew: the space shuttle exploded, politics were a mess, mass-shootings made you afraid to go to McDonald’s anymore, and coverage of kidnapped and murdered children grew to such a rabid frenzy that you couldn’t help looking over your shoulder, even on your own street.

Perhaps that’s why the eighties were so bright and unabashedly cheerful, to balance the darkness. Whatever the reason, the decade will always be the most colorful, the most hopeful, the most creative and delightful.

I’m thrilled and honored to be writing this blog with Ingrid. Please join us in celebrating those crazy, wonderful days!

Because the 80s rocked! Everytime I think back on my favorite memories, I inevitably end up back in the 80s. The 80s are responsible for my love of films and my love of video games (my love of books came in 1990, so I can’t give the 80s credit for that one).

Here at the 80s club we’ll be going back to the past, and the gnarly decade that yielded so many great things that years later we’re inspired to recall it in vivid detail. We’ll highlight movies, music, people, news, events, games, and everything else that transpired in those 10 fascinating years.

So, sit back, relax, and relive the good times with us!