Wow. This morning I tuned in to VH1 Classic's video show, Totally 80's. These are only a small subset of the retro-horror that I experienced. Words can not describe how old these videos made me feel.
Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
When I was in high school, I had no idea why so many gay men liked Duran Duran.
El DeBarge - Who's Johnny?
Yes, this is from Short Circuit. Yes, that's Ally Sheedy.
Force MDs - Tender Love
I could not stop staring at the Cosby sweaters.
Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
Bicycle shorts with suspenders— just one of many wardrobe malfunctions taking place in this video.
(To be fair, they also showed Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey and Billy Joel - Pressure. But those only made me feel old because of how young and thin Peter Gabriel and Billy Joel looked back then.)
The Globe did a yummy "Buffalo shrimp" taste-test, rating the fine offerings from Redbones and East Coast Grill. The winner by a nose: East Coast Grill. We tried these at the last Hell Night in January— they were wicked good. Spicy enough that your lips will tingle for a noticeable period of time, but not so hot that you can't eat them. The next block of Hell Night dinners is next week, March 17-19. The theme? Disco Inferno.
Nifty free font pack from the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society (Mac and PC fonts available). I particularly like the text snippets that they used to illustrate the different font samples.