I Love the 80s

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Boomtown Rats - Up All Night

From the 1982 album ‘V Deep’, it’s the Boomtown Rats with ‘Up All Night’.

‘82 was a big year for the band’s frontman, Bob Geldof, who not only had his own hit album, but also had the lead role in the cult classic film, “The Wall,” a musical adaptation of Pink Floyd’s mind blowing 1979 album The Wall.

These days his party loving daughters, Pixie and Peaches, make the headlines more than he does.

Quite a fitting song for those two, really.

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Published on November 20th, 2008 in 80s, Bob Geldof, I Love the 80's, Music, Peaches Geldof, Pixie Geldof, Retro

I Love the 80s

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From the 1982 album ‘V Deep’, it’s the Boomtown Rats with ‘Up All Night’.

‘82 was a big year for the band’s frontman, Bob Geldof, who not only had his own hit album, but also had the lead role in the cult classic film, “The Wall,” a musical adaptation of Pink Floyd’s mind blowing 1979 album The Wall.

These days his party loving daughters, Pixie and Peaches, make the headlines more than he does.

Quite a fitting song for those two, really.

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Published on November 20th, 2008 in 80s, Bob Geldof, I Love the 80's, Music, Peaches Geldof, Pixie Geldof, Retro

Flashback: 1984!

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Do you recognize these celebs as they appeared in the year 1984?

Above: Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, David Lee Roth

Diane Lane, Matt Lauer, Elton John & wife, Henry Rollins, Drew Barrymore & Ricky Schroder, Christie Brinkley, Cher & Val Kilmer.

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Published on November 13th, 2008 in 80s, I Love the 80's, Retro

They’re ROUGH! Rough…Rough…Rough!

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When I say that I love the 80s, trust me, these fools were not what, or who, I had in mind.

Even when I was a young, sweet and innocent teenager (heh) I had no love for boy bands. In fact, I can’t really think of any boy bands I went gaga over. It just wasn’t my thing. Maybe it was the love songs they sang while sounding like their nuts were in a vice, or maybe it was the corny ass choreography and cheesy lyrics.

Probably a combination of all three.

So really, I could have cared less when New Kids on the Block announced that they were going to reunite. Not only couldn’t I have cared, I was actually shocked! I thought, ‘Aren’t these guys embarrassed of their past? Don’t they remember how incredibly bad they sucked?!’ I would think they would have wanted to just leave that part of their professional careers alone and kinda sweep it under the rug.

But I guess somehow the millions of records they have sold has convinced them that they are actually good…heh.

Here they are now, in concert at Madison Square Garden.  Let’s make fun of them, shall we?

Donny Wahlberg!  Hey man, I loved you in Boogie Nights!

Oh, you have a brother? Ok, well, say hi to your mother for me..

Jordan Knight, a.k.a. The Bitter One.

He was always pissed that nobody cared about who he was after NKOTB faded away. Bet he is happy now. But once they disappear into the pop culture black hole again he’ll need to go back to his day job…impersonating Ricky Ricardo.

Joey McIntyre was the youngest . He’s a total bottom. I can tell. An adorable one, however..

Danny Wood, the one who looks like a flying monkey from Oz….with a faux hawk.

And finally, Jonathan Knight, the Gomer Pyle of the group…just give him a few more years & a few more pounds..

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Published on October 29th, 2008 in 80s, Comebacks, I Love the 80's, Retro

I Love the 80s!

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From the 1985 album, Dead Man’s Party, it’s Oingo Boingo with ‘Just Another Day’.

The song also opened the 1985 film adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s That Was Then, This Is Now. And if you’re a true 80s buff, you’ll remember that movie too.

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Published on October 23rd, 2008 in 80s, I Love the 80's, Music, Retro, Videos

80s Singer “All By Himself” After Second DUI

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Eric Carmen, singer of the 80s hits, ‘Hungry Eyes’ and ‘All By Myself”, was charged with driving under the influence and failure to control his vehicle after being arrested last night in Orange, Ohio.

Carmen, 59, was pulled over at approximately 7 P.M. by an officer after he had ran his Range Rover into a fire hydrant.

His blood alcohol level (BAC) was .234, nealry three times the legal limit.

He posted $500 bond following the arrest.

This is Carmen’s second DUI in a year.

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Published on September 10th, 2008 in 80s, Celebrities and the Law, Drunk Celebs, Law, drunks, jail

Yay, Vanilla Ice Doesn’t Matter Anymore

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Thank gawd Vanilla Ice’s career went down the shitter as quickly as it did.

As you can imagine, he was an absolute nightmare to work with while on top of the charts, and I’m sure he still is, he just doesn’t have any clout anymore.

While opening for Vanilla back in 1991, Alanis Morissette, then a virtual nobody, says that she wasn’t even allowed to look him in the eye when in his presence.

She told Virgin Radio,

“I was instructed not to look him in the eye and that was my first experience of honoring someone’s privacy to the point where you look away when they come near you. I thought, ‘Wow, I didn’t think that actually existed!’”

Nowadays, the laughingstock of the rap industry begs for people to notice him. Funny how things change. Can you imagine what a fricking monster this guy would be if people actually paid attention to him?

Anyone remember Jim Carrey as Vanilla Ice on “In Living Color”?  I had to post it, because not only is that one of my favorite shows of all time, Jim did a great job of mocking Vanilla.  A classic!



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Published on September 2nd, 2008 in 80s, Alanis Morissette, All Washed Up, Celebrity Egos, Vanilla Ice, egos

I Love the 80s

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The Go-Gos with ‘We Got the Beat’, live in 1981!

Published on August 19th, 2008 in 80s, I Love the 80's, Music, Retro, Videos

Flashback to 1988..

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Check out these stars as they looked 20-years ago!

Do you recognize them all?

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Published on August 6th, 2008 in 80s, I Love the 80's, Retro

Little House on the Prairie’s ‘Nellie’ Dishes on Hollywood

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In next weeks Steppin’ Out magazine, Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson on “Little House on the Prairie”) sits down with Chaunce Hayden and admits who was the REAL bitch on “Little House on the Prairie - and that’s just for starters.

Arngrim’s interview was pretty damn interesting to tell you the truth, she tells some behind the scenes dirt on Little House, shares about the sad & tragic life of Dana Plato and says she even knew Liberace as a child!

Here are the best excerpts from the juicy interview:

THE REAL “LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE” BITCH:

That’s an easy call. The biggest bitch on the set of “Little House On The Prairie” was Melissa Sue Anderson! Poor little blind Mary. She was seriously high maintenance. She’s not working now. She finally gave up. Plus she married a guy with a lot of money. But the worst part about Mary Sue is that she denounced her U.S. citizenship! She moved to Canada and last year swore in on Canadian TV as a Canadian citizen! Really? How many American’s do you know who denounce their American citizenship? So many actors are desperate to become Americans. But she denounced her citizenship. Not even Johnny Depp who moved to France denounced his American citizenship. Not even the Baldwin’s who keep threatening to leave the country have denounced their American citizenship! But Melissa Sue Anderson said, “Screw you America!” She was so difficult on the show. Okay, playing a blind girl is a drag, but she was a bitch before she went blind. I really think it was her mother. She was the worst stage mother. She was a very troubled woman. Almost as bad as Dina Lohan. It was like hanging out with Yoda all day. I really don’t know what her trip was. If the show was being done now, she would be wearing hair extensions and having her nails done on the set. She would be totally Paris Hilton about the whole thing.

ON LIBERACE (WHOM HER FATHER MANAGED):

My dad would take Liberace to Vegas and so me and my dad would take him. I called him Uncle Lib. I would go trick or treating at his house and a butler would come to the door with a silver try and give me little plastic pumpkin’s with jelly beans in them. Very high end.

There’s a photo of Liberace and me when I was just eight years old. Back than I just thought he was insane. I thought he was nuts. He would send a booklet to all the small towns on how to promote the show…who to call, how to advertise the show and how big his name should be on the banner. It was hilarious. It was a book on how to sell tickets. Plus he insisted nobody say he was gay. He had so many female fans who were madly in love with him and he was convinced they would be upset if they knew. But I was eight and I totally knew he was gay! My dad would say, “don’t say anything about Liberace being gay.” I say, “Um, dad… I’m eight and I know he’s gay.” The man is wearing rhinestone hot pants and his show is freakishly gay. He’s the f–king definition of gay!”

ON DANA PLATO:

I went to her funeral. She was portrayed as this wild, hard drugging, sexy thing. But she was this innocent little bunny rabbit of a person. She was very, very naive. I remember thinking, “Gosh, I hop she doesn’t get in trouble?” She would just get into somebody’s car if they asked her. She eventually got into drugs because she didn’t know any better. Right before she died she was doing weird stuff like going to orgies at these weird swingers parties. Even then I don’t think she got what she was doing. “Oh, I’m supposed to take off all my clothes? I guess we’re going swimming!” I don’t think she ever got what she was doing and with whom. It was just so bizarre. By the time she died 5 guys thought they were married to her and another six guys thought they were her manager. It was just a mess. Even her funeral was a train wreck. Her relatives sold her funeral to “Entertainment Tonight.” It was just sick. She was treated by her management like a profoundly disabled retarded child and a hostage. It was insane.

ON GOING ON LARRY KING AND ADMITTING TO BEING MOLESTED AS A CHILD:

If you have to admit you’ve been molested as a child, Larry King is the place. He’s very polite. Before the interview even starts he says, “Look, during the interview I might ask you something that sounds totally intrusive and weird.” You don’t have to actually answer it. I just have to ask it because it’s what the audience is thinking. So just don’t answer it even though I’m asking you. I thought, “Oh wow, so this whole thing is a set up! Okay, great!” Basically Larry is asking me questions that we both know I’m not going to answer. You get full warning. He asked me who abused me and what sick things he did to me sexually. But off camera he said, “We can’t even go there so don’t worry. Our legal department won’t let us. So we don’t even want you to answer the question.” Everybody looks good.

ON THE PERSON WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED HER:

I would give out his name and address but he would just get a publicist and do a mini press tour. Plus, what good would it do? The statue of limitations has expired. Nothing would happen to him anyway.If he had any money I would sue him, but he doesn’t have any money. He’s a celebrity wanna-be. But the police know who he is and they keep their eyes on him 24/7. Trust me, this person is very scared of me now. The tables have turned.

LIFE ON THE “LITTLE HOUSE” SET:

I had to wear a wig with a giant metal comb in the front that was digging into my scalp until it bled. I had to be a bitch! Plus, life in the 1800s was kind of horrible. We used to sit around on the set and play a game called “How bad would we smell.” Because during the show we bathed and used deodorant and we still smelled! Man did we stink! We reeked! So we used to imagine how bad we would smell if it was really1886. We wouldn’t be able to stand each other! Even the food stunk back then. Even the food on the set was terrible. They used to spray it down with pesticides because it would attract rats and bugs. So the prop men would spray the food down with bug spray. All the food was hosed down with RAID.

Published on July 24th, 2008 in 80s, Aging Celebrities, Blast from the Past, Interviews

Joy Division Singer’s Headstone Stolen

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Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis‘ headstone was stolen from his grave site last week.

The band’s bassist Peter Hook can’t believe thieves stole the marker and he is upset that someone would commit such a repulsive crime.

Hook says he still visits the grave of his late friend and was saddened by the news.

He says, “I must admit that in my life I’ve been to Ian’s stone a lot. It’s somewhere, especially with the effect it had on me after what we did, it’s somewhere that I go for a moment of quiet reflection just to give the guy a nod”.

Drummer Stephen Morris is also shocked by the disappearance of the stone. “I just don’t understand why anyone would do it. You couldn’t sell it on eBay - it’s ridiculous and very upsetting. I’m speechless. It really is not a very nice thing at all”.

Police are hoping to recover the grave marker and an investigation is currently underway.

Curtis committed suicide in 1980.

Published on July 8th, 2008 in 80s, Dead Celebrities, Music, Sad Stuff, WTF, sad

Joy Division Singer’s Headstone Stolen

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Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis‘ headstone was stolen from his grave site last week.

The band’s bassist Peter Hook can’t believe thieves stole the marker and he is upset that someone would commit such a repulsive crime.

Hook says he still visits the grave of his late friend and was saddened by the news.

He says, “I must admit that in my life I’ve been to Ian’s stone a lot. It’s somewhere, especially with the effect it had on me after what we did, it’s somewhere that I go for a moment of quiet reflection just to give the guy a nod”.

Drummer Stephen Morris is also shocked by the disappearance of the stone. “I just don’t understand why anyone would do it. You couldn’t sell it on eBay - it’s ridiculous and very upsetting. I’m speechless. It really is not a very nice thing at all”.

Police are hoping to recover the grave marker and an investigation is currently underway.

Curtis committed suicide in 1980.

Published on July 8th, 2008 in 80s, Dead Celebrities, Music, Sad Stuff, WTF, sad