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High school students at the Rushmore Mall in Rapid City, South Dakota, 1986.

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Miles Davis, Madrid, Photo by Serge Cohen, 1984

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The sounds of the 80s.

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On April 5th, 1954, Singer and songwriter Stan Ridgeway was born in Barstow, CA. He was the original lead singer and a founding member of the band Wall of Voodoo.

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The Princess Bride (1987) dir. Rob Reiner

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Dear Mr. Vernon,

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions.

But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.

Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours,

The Breakfast Club.

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Full Metal Jacket (1987) - then and now

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Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing (1982)

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Blade Runner (1982)

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Blue Velvet, dir. David Lynch

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The Mirror, 1981

Will Barnet

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Sony catalog (1988)

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On March 11th, 1983, Quiet Riot released “Metal Health,” their 3rd studio and only #1 album. It also spawned the band's signature songs "Cum On Feel the Noize" (a Slade cover) and "Metal Health".

“Metal Health” is the first ever heavy metal album to reach the top spot on the Billboard 200.

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Sammy Davis, Jr., Las Vegas, 1989

Photo by Annie Liebovitz

@elizabethnicole1951

Saw this photograph in Vegas. Of course, I thought of you.

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Ray Harryhausen and the Pegasus puppet from ‘Clash of the Titans’, 1981

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Saying goodbye to the 70s and hello to the 80s.