80s Baby

Most Sought After Items at Spencer Gifts Circa 1996

I’ve written extensively in the past about my love for malls so today I decided to go in deeper on

Welcome to Noise Machine, a segment where I, Alex Fleming, dive deep into the question, “Is the unlistenable music from

Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em turns 30 years old today, and it is still the best selling hip hop album

By the mid-1990s cable hadn’t yet completely changed the way people consume television, and Saturday Night Live still held sway when

Thanks to FCC deregulation in the early 1980s at the behest of Ronald Reagan, the toy market of the 1980s

Mom and dad weren’t suckers, and they certainly didn’t raise one. My parents never fell for the Lunchables trap. Why

Outside of The Flintstones Hanna Barbera cartoons have received a raw deal from me and other old dorks who still

I’m not sure how to write critically about juice. I like juice. Juice usually tastes good. There were a lot

(I co-hosted a podcast called 1994 and oddly enough Tammy and the T-Rex never came up. Longtime supporter and friend

(Alex Fleming is back with a new series! Check out his previous article on Baldur’s Gate here. -Ed.) Welcome to