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80sMusic

Rufus

Sunday, May 25th, 2003

Estonian band Ruffus gets it. Their entry into the Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia was about "The 80s Coming Back"
you know they say it's just the eighties coming back
can you feel it's just the eighties coming back
aw i know it's just the eighties coming
eighties coming eighties coming
eighties coming back

GPRS Munging

Monday, March 24th, 2003

Posted from: Macintosh Ti PowerBook, running MacOS X 10.2.3 with Bluetooth (simpler, more integrated than Windows XP) using Optus GPRS (also more and better integrated than Windows XP). Just double-checking that this works. Seems to drop out a little quickly...
In all this talk of 1980s music, I keep forgetting that Crowded House's Don't [...]

A-Ha

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

Just proving my point that the 1980s are cool: Holden are now advertising the Barina with a reworking of the 1983 hit: A-Ha's Take on Me. Go Morton!
Can the only logical reason be that we teenagers of the 1980s are now cashed up? Are the advertisers purposely trying to use nostalgia to free [...]

Neil Finn

Saturday, February 15th, 2003

Now this is scary. Neil Finn as described by Googlism. You can type in your name, and there is a report of what google knows of you...
80's Music Lyrics. I wonder if we could load the lyrics into the Random Neil Finn Lyric Server? Wouldn't that be cool.

1980s Music Lives Again

Wednesday, February 5th, 2003

Is it wishful thinking on my behalf, or is the music of the 1980s "hip"? On Qantas flights in recent months the inflight music has been distinctly 1980s: Nena's 99 Luft Balloons (English language version) and Tears for Fears (somewhat ironic if you are afraid of flying). Now Mitsubishi Motors (Australia) are using Big Audio [...]

The Young Ones

Monday, February 3rd, 2003

We have introduced Liam to The Young Ones, and evidently his favourite character is Vyvyan. Each episode, a guest band played - usually with an obtuse link to the story plot. Classic Retro early 1980s bands such as Dexys Midnight Runners (way more than a one-hit wonder) and Madness were features in series 1. [...]

1980s Music

Monday, July 30th, 2001

For those who remember the Australian Photoshop 6.0 Seminar (Oct/Nov 2000) -- my theme was "Music of the 1980s". Just stumbled across a great web site. Time to swat up ready for the next roadshow, people!