Flashback Friday

Am I a complete dork for thinking Thomas Dolby was cute? It's that nerdy boy vibe he had going, I guess.

Flashback Friday Popping and Locking

Going back to work this week hasn't left me much time for blogging, but I couldn't let a Flashback Friday pass without sharing another Dancin' Kim video.

It's the freshest new dance going down!

Flashback Friday...How to do the Robot

Flashback Friday...How Did This Happen?

I think I must have listened to the Rebel Yell album 38,522 times in high school. I don't know what exactly it was/is that made it so appealing to me. I wasn't really into any other hard rock type of music in the 80's. But Billy Idol, I dug. I had a big Billy Idol poster over my bed, watched all the videos, knew all of his songs and whenever I was mad or upset Rebel Yell was my go to cassette tape for blasting on the boom box. So yeah, I considered myself a fan(and still do).

This is the way I prefer to think of Billy Idol.




Or like this...from the album Whiplash Smile.



Imagine my dismay when my brother recently made me aware of this. I'm afraid no amount of watching Billy's 80's videos will get this image out of my head. I hope it was his intention to do a cheesy, tongue-in-cheek kinda thing w/this. Please let that be it.

Flashback Friday! ...or... Holy Jade Green Mock Neck Asymetrical Button Placket Jumpsuit!

I recently got back on Facebook after a long absence and met up with one of my best buddies from way back, Mary.

Mary was one of those friends I was never afraid to be my silly, goober self around. We haven't really stayed in touch much, but I've always thought of her as a good friend and am glad we can keep up w/each other now.

Mary and I rode the bus to school together for years and today's flashback is 100% inspired by Mary and the "dance" that we used to do to this song on the bus...and at band practice...and lunch...and probably during class...but mostly on the bus.

Enjoy!

Flashback Friday

OK, so it looks a little cheesy now...but back then, it was awesome! ENJOY!



Does anyone else miss TV theme songs?

Flashback Friday

To say I was a fan of Duran Duran when I was a teenager would be an understatement.

I was CRAZY for Duran Duran.

I had every record(make that cassette) they made and listened to them constantly. If I watched the HBO (or was it Showtime?) concert once, I watched it a zillion times. My dad recorded it for me on our gigantic VCR player in 1984. I knew every dance move Simon was going to make, could play air guitar right along with JT, knew every word the guys said between songs and of course every word in every song. BTW, my awesome and most excellent brother bought me the concert CD for my birthday a few years back. I've watched it...ahem...more than once.

One of my favorites...


In 2005 I got the opportunity to see Duran Duran in concert in Indianapolis. I jumped, and I mean jumped, at the chance. My friend Trish and I made the five hour drive to and from Indy in a giddy stupor. It was a night I will never forget and quite possibly the most fun concert I've attended to date.

I'm not kidding y'all...it was like being 14 all over again! I think I actually regressed into my teenage self that night. I screamed and sang loudly and danced and acted like a teenage girl and didn't care who looked at me or if they thought I was an idiot or not. And I don't normally act like that when people are watching. Giddy and goofy doesn't even begin to describe it. It was so. much. fun.

The band was as great as ever. They sang a couple songs from the album Astronaut which was their newest release at the time, but mostly stuck to the oldies. The crowd loved it! I wasn't the only one screaming, just so you know. And yes, the boys were just as striking and handsome as they were 20+ years ago...except Andy Taylor who I always thought was the ugly one. Simon LeBon, swoonworthy as ever. I so wanted to marry him when I was a teenager.

I found this short clip from the Indy concert...not the greatest sound quality, but still. Listen carefully and I'll bet you'll hear me screaming.

Flashback Friday...The Pirate Movie

I remember thinking this was a totally awesome movie back in the day. Not so sure how it would hold up today but I may have to find a copy anyway.

Before the Fake British Accent...

This is how a procrastinator does Friday Flashback...on MONDAY! No school today, I feel lots of goof off time coming on.

SO I was a HUGE fan of Madonna when we were both much younger(OK, I'm still a fan, I admit it). I didn't go to the extreme that the girls in this video did, but I did wear the black rubber bracelets, the headbands/hairbows and the black eyeliner.




My favorite scene in this clip...the wannabes climbing out of the back end of the car! You know they were dying of embarrassment because Dad had to drive them to the Madonna concert in a station wagon!

Flashback Friday is Back or Kajawhowho?

I have slacked on Flashback Friday for a while, but now I'm back w/an 80's movie theme song flashback!

Flashback Friday

LOVE this song! Love the nerdy glasses and hair too.

Flashback Friday

Two clips for today's flashback. I read this blog post and was immediately reminded of a Friends episode. I watched that show from the very first episode and loved it till the end. It never got bad, it never got tired, they never jumped the shark.

Gum Would Be Perfection. I remember watching this episode the first time around and nearly falling off the couch from laughing so hard. It still makes me laugh, hard.


"Ah de Foof!" I imagine if my sister were trying to teach me to speak Polish before my trip(which is just 17 days away!)it would go a lot like this.




Besides The Office & Earl, I can't think of another television series that has made me laugh out loud every single episode the way Friends did. Remind me when I'm making out my Christmas lists that I need all seasons on DVD.

I miss you, Friends!

**edit**I've given the episodes my own titles. I'm sure they were probably called something like "The one where Joey Speaks French" or "The one where Chandler Gets Trapped..."

Friday Flashback

Did anyone else LOVE this show as much as I did? I wanted to be Blair Warner.

Friday Flashback

The year, 1977. Me, a nine year old girl with a MAJOR crush on this guy.


OK, so after watching this I think I still might have a crush.

Oh the hours I spent scouring Teen Beat and Tiger Beat magazines for anything Shaun Cassidy related! And I'll tell you this, I would have done just about anything for a Shaun Cassidy satin jacket! I did have a fabulous blue satin jacket, but sadly, it was completely devoid of Shaun.

Many of Shaun Cassidy's songs have been posted on youtube and I listened to all of 'em while I was sewing on Wednesday. I must have heard them a thousand times when I was a kid because, amazingly, I still know the lyrics to nearly all of them and it's been 30 years since my Shaun Cassidy phase. On many of the songs, you can hear that distinct sound that only comes from a record playing. Aaaah! To be nine again...

Mr. Jaws & The Fonz

A couple of my bloggy friends do "Flashback Friday" posts. My love all things nostalgic and my lack of sewing projects to share as of late have convinced me to do the same. So, with a nod to Fiona and one to Domestic Chicky, I submit my first Friday Flashback.

My dad brought this record home to my two brothers and me back in the late 70's. We thought it was the most hysterical thing ever known to man and we played it non-stop.


The other one we listened to non-stop...Fonzie Favorites, an album of mostly 50's songs. But the album also had a song called "The Fonzie Slide" that for some strange and unknown reason also had "Sweathogs" from Welcome Back Kotter singing along.