I'm going to start my updates with The Eighties Club. I'll add some links to the bottom of this post. What is The Eighties Club? This is a web series I've been slowly setting up about 80s cinema. For some reason I've got a great fondness for this decade. I love all cinema, but the 80s were something else. I watch a few people that do these web videos, to name a couple ...

People describe this spacious tote as "ferocious" and I think they are right! This bag has eighties glamour written all over it, along with a touch of bad taste. Given the 80s trend sweeping the ... print exterior Studs and hardware throughout Spacious contrasting interior Short dual handles Get this Eighties Studded Tote: Available to buy on Amazon Search online for this bag You may ...

Unfinished beeswax panels in the studio. I need an eighties fix today. I take comfort in the eighties. Thompson Twins, Breakfast Club, Depeche Mode, Ferris, Sixteen Candles, big hair, Dallas, pegged and rolled jeans, early U2, a touch of punk, Valley Girl, Duran Duran, Solid Gold. The list can go on and on... I need it this morning. I need a relaxing moment of calm. December is upon us. It has ...

Even luxe beauty brand Elizabeth Arden are paying homage to this season’s eighties trend. Their all-time best-seller Eight Hour Cream has been re-vamped in eye poppingly bright packaging. The limited-edition collectable is bound to be a hit with beauty buffs everywhere. £17, at Boots. More details

that i am wearing to the eighties birthday party that i am going to this weekend (its a 40th party, the anchorman and the bankerwife will be there too, same day as the bankertots birthday party at the bankermans house where the above plus bankerwifes parents will be attending)  NBD.... yeah. so, for the first time in my LIFE i will put on makeup and NOT put on bronzer for part of my costume. i ...

This year’s Coláiste Iognáid (Jes) school show ran from 11-14 November. Titled ‘Back to the Eighties’, it was a colourful and vibrant reminder of the songs, outfits and allusions of the 1980’s. It was directed by teachers Claire Lohan and Paul Kilrane, and it involved all the fifth year students in the dancing, singing, design

Patience will eventually bring you a good deal on an old set of Dura Ace hubs (freewheel, not cassette) laced to Mavics and you’ll be so totally stoked at the difference they make, so Totally Eighties Stoked. The previous rims/hubs were suspect since I got the bike. They were okay, but I just felt in my bones that there was something missing. She’s like a whole new bike/personality now – ...

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... 80s movie favorites go unappreciated by others (say, significant others, friends, family members, children, parents or spouses) their place on the movie shelf has been earned by more than sheer personal enjoyment. What many may have forgotten, or never known, is that some of our 80s favorites were Academy favorites as well! Continue reading here: Enjoy an Eighties Oscar Marathon on Satellite TV!

There's been a bit of discussion about Margaret Hodge's speech to the Public Library Association the other week, wherein she posited a clutch of innovative blue skies ideas that the public library world could do well to consider. Most of the discussion has been along the lines of "but we already do that!" "Which of you are going to be the first to provide libraries in ...