:D you got it up! *dances in my seat*

Hey Rita. I was just listening to some Squeeze - Cool For Cats and Another Nail in My Heart. Here's to the 80s. They excuse plenty of excesses, not all of them good.

Oh Yes A: Squeeze! forgot about them
Dance on Young Jules, dance on!

:) I found http://open.salon.com/blog/hyblaean-_julie/2012/02/03/for_rita-_i_found_80s_pics>pics

lord, I'm not even drunk
well, you know what I meant

Very cool. For reasons better left unsaid I don't have many images of myself from the '80s. Btw, don't forget "Time the Avenger" by The Pretenders. R

Trudger, you got it!

Rita, that is an awesome red mullet you're sporting. The mullet has never gone out of vogue here in Columbus; you'd be stylin' and right at home if you still had it. Now how about some Duran Duran and Pretenders?

It is a real live mullet, no goddamn doubt about that Margaret, got any old hidden mullet photos?
put up some Pretenders, now for DD.. thanks for joining in Margaret!

INXS, wooo-hoo!

Nana, and eighties photo PLEEEEZZE

that would be a request for a eighties photo.

OMG you added the Pretenders! Yaaaayyyy!!! And Squeeze too!

No I never had a mullet, not that I didn't want one with all my heart. My hair is too straight for that cut. Personally, I feel that to carry off a mullet successfully and do it justice, thick coarse hair preferably with some natural curl works best. Andre Agassi and George Michael come to mind as examples I've admired over the years. Chrissie looks like she has one in that video.

Oh lucky you Margaret, no old mullet photos popping up. I also have the Farrah do from the seventies. Fun stuff.

ieeee!! folded and then rolled at the bottom so your socks showed :D wtf was that fashion statement about? I never understood that one even at the time, but everyone did it.

"pegged" never did it, but all the frat guys did.

I might have some photos of me from the 1980s. FBI use to have them archived for me, you know, most wanted and all!! Teehee!!

:D

Tink bring them on.. it's only us night owls, we won't tell.. promise..

@Rita, ty for The Pretenders; I needed that.

Trudge i believe you and I are the same time zone. The no sleep warp. No problem.

I used to have a poster of Nastasja Kinski with a python draped over her. I'm still not sure what that was about.

this one?
yeah, no idea what that's about...yup, that was sarcasm ;)
hums "my anaconda, don't want none 'less you..."

Great party you two!

Memories swirling in my brain.
dreams of yesterday's game
Memories of laughing music the same
Torn jeans, pockets jammed with weed
Life will never be the same

Pitiful poetry, not enough coffee Rita

All three of you are so cute. I would not have been cool enough. ~r

The young people had a party while I was sleeping....nice Farrah hair on everyone, especially nana!

I spent most of the 80s changing diapers. (No, not mine.) Don't think you want pictures of that . . . .

But I love these!

Nice. Don't forget the Clash.

Wish you had a less blurry picture, Rita, but I"m not complaining Julie looks like so many girls in my brooklyn junior high.
Nanatahay looks like a hunkier David Koresh. Very nice physique on him .

Rita, fun open call and nice looking photo of you from that time in the '80s. The hairstyles are bound to come back someday just like the fashions from periods in the past do.

Get your cravings for eighties' recordings satisfied here:

http://www.jackontheweb.com

Damn, Jules you are rockin' the big hair -- and Rita, I confess I kind of had a kind of mullet too! Where TF did I put those old photos?!...

Time Avenger, indeed!!

i was so exhausted from several-night-running-insomnia that i crashed in front of the tv last night at 9:30 and don't remember going to bed. which is a great thing *except* i missed the f*&1@-ing party last night. man, did i have some hair back then. must find pics ... (off to scrabble around in dusty - achoo - places). love you all. totally rad fabulous stuff here.

Cool! I will try to dig some 80s photos up too.

I remember some of this music from my nieces and nephews. I was already middle age in the eighties. I remember Reagan was president and trickle down economics was going to revitalize the economy. Hasn't worked yet, but be patient. R

Great photos and great music. Love(d) Squeeze and I was always listening to The Style Council. Still do. And I always "pegged" my jeans. It was cool! I swear!

Great!

So much fun! Perfect for weekend reading. I was a kid in the eighties, but I loved every one of these songs and teased the hair. What an expressive era.

Hi Gang just came back after sleep and and long drive back to my house in the woods, glad to see you kept the party rollin'
CAndace, Scarlett I KNOW you have some huge hair 80's stuff, turn us on to some..
Hey Nick, I guess you can't break your identity, do you look like Robert Redford in the Movie Great Gatsby?
Oh Joanie, you LIE, I know you do.

Fersy put another one up a little clearer just for you dear.
Muse, I believe you although, I swear I did NOT, ( I think nitrous oxide can make things a bit bleery)
Mission, hello. sorry to wake you so abruptly Suzy.
ATP and Mary thanks, CLASH great band.
Maureen you baby you. Glad you came by anyway.
Gerald, I was a parent also but still managed to try to don the looks.

Very awesome! Was i sleeping during this?

Wow!
Why do we think we were so geeky in retrospect? First it was the polyester jackets, side burns, afro haircuts - then the huge shoulder pads, big hairdos' long jackets over shot skirts. . . I can sum up the 80s looks in Lady Diana's wedding gown. All pomp and splendour, signifying nothing.
Love this post, Rita and every one in it. ♥

Cool! Thank you, Rita. You look as cool as a Go Go.

what a bunch of dishy people. no wonder I hang out here when I can. I LUST for you all. of course you're all old now, but so am I so it's even steven and you're still GORGEOUS. you all send gorgeous vibes through your bloggy posts.

the music..well...I'm from the 50s and 60s and never moved past serious gospel and R&B except for some of the really brilliant caucasians like Dylan and the Beatles. So I kind of never got the U2/REM thing. and refuse to even now. but that's me. I'm really a drag when it comes to music. it's got to be my way or the highway. you can imagine how stuffed with party invitations my mailbox is. (hahahahaha)

Sheila, like a quite normal person, you probably were. Glad you came be today though
Foolish, I love all eras of music, and actually rarely listen to much 80's stuff anymore, just sounded good last night. When you come to the party we will switch to Dylan, Joni and the Stones.
Fernsy Ferns, thanks I think!

Go Gos were totally cool. Even the bangles were kind of cool. Trying to think of really uncool 80's girl group...
In short: You look like a cool chick.

Hey Rita, here's another fabulous '80s party goer:

http://open.salon.com/blog/the_songbird/2012/02/04/jules_and
_rita_insomniac_eighties_dance_party

weird...your 80's 'you' looks awfully familiar...


Oh the eighties! Grandpa Ronnie losing his mind while providing nests for snakes like Bush & cheney…
God I miss Reagan. At least we all knew he was a doddering old fool, but charming & polite & once in awhile kinda cool in a nostalgic way…

Now nostalgia is for ..the eighties…I have aged. I gotta admit it. 1985! Graduated from high school, head fulla pot smoke & Rolling Stones & Dylan & yeah yeah U2, but my siblings were sixties/seventies types, and my parental unit? Arg, square as a box of Tide Detergent! 1940’s types. Like …well, like the Prez.

Springsteen ruled, according to my boys. Him & his soulful brother Bob Seger.

Dylan was in Intensive Care, a joke, a has –been, a whiny (cool as hell tho) caricature of himself.

You are one fine dame, lady. Did you wear hats back then? All that hair, what the f. was it all about, sociobiologically/culturally/metaphorically? The boys had it too. Nowadays, boys aint got no hair. Cept..me..i do. Curly whirly.

How long=yer hair, under that current hat, if I may be so bold? :)

Hahahaha! Tortured hair, I once had a huge fuzzy FemmeMullet. I'm sad I missed the beehive generation, nothing surpassed huge ratted up hair. Sigh.

Thanks Nana, I think Songbird gets the 80"s fashion plate award, she must have lived in New York, we were copying her look in my small town.
Bleue I was hoping you would show up you have some hair now, I would love to have seen the Mullet.
James, what a time huh? Now my hair is longer and curlier than the hat photo but not as big as the 80's . sigh. I really liked it.

You all have been having some fun! :)

We have LL! dig around the closet and find some cool 80's photos..

I missed the Eighties !

Sorry Rita ... don't know where I was, but it didn't have electricity.
I love all these party pics ~ what a gorgeous crowd.

Lovin' the second picture of you Rita with the big shoulder pads. I remember the silk slash back blazers. Mine didn't go to the floor though ... jealousing here. I think we'll see the 80's make a come back!

80's comeback, but with hindsight.........
i dunno what that would mean.....
alongside the kids' 'steampunk' thing..see alysa salzberg...
what is this need for nostalgia/
?

isnt it kinda a hip conservatism?


let us all rewrite the 80's..

what if..uh oh...reagan died in that assassination attempt
by goofy nerd hinckley? what if it was bush 80's?
would that have saved us from bush2?
these absurd wars...

Rita, thanks for the inclusion and humorous caption here! I just reposted part one of my November, 2008 New Wave Music Megamix playlist of songs from circa 1984.

Oh too bad Kim, looks like they were fun in Aussie too from Lil's photos.
Scarlett, I loved that coat!
James, we will never know I guess.
Designator I will have to check it out!

Rita, what did you start here!??
Wowza, you are one hottie, Prince jacket et al...and rumor has it over on Julie's post that you and the skinny tie boys...well, I just had to wonder if that was you I partied down with that night me, some hot girl and the skinny tie boys...there were little spoons involved...the quiet boy's stash...actually I always had the better stash...
Eh, I just talk big.
Although I did always have the better stash...

This is so fun to see everyone! Great ideas get going in the middle of the night around here on OS while I am an insomniac who stares at stars until dawn...
I think you have the better idea : )

Thanks Janie, it was a fun diversion from staring at the ceiling!
glad you participated, just came from your place. My big hair was legend among my friends as growing as the night went on...
JT! so it was you with the stash! whip its stuck up my nose as I danced to Blondie.. fun. I wore the skinny ties, a red one I think. but yeah boys with skinny ties and eyeliner. Thanks JT>

Big hair and shoulder pads!! You're rockin', Rita! (And I have that Joe Jackson record!)

Wow! I'm so glad so many have joined the party, Rita. What fun!

thanks Jeanette and Kate, it was a great late night into next day party! glad you jumped on the bandwagon with us!

Aww! Thanks for the recap; this was such fun! Clap-clap-clap!!!

Sorry I'm late to the party - I am indeed a seasoned insomniac, but I wasn't around last night, alas! This was delightful, in any case - what a bunch of lookers you guys were even in that crazy decade!

So many lovely smiles here, Rita. Even late, lovely to see all of this.

Big hair WOO! xoxo!!!

Glad you played Songbird, your photos are great, gorgeous too. Alysa, there is always another OS insomniac party coming around the bend, stayed tuned..
anna1: where's your photo?
Michelle: we really rocked it didn't we (well we thought so anyway) thanks for stopping in Michelle.

Added the rest of the 80's OS friends..

plus one

I was a teen in the eighties and wore strange outfits. I tried to dress as if I only had to please myself. One get up was a pair of bright blue bell bottoms that had bright yellow flowers on them, usually worn with a bandanna. In the eighties, I wanted to look like Rhoda from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.