Grace Jones painted by Keith Haring and wearing jewelry and a crown by David Spada — Robert Mapplethorpe, 1983

The first complete, low-priced, fully assembled microcomputer!

Prince's sound checks were better than most concerts.

Gen X, NOT 'Boomers', are the generation with the highest lead levels in childhood & the highest IQ loss as a result. On average, someone born between 1966 and 1970 lost 5.9 IQ points due to lead exposure, 1970-1975, 5.1 points. Half of children tested in 1976 were 4X the CDC's 'action threshold'.

Spooky sci-fi art by Colin Hay, Bruce Pennington, Peter Jones, and Rudolf Sieber-Lonati.

No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.

It is now believed that there may be hundreds of thousands of people on the Internet

[August 9th, 1980] On TV Guide, a panel of experts rated Saturday and Sunday morning children's TV programs based on entertainment, educational, and social values. The ratings were weighted to reflect the importance of each category.

An ancient tex

Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Optometrist: Your glasses are ready Pesstomestrist: Your glasses aren't covered by insurance

commodore user, magazine, excerpt (1986) archive.org/details/Comm...

and the score is amazing, disturbing on its own www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgiS...

We unloaded our diarrhea from a tour bus, which was the fashion at the time

i think this would fix me

life when women like the vehicle

Dune 2 chicks at the same time

POINTD.BMF

Perhaps my greatest work?

winter consumer electronics show, wrestler king kong bundy promoting vendex headstart line of computers, las vegas (1988) archive.org/details/Happ...

#GnomonTV "Swamp Gumby" (1982) Louis Jourdan. Adrienne Barbeau Director: Wes Craven, Art Clokey American superhero monster clay animation film. youtube.com/watch?v=76de... youtube.com/watch?v=zKQT... gnomonchronicles.com/wiki/Swamp_G...

I have busted the ghost that was in your hood and which you were probably scared of and screaming Forgive me busting makes me feel good

also on the retrieval trip several attractive young women in an uber laughed at me, making me realize i've finally made it:

Climbing up on Jesse's Girl I could see the city lights Wind was blowing, time stood still Duke Of Earl flew from the night He was something to observe Came in close to have a chat Standing, stretching every nerve Why can't I get a girl like that

(billy joel uptown girl voice) Duke of Earl / Nothing can stop me as I walk through world / Don't try to hurt my duchess no one can / because she's got herself a titled man / Earl's Duke I am

and I'm getting kinda horny I'm getting kinda sad Where can I find a woman Like the one that Jessie's had He is a friend I value Should be good for his sake But seeing her with Jessie Makes me really wish I Had girl Had girl

Hey ho, let's go (get some pizza)

Oscar Chichoni, art for Starship Titanic, 1998

You’re absolutely right that we’re not building enough housing. The construction rate collapsed in 2006 and never recovered. This is why rents are so high.

The Moose Bar (2004-2004): On the heels of a Gold Glove season, then-Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina (aka "Moose") received his own candy bar, milk chocolate filled with peanut butter. The overall quality was noted for being of significantly higher than other athlete chocolate bars at the time.

(seeing Chewbacca on stage at the medal ceremony in A New Hope) hey what the fuck that's the guy who ripped my arms off when i won battle chess

October 1985

An alien trading card from 1980 shoe treatment photo of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley looking more relaxed and happy than she ever gets to look in the movie

sampler: elementary teachers clipart, excerpt, macintosh (1994) archive.org/details/hype...

I could make a whole sub-bot based just on programming books with dragons on the cover. (Source.)

So Hulk Hogan, why are you a great candidate for the Administrative Assistant position? Hulk Hogan:

On the set of RETURN OF THE JEDI.