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  • 1980s Pan Am Training Video: "The Smoker" is a fantastically intriguing video from the 80s when people could still smoke on airplanes Popkin
  • oddities Dolphin Dreamtime is a 1980s cassette that takes the listener through an imaginary encounter with dolphins Popkin
  • 1980s Take a nostalgic trip to 1987 with this digital drawing system that worked on your TV Popkin
  • garbage pail kids The time Joe Manchin's uncle tried to ban Garbage Pail Kids Popkin
  • Alternate Universes Watch this unsettling vitamin commercial from 1982 Popkin
  • 1980s ITSOFOMO is a multimedia experience of spoken word, video, and a "mutantrumpet" Popkin
  • what difference does it make Morrissey just published a scathing open letter to Johnny Marr: "Stop using my name as click-bait" David Pescovitz
  • electronic music Listen to Quark Pair's self-released synth music cassette from 1988 Mark Frauenfelder
  • commercials I haven't seen this commercial for Atari Pole Position since 1982 and I love it more than ever Mark Frauenfelder
  • broadcasting Wife number two, junk car supplier, computer chuckles, and other fantastic screengrabs from 1980s TV news David Pescovitz
  • new wave Unit 3 and Venus were a new wave band with a kid as the lead singer Popkin
  • answering machines Can you dig this cassette tape of Radio Shack answering machine songs from 1985 Popkin
  • 1980s "Toaster Head" by Bryan Ady and the 88s (1985) is a song about a man who grows a toaster on his head Popkin
  • televis Far-out clip from 1980 late night program "TV's TV" Popkin
  • short films Devil's Circuit is a rad short film from 1988 (warning: flashing lights) Popkin
  • the residents Watch footage of the Residents' "Mole Show" from 1984 Popkin
  • 1980s Commercial for Rocks & Bugs & Things — a line of really awesome toys from the '80s Popkin
  • computer books These vintage computer book cover graphics are a dial-up wormhole back to the 1980s David Pescovitz
  • psychobilly Interviews with Goths, Cureheads, and Pyschobillies in 1989 Popkin
  • new wave Uplifting video of New Wavers dancing at a club in the 1980s David Pescovitz
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