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  • 1980s The orgiastic decadence of these commercials from 1984 Elías Villoro
  • design E. Bryant Crutchfield, inventor of the Trapper Keeper, RIP David Pescovitz
  • 1980s Watch this 1989 television commercial for the wonderful "Mysteries of the Unknown" book series Popkin
  • 1980s You could win $1,000,000 instantly by listening to this McDonald's record Popkin
  • 1980s 1980s Black Flag skateboards commercial with art by Raymond Pettibon Popkin
  • 1980s Live performance footage of 1982 post-punk show The Birthday Party / Lydia Lunch / Die Haut Popkin
  • 1980s Pan Am Training Video: "The Smoker" is a fantastically intriguing video from the 80s when people could still smoke on airplanes Popkin
  • 1980s Dolphin Dreamtime is a 1980s cassette that takes the listener through an imaginary encounter with dolphins Popkin
  • Art and Design Take a nostalgic trip to 1987 with this digital drawing system that worked on your TV Popkin
  • 1980s The time Joe Manchin's uncle tried to ban Garbage Pail Kids Popkin
  • 1980s Watch this unsettling vitamin commercial from 1982 Popkin
  • art ITSOFOMO is a multimedia experience of spoken word, video, and a "mutantrumpet" Popkin
  • music Morrissey just published a scathing open letter to Johnny Marr: "Stop using my name as click-bait" David Pescovitz
  • music Listen to Quark Pair's self-released synth music cassette from 1988 Mark Frauenfelder
  • Games I haven't seen this commercial for Atari Pole Position since 1982 and I love it more than ever Mark Frauenfelder
  • television Wife number two, junk car supplier, computer chuckles, and other fantastic screengrabs from 1980s TV news David Pescovitz
  • music Unit 3 and Venus were a new wave band with a kid as the lead singer Popkin
  • 1980s Can you dig this cassette tape of Radio Shack answering machine songs from 1985 Popkin
  • music "Toaster Head" by Bryan Ady and the 88s (1985) is a song about a man who grows a toaster on his head Popkin
  • Japan Far-out clip from 1980 late night program "TV's TV" Popkin
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