design Fantastic emulation of classic Apple II program The Print Shop (1984) David Pescovitz

music Listen to Angel Olsen's excellent moody cover of Laura Branigan's 1980s hit "Gloria" David Pescovitz

music See Beastie Boys, Joey Ramone, Boy George, Morris Day, etc. at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards after party David Pescovitz

television Meet the man behind the laugh tracks of 1980s sitcoms David Pescovitz

1980s Strawberry Switchblade is one of my favorite 1980s bands Popkin

animation Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go! is an insanely cool animated cartoon from the 1980s Popkin

music Watch "Boogie Before Bedtime," a delightful aerobics TV clip from 1986 with a Pink Floyd soundtrack David Pescovitz

1980s This TV commercial for Cherry Coke is peak 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

1980s Man creates stop-motion animation with dot matrix printer art he created in 1982 David Pescovitz

animation The making of Teeny Little Super Guy Jess Sabine

Japan I love the dancing cats in this 1987 Japanese TV commercial for a CD player David Pescovitz

1980s Kyle MacLachlan is on Tik Tok and he lip-synced his famous Agent Cooper scene Mark Frauenfelder

cars 40 years ago, this TV commercial introduced the DeLorean to stunned viewers Mark Frauenfelder

cartoons A brief history of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon Gareth Branwyn

1980s Alice Cooper on The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder, 1981 Gareth Branwyn

music Escape to nature's beauty, via this VHS tape from 1984 David Pescovitz

books Ready Player Two: read an interview with Ernest Cline and listen to his soundtrack for the book David Pescovitz

music Listen: The song that became A-ha's "Take On Me" David Pescovitz

politics Bon Jovi to campaign with Joe Biden in Pennsylvania Saturday October 24 Xeni Jardin

music Fantastic 500-song mashed-up megamix of 1980s pop jams David Pescovitz