Friday Five: Why Can’t It Be 1986? Why?

1) Darth Vader being a jerk: Now this Star Wars I WANT to see.

2) Only 80’s Retro Page.

3) Square Pegs: The quintessential 80’s teen TV show. This clip has Richard Blade and…and an explanation between Punk and New Wave…Devo…and…

4) Macintosh Commercial 1984

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5) From the very funny Evany Thomas for McSweeney’s List

’80s Lineups That Read Like Tabloid Headlines.

BY EVANY THOMAS

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Lords of the New Church Fear Afterlife

Starship Sparks Crowded House

Chicago, Boston, Berlin, Asia: Damned

The Waitresses Squeeze the Specials

Pet Shop Boys Fixx Stray Cats, Toto

Flock of Seagulls Jam the Tubes

Sisters of Mercy Cure Television

Scorpions Sting Tracey Ullman

Police Poison Loverboy Cult

The English Beat New Kids on the Block

Scandal, Madness, Germs

Yes, the Smiths Heart Everything But the Girl

Gene Loves Jezebel