Menudo Fans - You Owe us An Explanation!

I mean, really! You were into THIS? These little dudes with terrible hair looking like little puppy dogs and singing like baby kitty cats?

I can remember being so angry when I got Teen Beat or Tiger Beat or my favorite, Bop, and found the pages filled with all kinds of Menudo articles. The line up you see in this video, with the eensy weensy Ricky Martin, is the one I remember best.

Supposedly they were these huge international sensations, but I swear I have never met a Menudo fan in my entire life.

So, did you buy this record? You may think this is way back in your past and that we should let sleeping dogs lie. BUT NO!

You Menudo fans owe us an explanation. WTH???

Oh My God, How I still Love Annie Lennox!

The beautiful thing about Annie Lennox, aside from her amazing voice, is the fact that she is so versatile. She can go from a dance pop diva to a soulful crooner to a rocker chick with the blink of an eye. So few people are able to do so many diffferent things and do them all equally well.

I have never heard anything from The Eurythmics or Annie Lennox that wasn't great. I still need to grab that greatest hits album she recently released. Maybe I'll put that on my list for Santa.

For Your 80s Inspired Holiday Shopping

Just in time for the holiday season, I am introducing a new Etsy shop, Miss Smartie Pants. The crazy side of me kept getting the upper hand during bouts of creativity, and I found myself sometimes making items that do not fit in with the vibe of my regular shop, Meditations, which features handcrafted gemstone and wire jewelry and accessories.

So I decided to create a whole new shop for these items that are a little off-kilter.

You will be glad to know that I have a selection specifically devoted to 80s themed items, such as Lego jewelry and rock and roll guitar pick jewelry. Hopefully, more items will be added over the coming weeks. Many of these things are really affordable, and would make perfect gifts for the tweens and teens in your life, not to mention those that are still trapped in the 80s.

To visit MissSmartiePants just click this link: www.misssmartiepants.etsy.com
To visit Meditations, click here: www.meditations.etsy.com

Check back here soon for a specil blog giveaway contest of a 1980's themed piece from Miss Smartie Pants!

What the Hell??

Does anyone remember this? I don't. I came across this today and had never heard of it before.

Did they really feel that people were so dumb in the 1980s that we could not take a photo without having a camera that talked to us? I can't believe that the minds at Minolta thought this was a bright idea.

Can you imagine it? You are at your kid's school, taking pictures of a graduation. Or, in a cathedral, taking pictures at a baby's baptism. And suddenly everyone hears a voice say 'TOO DARK!'. That would be freaky. To say the least.

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene

I can remember really digging this song.

I still have the old vinyl album with this song on it. Funny thing is that I listened to this song, all right, but I never did listen to the rest of the album, EVER. Not even once. I think this is the only time I have ever done this.

Should I dig it out from under my bed and play it, or just let it lie in peace?

Ford Aerostar

The Ford Aerostar! Its so high tech, its just like the space shuttle!

The Cure - Plainsong

I fall deep into this awesomeness.