Certainly when you look back at the 1980s and the icons of the era, you won’t ever get far on that list without thinking of Michael Jackson. So his death comes at perhaps one of Eightiesology’s greatest tragedies. Obituaries and speculation and contemporary invocation are best left for other websites. They’re going to bring up [...]
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Eighties Eulogy: Michael Jackson
Posted in Film & Video, Musicology, Television, Travel on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Disney’s Folly
Posted in Travel on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the Summer of 2008, the waiting game of finding a new home had led to a lot of stalled activity, leaving me housebound many a weekend. In a flurry of long overdue creative activity, the muse visited me in the form of my respect and admiration for the 1980s. Eightiesology celebrates that oft-maligned decade [...]
Back to the Future: The Ride
Posted in Film & Video, Ninetiesology, Travel on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In 1992, our senior class at Wood-Ridge High School visited Orlando for our senior class trip. We lodged outside of Walt Disney World and visited Disney parks as well as Universal Studios. This new theme park and competitor to Disney had only opened up a couple of years prior. The trip certainly put a different [...]
Raiders of the Lost Art
Posted in Adventure, Film & Video, Travel on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In my exploration of the media that forms the foundation of Eightiesology, I’ve come to realize that each medium has carried much of its enthusiasm into the current era. A band can still incite intense emotion during a concert and their music still soundtracks essential memories-in-progress. Television shows have very clearly never been as well-crafted [...]
Expanding Our Horizons
Posted in Travel on September 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
October 1st marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of Horizons, a much revered attraction at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World. This Future World exhibit was one of the best representations of Walt Disney’s original concept for EPCOT-that of an actual community utilizing progressive technologies and ideas for better living. While it’s brethren in [...]
Eighties Eulogy
Posted in Travel on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the ’80s, I used to see these buildings everyday from New Jersey. So much a part of the backdrop of our lives that you never conceived something would ever happen like what happened on September 11, 2001. The buildings were probably filled with people my age who had once enjoyed the most innocent of [...]
Eightiesologo, Vol I
Posted in Eightiesologo, Travel on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is the first in a series of posts analyzing the different souvenirs that make up the Eightiesology image. My friends Christian and Amy recently returned from Walt Disney World, which, if you know them, isn’t exactly a shocker. However, this trip was particularly special as it was their baby Hailey’s first trip there and [...]
