14 August 2021, Somewhere in the Metaverse - UplandDood (@Just1Dood) 

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Today is Thursday, 12 August 2021. (Started writing on this date and continued the next day).

I have opted to take a short break to run some errands and pretty much chill out today. Part of the plan was to bathe my two puppies. If you have been following my noise.cash updates, they are named Black Blitz, and Concrete Crusher. Those are their super-heroes alter egos. You won't get to know their real name. That's why it's called an alter ego.

Skip a few hours and now, it's Friday afternoon, 13 August 2021.

• Both my two puppies had taken their bath. They are both happy puppies with fluffy fur. I have gotten my much-needed rest and have been having some fun both here and at noise.cash. In fact, I'd started a new channel dedicated to the 1980s. It's called Back to the 80s.

This new channel has flooded me with fond memories of an era gone by. Many memories were frozen in time and the postings on this channel have given me to reminisce and re-live some of this era's defining moments.

Computer: Imagination & Pixel Punks

In my humble opinion, the 80s is indeed a defining era in so many aspects. It was the decade of the birth of the Personal Computer. Remember those IBM PCs? Or for those who can't afford an IBM the IBM clones? It started with the 8088 chips and not too long after that the 80286 chips were the dream of computer geeks. Again, it was soon replaced by the 80386 chips! The decade closed out with the 80486 chips. That was way before Pentium came into the scene in the next decade!

Proficiency in the archaic Disc Operating System or DOS was the order of the day. Game files could be easily tweaked to cheat. LOL. Popular games were all text-based and mostly adventure in nature. Your creativity and the screen of your mind get you immersed in such games for hours. It was only shortly after that pixelated punks appeared on screen with beeping sound effects.

Those who have Macintosh have it better. At least you don't have to work your mind so hard!

Music: Electric and loads of fun

It was an era that one can only dream of. The music was fun and once it starts, you'll footloose and run wild!

Remember any of these?

Take On Me - a-ha

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

With or Without You - U2

Girls Just want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Ritchie

Alright, here goes... a sentence with a few of the era's iconic songs.

Take on Me, Swee Child O' Mine. With or Without You, Girls Just Want to Have Fun All Night Long!

There were so many great songs that came out in the 1980s. Too many to list but I'll post them in the Back to the 80s channel.

Before ending this segment on music, I'd be remiss if I did not mention the greatest musician who ever lived, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. It was during this era that he introduced the Moonwalk that still mesmerizes audiences whenever it's performed.

Media: Small & Big Screen

On the small screen, I probably had the best laughs in the 80s. The comedies were funny. Is it because people have become more cynical in this current time? Comedies were not as funny and oftentimes felt forced.

Not so back then. I'll list down some of my favorite sitcoms here. They still are some of my favorite.

Cheers

The Cosby Show

Who's the Boss?

Different Strokes

Taxi (ah, love Danny DeVito!)

The Simpsons (started at the tail end of the decade)

On the big screen, there were these to keep us entertained.

Back to the Future Part I (1985) and Part II (1989)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Monty Python - The Meaning of Life (1983)

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Templet of Doom (1984), and The Last Crusade (1989)

Top Gun (1986)

Rain Man (1988)

There are too numerous to name. It was a simple era. You can tell that the movie's special effects were fake. Yet that was enough to entertain us. There is this clear line between what is real and what is for entertainment.

Worthy mentions

Before I close out this article, I'd like to point out some worthy mentions that are pre-1980s. One is a British sitcom called Fawlty Towers and the sci-fi that started it all - Star Wars, A New Hope!

Alright, that's all for now. See you at the channel, if you're an 80s fan.

Sources:

Header Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay  (cropped by author)

Image 1: Photo by bert brrr on Unsplash

Image 2: Photo by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash

Image 3: Photo by Avel Chuklanov on Unsplash

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