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    The Ultimate 80's
    The Ultimate 80's
    The Ultimate 80's
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    The Ultimate 80's

    By John Schweingrouber

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    Explore the 80's culture, movies, music, and fads. Your "go-to" 80's guide for everything cool about the 1980's. You know you're a child of the 80's if...
    Topics include 80's fashion icons and how fashion impacted the music and movie scene, the greatest movies of the 80's that defined the decade and helped to mold we children of the 80's into what we are, the best that music had to offer in the 80's, the coolest video games, and how the socio-economic conditions impacted the popular culture. Enjoy a fun journey back in time!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Schweingrouber
    Release dateMay 4, 2012
    ISBN9781476056548
    The Ultimate 80's
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    John Schweingrouber

    Thanks for checking out my books and bio on Smashwords. I began my writing career in early 2000 when I found myself between jobs. Having been a big fan of the horror genre, I found that writing horror for my first project, L&L I, the Night Walker, came easier than other story lines I had unsuccessfully tried. A few great characters and four novels later, I now find that I enjoy the art of writing more and more each day. Learning the craft of writing as I've gone along certainly hasn't been easy. However, at the end of the day I hope that I developed some great characters and stories that have entertained you, although I do not have a team of professional editors and marketing machine behind me. Thanks again for your time and I hope you were entertained. If you enjoyed one of my books please feel free to leave a comment on Amazon or other sites to help other readers. Cheers!

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      The Ultimate 80's - John Schweingrouber

      The Ultimate 80’s

      You Know You’re a Child of the 80’s If…

      Published By John Schweingrouber at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 John Schweingrouber

      Ah, the 1980’s. Just getting a chance to hang out with friends brings back so many thoughts of that amazing decade. Growing up in the 80’s meant that we were a bit more innocent than we are now, we were the last generation of kids that would go out and play at night without the hassle of a cell phone and as long as we were home a few minutes after the street lamps came on then all was well in the world. In fact, the only people with a cell phone were the super rich like Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street, and the only people with beepers were drug dealers! How about that for being in the technological stone age!

      If you’ve bought this book (and obviously you have), I bet one of the first things that went through your mind when you found this book was that goofy email that goes around from time to time and on Face Book called Children of the 80’s. Well, there were actually a few versions of that email going around, but here is one version that probably looks familiar:

      We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first lost generation nor today's lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak. We are the ones who played with Lego Building Blocks when they were just building blocks and gave Malibu Barbie crewcuts with safety scissors that never really cut.

      We collected Garbage Pail Kids and Cabbage Patch Kids and My Little Ponies and Hot Wheels and He-Man action figures and thought She-Ra looked just a little bit like I would when I was a woman. Big Wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go, and sidewalk chalk was all you needed to build a city. Imagination was the key. It made the Ewok Treehouse big enough for you to be Luke and the kitchen table and an old sheet dark enough to be a tent in the forest. Your world was the backyard and it was all you needed. With your pink portable tape player, Debbie Gibson sang back up to you and everyone wanted a skirt like the Material Girl and a glove like Michael Jackson's.

      Today, we are the ones who sing along with Bruce Stringsteen and The Bangles perfectly and have no idea why. We recite lines with the Ghostbusters and still look to The Goonies for a great adventure. We flip through T.V. stations and stop at The A Team and Knight Rider and Fame and laugh with The Cosby Show and Family Ties and Punky Brewster and what you talkin' 'bout Willis? We hold strong affections for The Muppets and The Gummy Bears and why did they take the Smurfs off the air? After school specials were only about cigarettes and step-families, the Polka Dot Door was nothing like Barney, and aren't the Power Rangers just Voltron reincarnated?

      We are the ones who still read Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins, Beverly Clearly and Judy Blume, Richard Scary and the Electric Company. Friendship bracelets were ties you couldn't break and friendship pins went on shoes - preferably hightop Velcro Reeboks - and pegged jeans were in, as were Units belts and layered socks and jean jackets and jams and charm necklaces and side pony tails and just tails. Rave was a girl's best friend; braces with colored rubberbands made you cool.

      The backdoor was always open and Mom served only red Kool-Aid to the neighborhood kids- we never drank New Coke. Entertainment was cheap and lasted for hours. All you needed to be a princess was high heels and an apron; the Sit'n'Spin always made you dizzy but never made you stop; Pogoballs were dangerous weapons and Chinese Jump Ropes never failed to trip someone. In your Underoos you were Wonder Woman or Spider Man or R2D2 and in your treehouse you were king.

      In the Eighties, nothing was wrong. Did you know the president was shot? Star Wars was not only a movie. Did you ever play in a bomb shelter? Did you see the Challenger Shuttle explode or feed the homeless man? We forgot Vietnam and watched Tiananman's Square on CNN and bought pieces of the Berlin Wall at the store. AIDS was not the number one killer in the United States. We didn't start the fire, Billy Joel.

      In the Eighties, we redefined the American Dream, and those years defined us. We are the generation in between strife and facing strife and not turning our backs. The Eighties may have made us idealistic, but it's that idealism that will push us and be passed on to our children - the first children of the twenty-first century. Never forget: We are the children of the Eighties.

      Yes, America! We are the children of the 80’s. So who are we? That can be summed up by a simple essay. If you are truly a child of the 80’s, you won’t need me to tell you what movie this comes from. You’ll know from reading the first line.

      "Dear Mr. Vernon:

      We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But, we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found out is that each one of us is: a brain . . .

      And an athlete…

      And a basket case…

      A princess…

      And a criminal…

      Does that answer your question?

      Sincerely yours,

      The Breakfast Club"

      Welcome to the 1980’s all over again. Let’s have some fun!

      Part 1: 80’s Fashion

      I remember waking up early on most Saturday mornings as a kid and watching my favorite cartoons. Kind of hard to believe that there are no cartoons on the big three channels anymore for kids to enjoy. I still enjoy a cartoon now and again. I have to tell you, all you Children of the 80’s out there with your own kids now…I kind of feel sorry for those little guys. They missed out! Seriously. I have no intention of this book being one generation versus another, but from an objective point of view, most cartoons these days really suck.

      But let’s not get off on that rant. There will be plenty of time for ranting before this story is finished.

      I grew up with two older sisters and regardless of how much this young guy tried to avoid cooties, you couldn’t help but get some on you. With so much hair spray flying through the air, mousse on everything, a zillion different kinds of curling irons laying around…a guy

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