1980s

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Vintage Cheese: Nothing Says Holidays Like A Family High On Tech

2:25AM Danny Allen | Hands up if you’re taking a laptop home this weekend to escape family craziness by jumping online for a while. Me too. But if you believe these bizarre 1980s ads, computers were meant to foster an age of dazed family-togetherness. More »
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Welcome To The Company, Here’s Your 1980s Cubicle

4:40PM Rosa Golijan | Don’t get me wrong, I think the 1980s were fantastic, great music and all, but I’m not so sure that I’d want to be put into a truly old-school cubicle like this on my first day. More »
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Secret Of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Forward Leaning Move

1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | The late King of Pop pioneered dance moves that looked mechanical and weren’t, like the moonwalk, and at least one that looked mechanical and was: The forward-leaning manoeuvre from his “Smooth Criminal” video. The secret is all in the shoes. More »