Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 9781558537743
A "MAD" look at the eighties as only America's foremost satire magazine perceives it--rehashing the era that brought us Ronald Reagan, Max Headroom, and, of course, Michael Jackson. of color illustrations.
Author : Lori Majewski
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1613126662
A “hugely entertaining” history of the 1980s New Wave music scene told through new interviews with its biggest artists (Rolling Stone). Mad World is a compelling oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song and leads to stories of their history and place in the scene, ultimately painting a vivid picture of this colorful, idiosyncratic time. Mixtape suggestions, fashion sidebars, and quotes from famous contemporary admirers help fill out the fun. Participants include members of Duran Duran, New Order, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Echo, and the Bunnymen, Devo, ABC, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins, INXS, and more. “One addictive chapter after another.” —Rob Sheffield, author of Talking to Girls About Duran Duran “Tells the tale of some of the decade’s most unforgettable songs . . . in fascinating detail, letting the architects of these memorable records shine a light on how the sound of a generation came to be.” —The Hollywood Reporter “The new wave era is often dismissed for its one-hit wonders and silly haircuts, but [Mad World] examines the period with a great deal of love and reverence.” —Buzzfeed “A really informative and insightful read.” —People
Author : Grant Geissman
Publisher : Mad
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,24 MB
Release : 2005
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : 9781401206604
"This MADcap compendium rehashes the best send-ups, takeoffs, and put-ons from the era that brought us the internet, the Gulf War, Bill Clinton (and Mnica), Kurt Cobain, and Nirvana."--Back cover.
Author : Eugene Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781735664446
Modern technology has brought some new twists and turns to horror. Found footage, cell phone-based viruses, literal ghosts in the machines but maybe it's time for a throwback. It's time for some new tales of slumber party horrors, VCR monsters, and problems that can't be solved with a smart phone. We want tales of unstoppable monsters, sewer-dwelling creatures, looming threats of cold-war chaos. Give us fear under the neon lights of an arcade, people fighting for their lives against the backdrop of a hot city night and a cheesy sax solo. Take us back to a time when latchkey kids had to fend for themselves and the only thing left to stop an unspeakable horror was a plucky band of high school kids. Make it bloody. Make it gnarly. Make it 80s! Featuring over 20 Bram Stoker Award winning and Best Selling Authors such as Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, Weston Ochse, Lisa Morton, Grady Hendrix, Tim Waggoner, Christina Sng, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Jess Landry, Vince Liaguno, F. Paul Wilson, John Skipp, Linda D Addison and many more. "Reading Attack from the '80s brings on a nostalgia tinged with blood. It's like being impaled on a time machine and dragged through sickly houses haunted by serial killers, spooky fairgrounds where kids vanish, woodlands stalked by unnameable beasts ... and it is wonderful. I'm in my teens again, and the horrors are more terrifying than ever." -Tim Lebbon, author of Eden "Attack from the '80s sends us rollicking back into the pop culture madness of that genre, and does it with creeps, fun, and great storytelling from today's top horror writers!" -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Ink and Rot & Ruin "Deliriously, deliciously gruesome, Attack from the '80s is a treat for horror fans looking for the hard stuff. An all-star lineup of writers inspired by that gnarliest of decades. Rad!" -David Wellington, Marvel Zombies, Monster Island Table of Contents Introduction by Mick Garris Top Guns of the Frontier by Weston Ochse Snapshot by Joe R. Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale The Devil in the Details by Ben Monroe Return of the Reanimated Nightmare by Linda Addison Taking the Night Train by Thomas F. Monteleone Catastrophe Queens by Jess Landry Your Picture Here by John Skipp Permanent Damage by Lee Murray Slashbacks by Tim Waggoner Munchies by Lucy A. Snyder Ten Miles of Bad Road by Stephen Graham Jones Epoch, Rewound by Vince A. Liaguno Demonic Denizens by Cullen Bunn The White Room by Rena Mason Ghetto Blaster by Jeff Strand Haddonfield, New Jersey 1980 by Cindy O'Quinn When He Was Fab by F. Paul Wilson Welcome to Hell by Christina Sng Perspective: Journal of a 1980s Mad Man by Mort Castle Mother Knows Best by Stephanie M. Wytovich Stranger Danger by Grady Hendrix The Garden of Dr. Moreau by Lisa Morton
Author : Hadley Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1501130668
From Vogue contributor and Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movies that describes why they changed movie-making forever—featuring exclusive interviews with the producers, directors, writers and stars of the best cult classics. For Hadley Freeman, movies of the 1980s have simply got it all. Comedy in Three Men and a Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters, Ghostbusters, and Back to the Future; all a teenager needs to know in Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Say Anything, The Breakfast Club, and Mystic Pizza; the ultimate in action from Top Gun, Die Hard, Beverly Hills Cop, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; love and sex in 9 1/2 Weeks, Splash, About Last Night, The Big Chill, and Bull Durham; and family fun in The Little Mermaid, ET, Big, Parenthood, and Lean On Me. In Life Moves Pretty Fast, Hadley puts her obsessive movie geekery to good use, detailing the decade’s key players, genres, and tropes. She looks back on a cinematic world in which bankers are invariably evil, where children are always wiser than adults, where science is embraced with an intense enthusiasm, and the future viewed with giddy excitement. And, she considers how the changes between movies then and movies today say so much about society’s changing expectations of women, young people, and art—and explains why Pretty in Pink should be put on school syllabuses immediately. From how John Hughes discovered Molly Ringwald, to how the friendship between Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi influenced the evolution of comedy, and how Eddie Murphy made America believe that race can be transcended, this is a “highly personal, witty love letter to eighties movies, but also an intellectually vigorous, well-researched take on the changing times of the film industry” (The Guardian).
Author : Dani Kates
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 2016-09-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781539179160
This eighties themed best selling adult coloring book is great for anyone who grew up in or appreciates the 80s. This book is filled with meticulously designed illustrations of your favorite accessories, fashions, trends, and games from the 1980's decade. The coloring pages include everything from leggings and scrunched socks, to roller skates, hair crimpers, teasing combs, VHS and cassette tapes to those totally awesome oily stickers, the folded fortunes, candy watches, lunch boxes, phones with cords, and SO MUCH MORE! Featuring 26 unique and creative designs, printed on single sides, and ranging in complexity from to simple to advanced, this coloring book will provide hours and hours of stress relief, mindful calm, and fun, creative expression for adults, teens, tweens and older children.
Author : John Ficarra
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 9781435101289
In the embarrassing tradition of MAD About the Fifties, MAD About the Sixties, MAD About the Seventies, MAD About the Eighties, and MAD About the Nineties comes this inevitable and shameless repackaging of the absolutely worst stuff from all five books. MAD for Decades is a ridiculous look back at a ridiculous half century that you're sure to find ridiculous -- because it was and is.
Author : Frank Bongiorno
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 192520359X
Winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award Shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize and CHASS Australia Prize It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right. It was a time when Australians fought for social change - on union picket lines, at rallies for women's rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement. And then there were the events that left many scratching their heads- Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young. In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He sheds new light on 'both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades'. 'The definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade' - George Megalogenis 'A very impressive achievement' - The Monthly 'Meaty and entertaining' - The Australian
Author : Maria Reidelbach
Publisher : M J F Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781567311273
An illustrated history of the most influential and unique humor magazine in post-war America.
Author : Gil Troy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 29,10 MB
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195187865
In this volume in the Viewpoints on American Culture series, senior and junior scholars, as well as one former Reagan official and a leading record executive, assess the cultural, social, economic, and political significance of the 1980s.
