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The ’80s Pin Project: Worried About the Beav
This past weekend, in two entirely unrelated events, I stepped into the Wayback Machine, Destination: 1980s. At my gym, we held an ’80s-themed Zumba/Sh’Bam dance party–to rousing success (if I do say...
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The ’80s Pin Project: Hooters, #1
If you’re wondering what in the heck this “Pin Project” thing is, please go here, then meet me back at this blog. ‘kay? ‘kay! The pin that I pulled out of my little box of treasures (dumped into a bag,...
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The ’80s Pin Project: Mother Warned You
For an explanation of what the Pin Project is, go here. This week’s pin is a statement pin. A lot of pins that were worn in the 1980s had nothing to do with music and everything to do with giving the...
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The ’80s Pin Project: You Naughty Thing
For an explanation of what the Pin Project is, go here. And so it continues. This week’s pin is the 1980s version of a morality play as wearable art. You naughty beast. I mean, not that I’m judging you...
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The ’80s Pin Project: Brainstorm
For an explanation of what the Pin Project is, go here. Despite the idea that punning is the lowest form of wit (attributable to every author ever in the Western literary tradition) I apparently have a...
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The ’80s Pin Project: Special Guest Mother’s Day Pin
For an explanation of what the Pin Project is, go here. When I started working on the Pin Project, it jump-started a fun little conversation between me and my friends and family about pins that we had,...
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The ’80s Pin Project: The Alarm
For an explanation of what the Pin Project is, go here. There was a crop of bands that sprang up in the 1980s that came to public interest because they were sort of like U2-2. Scotland’s Simple Minds...
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The ’80s Pin Project: Katrina and the Waves
For an explanation of the 1980s Pin Project, go here. There were plenty of female, pop-oriented performers who staked a claim on the 1980s music scene. Madonna is, of course, the biggie, the...
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The ’80s Pin Project: The Thompson Twins
For an explanation of the 1980s Pin Project, go here. In a weird way, for me, The Thompson Twins define what made the 1980s music scene so…outlandishly 1980s. They wrote synth-fueled, harmony-laden...
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The ’80s Pin Project: So Much Sexy
For an explanation of the 1980s Pin Project, go here. Oh, the crosses one must bear. Today’s random-pick-a-pin-out-of-the-box generator bemoans the difficulties of trying to cart around a burdensome...
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