| November 2010 | Issue No. VIII |
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Well, we had a great time with Steven Adler and the rest of Adler's Appetite! I've never met anyone who gives better hugs!
 | Amy Leonard, Steven Adler and Amy Harriman at Retro Active
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Again, special thanks to "Butter" and Soco Lime, The Weekly Surge, and especially Planet Hollywood for helping make it happen!!
 | | Amy, Max, Steven and Amy after the book signing |
We had a blast with Mad Max of the the Mad Max Morning Show on Rock 107 too! Lucky 13 did a fantastic job getting the crowd warmed up, and we all rocked out!
 | | Amy Harriman, Christie Barfield and Tami Ashley at Planet Hollywood |
Check out more photos in the photo section to the right!
Now it's time to hunker down for the long cold winter, but stay with us...we still have a few tricks up our sleeve! We'll keep you warm while you shop on Black Friday with hot apple cider and hot cocoa, fresh baked goods and 15% off all purchases* all weekend, 11/26-11/28! And even if you can't shop in the store that weekend, you can still get the savings online! Just use this discount code:
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as many times as you want 11/26-11/18 for 15% off your online purchases*!
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1985-What was happening in Pop Culture 25 years ago?
A few tidbits of Pop Culture Nostalgia
O. J. Simpson becomes the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame.
After 6-1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazzard goes off the air.
The first Care Bears Movie, produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited, is released in US theatres by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
New Coke, a marketing disaster is introduced.
Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
In response to market demand, Coca-Cola re-introduces it's old formula cola as "Coca-Cola Classic" (see New Coke).
The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
US Vice President George H. W. Bush announces that New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle
A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
The Super Mario Bros. video game is released by Nintendo.
The first Blockbuster Video store opens in Dallas, Texas.
Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson, was first published.
Some memorable movie releases:
Tuff Turf, The Breakfast Club, Vision Quest, Mask, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Care Bears Movie, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Just One Of The Guys, Rappin', Brewster's Millions, Rambo: First Blood Part 2, Fletch, The Goonies, Cocoon, St Elmo's Fire, Back To The Future, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Explorers,The Legend Of Billie Jean, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Weird Science, Real Genius, Better Off Dead, Teen Wolf, Commando, Jagged Edge, To Live And Die In LA, Rainbow Brite And The Star Stealer, White Nights, Rocky IV, Spies Like Us, The Jewel Of The Nile, Clue, Out Of Africa, The Color Purple, Enemy Mine.
Some memorable TV show debuts:
Thundercats, Moonlighting, Mr. Belvedere, WWF Saturday Night Main Event, Larry King Live, The Gummi Bears, The Wuzzles, The Golden Girls, 227, Growing Pains, Macgyver, Jem, the VH1 network, North And South(mini-series)
Some memorable TV endings:
Alice, Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, The Jeffersons, The Wuzzles(yeah, they only lasted one season)
(Sources: Spiritus-Temporis.com, The Numbers.com, Wikipedia) |
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New This Month
shopretroactive.com
Just had some new model sessions, and there are plenty of new styles coming to shopretroactive.com! The homepage changes almost daily as new items are added! Here's a hint of what's new and what's to come:
REO Speedwagon
Rockford Files
Emergency
Kojak
Genesis
Scorpions
Labyrinth
Beatles
Cheers
Motley Crue
Rocky
Spiderman
Jet Boy
Gwar
...Just to name a few!!
And don't forget to go to our Model Bio page to check out the new faces!
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To provide a ridicule-free shopping experience to all the original Yuppies, Valley Girls, Hair-Band Enthusiasts, Boy-Band-Obsessing, Brat-Pack-Loving fans of the 80s and its peripheral years. To offer a unique supply of nostalgic, decade-specific, hard-to-find items of the 80s by retail means and e-commerce.
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Use this discount code at shopretroactive.com for 15% off your purchase:
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