The 80's were a magical time for those lucky enough to be born then - so say the rose-colored nostalgia glasses of privileged suburbanites. That version of the 80's that I remember was made of hair metal and roided up pro wrestlers and saturday morning cartoons. Had my family been wealthier or less frugal, those memories might have included MTV. The driving force behind all of this low-brow pop culture was to sell people brightly colored childhood magic they could keep at home: action figures and cereal with marshmallows and video games. I forgive you for believing that I'm on a tear about consumerism - some other time, perhaps. The 90's were just
Of course, people born in other generations would interject to remind everyone that their generation was better, but the 80's had somet