10 days 'til Vegas: Join us or else!
Just 10 days until the first-ever Stuck in the 80s get-together in Las Vegas. Are you still sitting on the fence about coming along to see Morris Day and the Time on Aug. 1 ... AND ... The Regeneration Tour, starring The Human League, ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Naked Eyes and A Flock of Seagulls on Aug. 2?
We'll give you one reason each day for the next 10 days, leading up to our epic journey to the land of 99-cent shrimp cocktails and 190 Octane frozen drinks.
Today's magic number... TEN: The number of albums released by Martin Fry and ABC, from the landmark "The Lexicon of Love" in 1982 all the way to "Traffic" in 2008.
Fry joined the Stuck in the 80s podcast a few weeks ago and was easily one of the best interviews we've had on the show. Expect to see our gang of 80s fanatics on our feet for the entire ABC set, singing along to classics like "Poison Arrow," "Be Near Me," and "How to be a Millionaire."
We still have one extra ticket in our block of seats for both the Morris Day and the Regeneration shows. E-mail me if you're interested in coming along. It's a can't-miss event. Don't believe me? You've got nine more reasons coming over the next nine days. Oh, you'll change your mind. Or you'll slowly go insane.
Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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*snort* and so early in the morning!!
Posted by: Marissa | July 22, 2008 at 08:01 AM
Meanwhile, I'll be back in Mike's room ... alone with the lovely Angelina.
("Hey, hey, it's Stuck in the 80s time, Angie baby.")
I think that's a fair deal, Mikey.
Posted by: Spears | July 22, 2008 at 07:28 AM
Ohhhhh Mike in Austin... the images you gave me this morning!! This might not be a bad day after all!! LOL
Seriously, I so wish I could attend, but it just doesn't come at a good time!
Wish all attending a great time! Please make sure you have bail money in the hands of your loved ones... if not my # is 615-yea-right! LOL
Posted by: Carla | July 22, 2008 at 07:14 AM
Marissa,
I'm saying it here and now, the first time I'm in Steve's hotel room I plan to:
1. Take off all my clothes, COMMANDO
2. Sprint to his bed
3. Dive onto his bed
4. Roll around on his bed ensuring every inch of his sheets, blankets and pillow pass between every V notch of my body. Kinda like a dog scratching his back on the grass, but with blankets.
5. Post the video on YouTube (I'll be wearing a SIT80's ski mask)
6. Run for my life, let the Luxor Olympics begin.
All the love,
MinA
Posted by: Mike in Austin | July 21, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Ah, rub salt in an already festering wound, why don't you. Damn you, Steve Spears. DAMN.YOU!
I want to take this time to tell my SIT80s friends who are able to attend that I fully expect phone calls LIVE from the concerts and, God forbid, the Luxor Olympics.
Posted by: Marissa | July 21, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Jane, you will need to bring your heels, angelina needs them for the photo/DVD shoot.
Posted by: Mike in Austin | July 21, 2008 at 09:04 PM
Ah! Vegas.Unfortunately as you know i won`t be joining you guys.I did all i could but my boss aka a@@hole(he`s not stuck in the 80s(he doesn`t know what`s good like we do) so he won`t read this,i hope)) didn`t give me those days off,so no Miguel in Vegas.
I just want to wish everybody a great trip!
Posted by: Miguel | July 21, 2008 at 08:40 PM
Hmmmm. If we're going to be on our feet the entire set, I may need to rethink my shoe choice for the evening.
Oh eee oh eee oh...
Posted by: jane | July 21, 2008 at 03:11 PM
Unfortunately, the 99-cent shrimp cocktails are up to $1.99.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/15/nation/na-shrimp15
Posted by: Michelle | July 21, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Don't make me start singing, Sherrie...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_0UXRY_rY
Posted by: Spears | July 21, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Morris Day AND frozen drinks? ARG! I fear I'll be going the route of slow insanity, though I'd love to make the trip. I'll be seeing the Regeneration tour at REH, but it's destroying me to miss out on a chance to do the "Jungle Love" shuffle with the SIT80's posse. Full documentation of the trip will be required gang, I don't want to miss a thing.
Posted by: Sherrie | July 21, 2008 at 01:52 PM
Would have rathered a Rocklahoma trip.
Posted by: sparky | July 21, 2008 at 01:46 PM