BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) CALL-IN CONTESTS
Remember these? If you want to win a radio contest or a random drawing these days you have to text a random number a random word and just hope for the best. One text and you’re done. One email entry per person. That’s all. Back before robots took over, we’d have to use a telephone to “call no!”. For radio it was randomness like “be the 101st caller now and win tickets to see Hoobastank!” These contests were so important that despite the fact no one likes Hoobastank, we’d still call over and over again to win.
(THREE) WIND BREAKERS
When I think of wind breakers my brain goes back to the mid-90’s. If you’re cool enough and old enough you can close your eyes and visualize every cool non-music person at the time wearing a wind breaker. Seriously, tell me you can’t imagine the 1994 US Dream Team wearing bad ass wind breakers? That shit just doesn’t fly in the 2010s.
(TWO) MOVIES ABOUT SKING
The 80’s had all these bad sleazy comedies about sking. At least that’s the way I remember it. Late night cable movies, basic cable and premium, had TONS of these movies. There would be a sarcastic lead, a group of rag-tag friends, a douche bag villain, casual sex, boobs, booze, a nerdy guy in charge, and a big movie ending competition. I could be wrong. Maybe I saw the same movie over and over again. Regardless, it’s missed.
(ONE) THE POWER GLOVE
Nintendo is awesome on its own. People always get in their pop culture references with Nintendo based banter. We ALL love it. It doesn’t make you any cooler than anyone else. The Duck Hunt gun was cool and all, but the Power Glove gets no attention from the hipsters. Is it too dominant of an accessory? Do the buttons not look vintage enough? What the hell is it? If you don’t love he Power Glove you’re a terrible soul.
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