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When ripped jeans made the trend market a few years ago, those who lived through the 80s were ecstatic.

While some haven’t realized it, 80s clothing is back!

Today’s teens find the clothing unfamiliar and stylish, while their parents find a familiarity in what their children are wearing.

Today’s 80s clothes are fashion-forward and modified to meet the demands and styles of today.

Leggings/Tights

What could be more comfortable than lounging around in leggings? Not much! Today’s women and teens can revert back to 80's fashion, with leggings and tights.

How about that? Eddie Murphy in the most popular stand-up comedy film ever! This beats Robin Williams and Richard Pryor for total 80s cool.

Eddie's planning to quit acting and get back into stand-up comedy.

He's been a top box draw for thirty years. Eddie Murphy's made some timeless films. 80s movies like the Beverly Hills Cop series and Trading places are eighties classics.

Let's hope Eddie's serious about doing stand-up again and doesn't fade away like Jerry Seinfeld and many others.

Enjoy Eddie Murphy Raw, Courtesy, once again of Hulu.Com!

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Check out Eddie's 80s references. Still hilarious 20 years later.

Ahh the Thompson Twins - iconic 80’s music band. Who could forget Hold Me Now and Doctor! Doctor!

In preparation for this article, I did a bit of research on the band and found a few facts that I did not know about them.

The band, named after the bumbling detectives from Herge’s TinTin, first formed in 1977. Although this site is 80’s based, the band didn’t get famous until the 80’s.

Tom Bailey was a part of the original lineup. Arriving in London, The ‘twins’ had very little money and lived as squatters. Allanah Currie, who joined the Thompson Twins later was also a squatter and that was how they first met. Joe Leeway joined the twins in 1981 when the first album was recorded. Even though Currie had sang on the their first album (a product of…..participation), she was not classed as a full member of the group.

The group became famous by hitting the UK Singles chart and US billboard 100 in 1983 with their songs Lies and Love on your side.

While baby-boomers may wish 80s fashion was still dormant, it seems it’s making a comeback in a big way!

From cartoon t-shirts to leggings, it seems even the most fashion forward dressers are choosing to revert back in style to the spunky 80s.

Some of the most popular choices in today’s 80s fashion includes leggings. Women in the 80s wore them with long t-shirts or sweaters.

Today girls are pairing them under jean skirts and dresses. They are often worn with flip flops or flats, making them a comfortable choice.

With 80s being the era of “hair bands” it isn’t a shock guys and gals today are still sporting their vintage band tees.

These Teens Have 80s Style!

T-shirts for Motley Crue, Bon Jovi and Guns n Roses are still being made and worn endlessly.

In addition, bands like New Kids on the Block are making their comeback and the 80s clothes featuring them are more popular than ever before.

Cartoon t-shirts are a fashion trend still hanging on for the long haul. The signature 80s cartoon t-shirts include shirts boasting characters from Smurfs, Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears.

On June 4, 1989, just 19 years ago, within sight of the 2008 Olympics Village, hundreds civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic protest in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square.

The Chinese people and the world understand how important the site is as China puts it's best foot forward to the rest the world during this 29th Olympiad. The 4-5 billion other people on our planet are seeing China's potential as the global economies largest player.

I have been lucky to see so many tremendously historical events, especially in the late 1980's with the end of "The Cold War". China will be the most productive economic powerhouse in the world. This will likely happen very quickly. Currently China is the third largest economy in the world, behind China and the United States.

I think in a decade, the U.S. will see many more tourists from China as millions "get upped" and find better lives in the overcrowded, polluted cities (growing pains, nothing more; they'll get the smog situation figured out, I'm sure).

Rumoured to be planning Wham! reunion... The 80s Updated 30 Jul 2008
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The Regeneration Tour 2008 begins tonight at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. The 22-date concert series across North America runs through August 31st and will feature ABC, Belinda Carlisle, A Flock of Seagulls, The Human League and Naked Eyes playing their classics. Revenge of the 80s Radio plans to cover the August 22nd appearance at Jones Beach on Long Island.

Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls recently talked with us; that discussion will be played on the August 8th show. We had already spoken with Martin Fry of ABC and The Human League’s Phil Oakey over the past month. Many of these bands are working on new projects: Among them: Martin Fry’s latest solo album, Traffic, was recently released in the U.K, Score is working on a solo CD and has planned one with his new Seagulls lineup.

Information on tickets and concert dates is available on the Regeneration Tour website. It also has an internet forum available.

We will also keep you up to date on the latest Regeneration Tour news on Revenge of the 80s Radio.

The Regeneration Tour Kicks Off Today
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It was August 1, 1981 when the first all-music video cable TV channel was born.

As the popularity of video programs on some cable and network stations was rising, MTV made history while taking advantage of this trend.

They led off with the 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Trevor Horn-led Buggles (from the album The Age of Plastic).

Among America’s new celebrities were the VJs: Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, JJ Jackson, Mark Goodman and Alan Hunter.

More would come in later years, but these were the originals. MTV was a huge boon for New Wave music.

Bands quickly learned how to make the most of all the publicity they were getting from their well-produced videos that those

mini-movies turned many songs that would go otherwise unplayed by mainstream radio into major hits.

In a past interview Stan Ridgway referred to MTV’s role in Wall of Voodoo’s success as people who saw the videos called radio stations requesting artists like them, Missing Persons, The Little Girls, Berlin and others that they were “forced to play them” (When I was doing all-talk radio, I would always say that the market should decide what’s played instead of a bunch of industry suits and their inadequate “market tests”).