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4323_1105939621665_1622022962_290465_5300842_n_tiny by Rev Halofan on in Pregame Thread Comment 121 comments

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Post a picture of yourself in the 1980s in this thread.

This is me in January 1988. To think that some gutless "fans" go to Angel road games during these current glory years with NO gear on while I was fighting in the trenches, in the heart of Dodger country back as the lean years were getting dark and gloomy... Anyone else got your war stories and photos?

Tonight is Retro 80s night at the Big A. Robert Ray (born in 1984) faces Jered Weaver (born in 1982). The Blue Jays look for real.

Let's talk about the 1980s at lunch. Back when MTV played music videos 24/7, back when the Cold War was fought with weapons that didn't yet exist, back when the Savings and Loan industry was the bad guy and We Are the World was the good guys... oh boy, do you really want to go back?

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All-Time 1980s Haircut
Mousse and More Mousse
35 votes
Jehri Curl
22 votes
The Mullet
88 votes
The Mohawk
31 votes

176 votes | Poll has closed

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Mullets are still in style in certain areas of West Virginia and the Ozarks...

so, it could not possibly be “best of the 80’s.”

In a year of such turmoil, whining still abounds.

by Downing Rules on May 7, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We are talking about “civilization” and not just “earth” here…

by Rev Halofan on May 7, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, baby do you know what that's worth?

Oh, Heaven is a place on Earth.

No thank you to mid to late 80s pop music

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 7, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The mullet

Business in the front, party in the back, douche-bag all around

That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey

by anaheim angels on May 7, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Toss up

between the mullet and mohawk, voted mullet for the comedy factor

by Epic Dean on May 7, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

my kitchen has the same formica flooring

and that was installed here in … THE 1980s!!!!

by Rev Halofan on May 7, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Same house since the 80's?

Damn your die-hard Southern California. Props to you.

Do it for Nick '09

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on May 7, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The '80's...

…meet this cute chick-a-dee, got hitched, graduated from college, help produce 2 little sothballs, bought the house we still live in…all in all, good times.

Slowly re-living a lot of it it as I transfer our home videos to digital/hard drive.

Some of the music from that era I still love… Pretenders, Cars, Police, Clash, B-52’s, Tom Petty, the Go’Go’s….mmm,mmmm…too much good stuff.

by sothball on May 7, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I didn't want to talk Angel baseball as that would require referencing...

…the year that follows 1985, and a certain playoff game that STILL makes we commit some obscene act of violence, which actually led to a participant committing an obscene act of violence…ugh.

(PURE cleansing thoughts, deep breath, PURE cleansing thoughts..)

by sothball on May 7, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn...

Me too…
Except the little floyds came in the 90s, and we moved from our first house in 1999.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on May 7, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Clash...

I hold the unenviable distinction of falling asleep during a Clash concert.

Us ’83. New Wave day. They were the last act, and were delayed due to some contract BS. I was wiped and zoned during their set.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on May 7, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

do you listen to Jack FM Sothball?

They play quality 80’s music throughout the day.

NA 34

by blochead on May 7, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

93.1fm in the LA metro area

its good stuff!

"Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. I mean, if you were having fun you would've caught that ball."

by wallispdub1 on May 7, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hell yeah

and their in their breaks in between songs are always hilarious

NA 34

by blochead on May 7, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

not living in the LA area right now...

Should be within the next year. Maybe I can stream ’em…..

Do it for Nick '09

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on May 7, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

where do you live?

They have Jack throughout the country i was at coachella a few weeks ago and it was 95.9 there.

NA 34

by blochead on May 8, 2009 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...but I found a slightly better station...

…(hope I’m not breaking any rules by plugging a station) 100.3 (The Sound). It’s pretty good!

So I go between 93.1, 100.3. If I have a longer commute – and depending on my mood – I’ll play a classical, Jazz , musical, or soundtrack CD.

Listened to part of the soundtrack from “The Commitments” today. If you love soul, it is sooooo good.

by sothball on May 7, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

100.3 is pretty good...sometimes it faulters with a Dave Mathews song or some crap like that, but overall it aint bad. I love a station that plays deep cuts.

I saw The Commitments as a kid, then re-visited it when I was in high school because I was getting into a lot of soul music. So I go to Tower, buy the cassette and then when I get in the car I quickly realize all the songs were by The Commitments. I had bought the soundtrack thinking it was going to be the original versions of all the songs they played. After owning the tape for roughly 5 minutes, I threw it out the window of my moving car.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

awesome red

I like it when a caller sings a song before they play it lol. Btw I see you are a clash fan as well!

NA 34

by blochead on May 8, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rev,

I was gonna make some snide comment about wearing glasses so thick that you could see into the future… and then I looked into the mirror.

Had a flattop, glasses (as well) and a porn star (undeserved) mustache.

I apologize for my original evil thoughts.

Ahhh, the eighties…..

by rmhalofan on May 7, 2009 10:48 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

My wife had the same...goggles? Damn they were huge.

The look on the Rev’s face is sort of “…send your tired, poor, huddled masses…I’ll kick their asses too!”

Dodgers…we don’t dodge nothin’.

by sothball on May 7, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Those are some pimp glasses

kinda makes you look like a hipster

NA 34

by blochead on May 7, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agree

Belongs in Silver Lake

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 7, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My son and I at Disneyland

My son is now 26…I was once 26, but that was so long ago.

What were we talking about?

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."

by WiHaloFan on May 7, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on May 7, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I coincidentally spent much of the 80s listening to the Burrito Brothers. It’s quite a blessing to have parents with good music.

Saving countless runs with my defense.

by Sam Miller OCR on May 7, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah i was born in the late 80's

so i’ve got nothing either.

but i am going to the game tonight!!

Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34

by howiestheman on May 7, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"i've got nothing either"?!

ugh… brain not functioning too well.

in any case, i don’t have any 80’s pics, as i was an infant. that was what i was going for.

Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34

by howiestheman on May 7, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would SO do this

but I don’t have my 80’s photos — which are not generally digitized and few in number anyway — readily handy.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on May 7, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i wish i had some of my 80's pics

on my new laptop… i was born in 83 and have an epic pic of me in a bombers helmet! awesome! gotta love the 80’s…

"Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. I mean, if you were having fun you would've caught that ball."

by wallispdub1 on May 7, 2009 11:48 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love 80s pop culture

I like to divide the 80’s up from 1980-1982, 1983, and then 1984-1989.

From what I have observed, it seems like the US in 1980, 1981, and 1982 (though here we begin to see some changes) were basically like 1978 and 1979 in terms of hairstyle (helmet hairdo for men seemed to still be popular), the use of orange and brown, and US Billboard Mainstream Pop music trends which for the most part seemed dominated by soft rock sprinkled with a few New Wave top 40 hits here and there (mostly from 1982), with synths and drum machines not yet ubiquitous in US top 40 music.

1983 seems to be a transition year in US pop culture with New Wave finally becoming mainstream in the US.

1984 though is the first year IMO that seems to meet most people’s conceptions of what the 1980s is in terms of music (lots of synths, drum machines, hair metal bands like Ratt and Twisted Sister), fashion, and dress.

I am probably wrong, but that’s what I have observed through attempting to study 80s pop culture.

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 7, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The next thing I can feel coming on is the 90's nostalgia...ughhh

My problem with it is that the nostalgia is just so empty…like grasping for something that’s not there. I’ve had two separate groups of friends lately that had two different 90’s themed parties, as well as a bar I know of having a 90’s night now. I gripe that most of the funny, kitschy nostalgia they are harkening back to is really just from 90-92/93…i.e. stuff that was held over from the end of the 80’s. Their idea of 90’s nostalgia is really taking it’s cues from 1988.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fan from day one…

www.bestbeatingheart.com

by BrentSchmidt on May 7, 2009 12:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I had the same look on my face...

… In October of 2002…

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hall & Oates

In the video for “Family Man”, I believe one of the kids is wearing an Angels hat

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 7, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bingo

I remembered seeing that also.

Alway thinking he looked like Mike Witt without the stache.

by eyespy on May 7, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jimmuscomp chiming in..

That’s me on the right, circa 1991. I don’t see any pics on my CPU from the 1980’s…

The other guy is Dave Deroo – he went on the become the bass player in Adema and played in a band with Jonathan Davis from Korn around this time as well…

RIP Nick...

Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home

by jimmuscomp on May 7, 2009 2:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ehhh

Grungy, funky rock…

Pearl Jam meets the Red Hot Chili Peppers meets Soundgarden meets ???

RIP Nick...

Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home

by jimmuscomp on May 7, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey now...

… Pavement and the Pixies came out of that Era

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+10 to you all

for the pixies and frank black/black francis talk on HH

NA 34

by blochead on May 7, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing in the world better than Frank Black, but I saw him at Detroit about a year ago and the shit sound in that place does not do well for him. It was a very disappointing show.

Saving countless runs with my defense.

by Sam Miller OCR on May 7, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, a Pavement fan from the NW? No way!

i was more referring to Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Candlebox crew…

Do it for Nick '09

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on May 7, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know...

.. A rarity. Almost as rare as a PDX bar having PBR on tap…

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha....are you in Portland? I think I asked that once...

Bees playing the Beavers for a 4 game series starting Friday. Im going to at least two of the games and Im making a sign that reads:

“Wood 3:16”

Do it for Nick '09

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on May 7, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually leaving for Las Vegas tommorow...

Can’t pass up the opportunity to gamble on a halos-royals series.

P.S.

Things Ive learned from vegas via Halos Heaven:
1. Diet Coke will mix with anything
2. Pattimelt is a slot-playing machine
3. The Hilton Sportsbook Customer Service is lacking…
4. The Rev is not afraid to hit on 17.

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

correction

#2. Pattimelt will win ANYTHING merely by standing by it. She’s the Most Interesting Woman of Winning

RIP Nick

by ladybug on May 7, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i stand corrected.

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1986-1989

My career as a scrappy 1st baseman for the Fresno-Sierra Little League Angels began my love for the Halos.

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 2:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i guess we are both lucky

that they kicked me out after junior year

by Rev Halofan on May 7, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rev, you've been kicked out of a lot of schools.

We need storytime with the Rev some off night.

Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.

by AlanFalcon on May 8, 2009 4:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

only six, big whoop.

by Rev Halofan on May 8, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prom Night!

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 7, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

girl you so fine, i'd drink your bathwater....

Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...

by Northwest on May 7, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I did the same (sort of).

My GF was in Sweden as an exchange student. So I went with a friend who’s BF was in boot camp.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on May 7, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boing...

I've got nothing.

by bc56274 on May 7, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crappy 80s music that the Big A can play for the Halos

“Broken Wings”
“Wind Beneath My Wings”

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 7, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm a Charter victim

I don’t even have the TV on.

In memoriam Nick Adenhart

by rspencer on May 7, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't show up in pictures in the '80s

I was going through this weird vampire phase.

I got better.

In memoriam Nick Adenhart

by rspencer on May 7, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

There was no need to point out it was 1989.

Those jeans tell that tale…

RIP Nick...

Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home

by jimmuscomp on May 7, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, what's wrong with oak?

I like oak tables. The oak trim on the couch and chair, however….

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on May 8, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

omg ...that is not you?!?!?!

the kids look like mine…one blondie, one brunette

RIP Nick

by ladybug on May 7, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What is it with kids and laundry baskets?

I swear I have a jillion pics of me and my brother in laundry baskets when we were tots.

Good lookin boys BTW!

RIP Nick Adenhart, #34

by Higz on May 7, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks!

I don’t know about the laundry baskets….but I remember climbing in them as a kid (or a large box). Instant car!!

RIP Nick

by ladybug on May 8, 2009 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kids...they always surprise you...

…we had a variety of toys for our kids…swing set, tree house, Ninja Turtles, Barbie stuff,cars, musical instruments and noise makers of all sorts. What did they have the most fun with?

Cardboard tubes! I had brought home 2 – 36" diameter tubes about 4’ long. I had intended to use them for a construction project. Well, they quickly found these tubes were great “interactive” toys. One would get inside and brace themselves inside the tube. The other would roll the tube till they hit the wall, planter, etc. The one in the tube would emerge a bit dizzy while the other giggled themeselves silly. Then they’d switch. Or they’d get in and get the tube rolling “hamster style”. Then that turned in to races….which was funny ‘cause they couldn’t see where they were going. These tubes turned out to be one of those rare toys that they actually shared and enjoyed.
I never did use the tubes for the project…I ended up with much better memories anyway!

by sothball on May 8, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't feel too bad...

…I look at photos from 20 years ago and say, “Ah the days when I had hair”.

by sothball on May 9, 2009 4:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh boy Photobucket

REV, you look exactly like danny masterson in that 70’s show hah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo

by ANewFoundThrice on May 7, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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