Back in 2006, when the world was still new and full of wonderment, the gang at Stuck in the '80s recorded a podcast on the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It's the standard-bearer of movies about Thanksgiving - in the…
Back in 2012, I interviewed Dennis DeYoung for my Stuck in the ’80s podcast. I had grown up in the late ’70s and early ’80s as a Styx fan, and if you told the 12-year-old version of me that one…
For 13 years, the award-winning Stuck in the 80s blog has been hosted and supported by the amazing group of journalists and managers at the Tampa Bay Times. That will change in a few weeks. The new home of the…
Against all odds, Phil Collins is back on the road with a North American tour this year, and our longtime friend and Stuck in the ’80s correspondent “Bassnote” caught Phil’s show in Chicago. Here’s his review:
I have to start out by saying I had mixed feelings about going to this show. On one hand, it was my daughter’s first (and probably only) time to see him. On the other hand, having seen the spry Phil of the ’80s many times (with and without Genesis), I felt I was going to be let down by the fact that he would be sitting in a chair the entire show. It was true that Phil was not as active as he was in the past, but his ability to keep an audience entertained had not waned a bit.
Our Montreal correspondent and Canadian concert reviewer Peter Ryan was in the UK this weekend and experienced what he called one of the '80s shows he's ever seen. He even took time out to pose with Level 42. Here's his…
Something weird happened to me this weekend: I found a bunch of flicks from the '80s on Amazon Prime that I hadn't seen in years and re-discovered why I loved the decade so much in the first place. In all…
Have you seen the documentary We Are Twisted F***ing Sister yet on Netflix? No matter what you thought of the band prior to now, this flick will surprise you. It will change your mind about everything you thought about Dee…
Director Ron Howard was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday night to promote his new Star Wars movie Solo. Hey, that was nicely timed for May the 4th Be With You! Howard told Colbert the story behind how…
I've always maintained the late '80s are an era unto itself, bearing little in resemblance to the earlier years of the decade. Nowhere is that obvious in 1988 than at the box office. The top movie of the year (at…
Did you miss out on the 2018 voyage of The 80s Cruise? Wanna know what you missed? Check out this amazing recap video of this year's cruise, produced by our colleague Curtis Lanclos. And don't miss the 2019 trip featuring…