what happened to most of the members of this message board?  i went back to some of the threads from last year and most of them havent posted for long periods, there used to be 20 or 30 replies to posts every day!!!    i guess they just  got bored?  im glad i found thei board to  share my input and great times i had in the 80's!

Maybe it goes in cycles, people get busy and have to cut something out, then regain the time and get back on board, like me. :-\\

People come and people go, life just goes on.

i was just curious why they seem to drop off after a while.

I like the 50s better,musically speaking.

I like the 50s better,musically speaking.
Long time passing?

People also changed their names/handles alot so what they used to post under, now they post under different names.

Nothing happened to my member!
:-\\

Nothing happened to my member!
:-\\


Glad (for you) to hear that it did not drop off.  :o  ;D

80's nostalgia is, sadly, fading.  :\'( That's your answer.

what happened to most of the members of this message board?  i went back to some of the threads from last year and most of them havent posted for long periods, there used to be 20 or 30 replies to posts every day!!!    i guess they just  got bored?  im glad i found thei board to  share my input and great times i had in the 80's!


My brand-new avatar ate them all.  :o :o :o

Hold me closer, Tony Danza!  Al-B's new avatar scares the crap outta me.  :o  ;D

what happened to most of the members of this message board?  i went back to some of the threads from last year and most of them havent posted for long periods, there used to be 20 or 30 replies to posts every day!!!    i guess they just  got bored?  im glad i found thei board to  share my input and great times i had in the 80's!


Into the '80s?
Wanna chat and share '80s memories?

You've come to the right member! (Not like Maxwell's member....um..... 8-P)
I consider myself one of the last true "living relics" of the 1980s.
Basically, when Whitney Houston made it big, I quit listening the radio on a regular basis.
Britney Spears finished me on music videos, just about.

-However, I do find I like Stakka Bo, and a few other "modern" bands.
For the most part, I am stuck in the '80s!

Glad (for you) to hear that it did not drop off.   :o  ;D

Nothing bad happened to it...nothing good happened to it either.
:(

I'm not "nostalgiac" for the '80s; it's just that after the '80s my interest in current entertainment/fashion trends dropped precipitously and never resurfaced.

My interests are now esoteric and obscure so it's difficult to find people to discuss them with. 

I hear people at work, some considerably older than I, go on about the latest breakout pop music stars and the hot new TV shows and I just draw a blank.  I'm clueless. 

My brother-in-law said I was a music snob, which I resented.  See, I saw something happen to a lot of Baby Boomers.  After their scene was over in the late '70s, they got stuck in an endless circuit of Stones, Dead, Dylan, Hendrix, Joplin, etc.  So when my scene ended in 1990 I knew I didn't want to just listen to Depeche Mode, New Order, the Cure, and the Smiths for the rest of my life, so I agressively pursued new interests, which ultimately progressed to classical/experimental musics.

Today's cinema doesn't interest me, so I rent classics, indie films, and documentaries from Netflix. 

I thought about getting acquainted with current popular entertainment for the same reason I've contemplated learning more about sports: To be able to converse with folks more easily.  But alas, it's too uninspiring. 
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_study.gif 

Nothing bad happened to it...nothing good happened to it either.
:(

I'm not "nostalgiac" for the '80s; it's just that after the '80s my interest in current entertainment/fashion trends dropped precipitously and never resurfaced.

My interests are now esoteric and obscure so it's difficult to find people to discuss them with. 

I hear people at work, some considerably older than I, go on about the latest breakout pop music stars and the hot new TV shows and I just draw a blank.  I'm clueless. 

My brother-in-law said I was a music snob, which I resented.  See, I saw something happen to a lot of Baby Boomers.  After their scene was over in the late '70s, they got stuck in an endless circuit of Stones, Dead, Dylan, Hendrix, Joplin, etc.  So when my scene ended in 1990 I knew I didn't want to just listen to Depeche Mode, New Order, the Cure, and the Smiths for the rest of my life, so I agressively pursued new interests, which ultimately progressed to classical/experimental musics.

Today's cinema doesn't interest me, so I rent classics, indie films, and documentaries from Netflix. 

I thought about getting acquainted with current popular entertainment for the same reason I've contemplated learning more about sports: To be able to converse with folks more easily.  But alas, it's too uninspiring. 
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_study.gif 

Wow, not exactly where I'm coming from but from the same ballpark.

That was the best description of my current state in todays pop culture world, having all the capabilities to be connected to it, but not having any reason or desire to be. Nowadays I have to look outside my past interests in the 80's to outside indie, underground, unknown and unpopular interests for stimulation, and I don't like to spend all my time trudging through nostalgia.  ;)