Welcome Class of ’88 – Virtual Reunion Tour
by Lela Davidson on June 5, 2008
in Uncategorized
I promised you a surprise! And here it is. I thought long and about whether or not to travel the thousands of miles to my twenty year high school reunion. I weighed the pros and cons, sketched out a budget, and consulted Classmates.com to see who I might see in August. In the end I decided that curiosity alone was not a strong enough motivator for me to make the trip.
The rub is that I’d gotten myself kinda psyched for all that 80s nostalgia and trips into Fondmemoryland with old friends. So I started thinking that I probably wasn’t the only one who wanted to enjoy a reunion without all the baggage and travel costs. Hence, the virtual reunion. Whether or not we went to high school together – or even lived in the same state – I’m willing to bet that those of us who graduated in 1988 have one or two things in common.
All summer I’ll be trying to recreate the 20-year-reunion experience here on After the Bubbly. But I need your help! I hope you’ll join in the fun and participate in the comments. And let me know what you’d like to see. (And yes, at some point, I’ll bust out the Big Hair Photo. Just don’t show anyone else!)
Even if you’re not from Sehome or the ‘Ham, you’re welcome here. Casual dress. RSVP unnecessary.
1988 in Music – Which Style Were You?
by Lela Davidson on June 4, 2008
in Uncategorized
Here’s a little mood music for a surprise I’ve been scheming up. Scroll through the lists and make sure to let us know where you fit!
A: On Every Radio:
2. Need You Tonight, INXS
3. Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison
4. Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley
5. Sweet Child O’ Mine, Guns N’ Roses
6. So Emotional, Whitney Houston
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Belinda Carlisle
8. Could’ve Been, Tiffany
9. Hands To Heaven, Breathe
10. Roll With It, Steve Winwood
B: Only for the sexy people:1. Peek-a-Boo, Siouxsie and the Banshees
2. Desire, U2
3. Beds are Burning, Midnight Oil
4. What’s On Your Mind?, Information Society
5. A Little Respect, Erasure
6. Suedehead, Morrissey
7. Route 66, Depeche Mode
8. Where Did I Go Wrong?, UB40
9. What I Am, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
10. Chains of Love, Erasure
C: Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Listen:1. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
2. Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Billy Ocean
3. Girl You Know It’s True, Milli Vanilli
4. Don’t Worry Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin
5. My Perogative, Bobby Brown
6. Sign Your Name, Terrence Trent D’Arby
7. You Got It (The Right Stuff), New Kids on the Block
8. One More Try, George Michael
9. Dirty Diana, Michael Jackson
10. Buffalo Stance, Neneh Cherry
