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Thursday, October 4, 1984

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sound

Prince’s guitar is screaming through the static of my transistor radio, urging me to go crazy, but I’m just trying to keep it together while the news babbles about people locking their lives away in safe-deposit boxes. Between the screech of those new CD player demos and the heavy thud of construction down the block, the city feels like it's vibrating apart. I just handed over **$0.50** for a single loaf of bread, and honestly, the speed of these price hikes is anything but awesome. I adjusted my oversized sweatshirt, watching a kid frantically click a Transformer into a jet, wishing my own nerves could be rearranged that easily.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Let's Go Crazy

Prince and the Revolution

The must-have

Transformers

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

awesomebodaciouscheesychill

Valley Girl

as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally

Hip Hop

baddefdopeflyfreshword

Yuppie

greed is goodpower lunchnetworking

Catchphrases of 1984

  • Where's the beef?
  • I'll be back
  • Who you gonna call?

Tech Check

Apple Macintosh, CD-ROM & Flash Memory.

Style of 1984

Silhouette: Athletic and layered

Material: Spandex and sweat

  • Leg warmers
  • Headbands
  • Oversized sweatshirts

Cost of Living (1980)

Loaf of Bread

$0.50

Gallon of Gas

$1.19

Average Home

$47,200

New Car

$7,200

Time Elapsed

15,219 days ago

(41 years, 254 days)