Jeff Baxter

I’m hearing a lot of shit-talking about the ’80s out there, pal. Let me tell you something: there’s a reason I never left and there’s a reason you all keep coming back. The ’80s kicked ass. The music. The cars. The clothes. The nightlife. The attitude. The movies. The television. The neon. The excess. The danger. The freedom. The fact that everybody wasn’t staring into a damn phone every five seconds. You went out. You met people. You stayed out too late. You blasted music way too loud. You drove around with nowhere to go because the ride itself was the night. You had real characters, real style, real mystery, and enough bad decisions to keep things interesting. It wasn’t polished. It wasn’t safe. It wasn’t trying to please everybody. That was the point. And here’s the funniest part….you can talk all the shit you want about the decade, but you’re still wearing the clothes, remixing the music, rebooting the movies, copying the cars, stealing the aesthetic, and chasing the same vibe 40 years later. So yeah, pal. There’s a reason I never left. Anybody trashing the ’80s is either brain-dead, never experienced it, an absolute vibe killer, or just too much of a pussy to know how to have a good time. And on that note, your favorite fictional ’80s TV detective says… I’ll see you out there, pal. 🌴😎

Goodnight, pal.