Planned Parenthood is weeks away from throwing their annual 80’s Prom party. This is a follow up to last summer’s terrific bash at the
Satellite Ballroom. Here is our attempt at tickling them pink:
Have you ever:
- wanted to seduce a crush of yours by standing outside their house playing Peter Gabriel on a HUGE boom box?
- ignored the instructions of your hair gel and forgo the standard quarter-size squeeze for the entire bottle?
- hide a pair of neon-green leg warmers underneath your Lilly Pulitzer dress because you were scared of what the locals would think?
If you have no idea what the hell we are talking about, then you should totally go to the upcoming Planned Parenthood 80’s Prom Party:
8pm-2am Saturday June 14th at Old Michie Building on Market StSince you must be 21+ to get in, I would guess there will be liquor, lots of it. For questions, email 80sProm@ppav.org. To buy a ticket or become a sponsor, visit http://www.ppav.org/80sprom.html. Visit their facebook page here.
Here are some great 80’s movie clips to help you get in the mood, pick a wardrobe/big hairstyle and find out who your secret crush is:
Say Anything Boom Box Scene:
Long Duk Dong from 16 Candles:
Teen Wolf with Michael J. Fox (yes that is Spanish you are listening to)
Can’t Buy Me Love -where McSteamy got started. Wait for the 80’s “clap” at the end
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ah this party looks like fun, anyone go last year?
I. Am. So. Sick. Of. 80’s. Parties.
And I run . . . I run so far away.
I graduamated Very High School in ‘85, and I went to the prom. I saw Peter Gabriel live in ‘86. I never had neon green leg warmers, but I did have a pair of road-cone orange super-hightop Converse. Everybody tried to steal them. So, you all can go to what is likely to be an exact re-creation of my prom. I’m sure it will be very edumactional.
It’s for a good cause. If you’re sick of the 80’s, wear something else
The best part of this party will be that, after following the strong advice of all cvillains, there will be absolutely no remixing of the eighties songs, and all requests will be honored. Yes, even Milli Vanilli. It is how god intended eighties parties to be.
/mobious snark
OK. I consider myself borderline old, especially for an internet geek. I’m 30. My high school proms were in ‘94 and ‘95. My wife was born in the 80’s. I know she didn’t go to a prom then. I’m afraid this thing is gonna be all creepy older people.
I’m going to Saxx to see the Moses.
@6 i don’t think so. last year it was a pretty solid mid-20s group, and i don’t expect this year to be any different.
Thor, when I click the “tickets” link, I get “page not found”
Thor, when I click the “tickets” link, I get “page not found”
Thats because there was no javascript in the eighties. Its authentic.
I’m afraid this thing is gonna be all creepy older people.
As a creepy older person myself, I take umbrage with your disdain.
/my prom was in 85. geezer cred!
Thor, the link for tickets leads to a Paypal Page Not Found, and you must have a facebook account & be logged in to see their facebook page.
d’oh! Odie beat me to it. Must be because I’m an old geezer. I’m getting old in my slow age.
@7: I’m pretty sure the entire party will be people from the C-ville Drinking Club
The idea that a C-ville Drinking Club(CDC) even exists strikes me as hilarious. I thought all of Charlottesville was a drinking club.
@15: Ditto.
hmm.. just go here to buy tickets:
http://www.ppav.org/80sprom.html
I. Am. So. Sick. Of. 80’s. Parties.
The annoying thing about so-called 80s parties is that they usually consist of a bunch of twentysomethings showing their homage to…the early 90s. Example: slap bracelets.
/yes I am the grumpiest old man who was born in 1982.
I do think we need cVillain slap bracelets!
@18: Disagree. The annoying thing is people not being able to come up with good party themes. “The 80’s” is played the fuck out. I am sick of everyone screaming for 80’s music at the bar. I am over people thinking bringing back stupid-looking clothing is great. FFS. Yeah, bringing back the 80’s was fun for like, a year or so. “Ooh it’s like when we were kids– oh the nostalgia” “Haha, look at the ridiculous stuff we wore- hahaha”
Let’s face it. Your costume makes you look retarded and the music is bad. Wheee!
I have never seen anyone who lived through the 80s at any of the 80’s nights at Three. I drive past the frat houses and they are blasting Pat Benatar. As if… These are the people who danced to Wannabe and Ironic at their first school dances. College kids: start acting your age. Your nostalgia should be filled with Nelly and Tupac, not Cyndi Lauper.
I agree with 20. Why is it that there are so many 80’s parties, a few 70’s parties, but never any 90’s parties? Isn’t 8 years out long enough for the corporate nostalgia machine to start kicking in?
and the music is bad.
Especially dance music… all tinny and synthed out. Its like there was no bass at all in the eighties. There were a few highlights, but everyone with a casio-tone was droppin singles like it was a peeler bar. Its a pity there are such strong advisories against remixing it though, otherwise it could be updated and improved. Ah well.
/i should talk, i’ll bet folks here my audio lunacy and think the same thing… thump thump thump.
no remixing please. I’m going to this party to dance to my favorite songs, not to hear 8-minute versions of them with Japanese technopop dropped in the breakbeats.
Nothing worse than singing out loud to your fave song then all of a sudden it changes up. Except planning out a sweet routine to your favorite song then having your move busted by a remix.
@ 22 - 90’s parties are the epitome of gloriousness. I made the music mix for an annual 90’s house party for my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years at UVa, and I still have the mixes, because they are awesome. The best costumes involved JNCO jeans, Airwalks, oakleys, and wallet chains.
25: I think that’s maybe why 90’s parties aren’t as popular yet. the outfit you described could be worn today and no one would think you’re in period costume. Our clothing is still kinda similar to what it was in 1998.
What would a 90s outfit look like? I grant you, the early 90s is totally its own era. When I watch Saved by the Bell now it looks totally dated and I can totally come up with period costumes. But late 90s circa Alanis and Spice Girls, not so much.
http://thererack.com/blog/2007/04/06/
@ 24 I totally agree! The unfamiliar is scary!
When I play out, I usually pass out flyers beforehand. They contain all the titles, tempos, durations and lyrics for the next 2.5 hour show, that way people can plan out everything in advance. Of course I would like them to submit lists of their potential dance partners and floor locations in advance, but few ever do. Nothing worse than having a sweet dj move liking pointing out a request and not knowing where the person is on the dance floor.
Of course this makes the event a lot more like catholic school midterms, than a spontaneous dance party, And of course it would probably be easier to just listen to the radio or a cd, but hey I think the pros out waeigh the cons. Can’t let those japanese technopop bitches look up our skirt and see our spontaneity.
/srsly, I respect your opinion, but I simply just cannot understand the appeal of homogeny & predictability
oo-kay. I think I’ve just been jumped into this gang
@26 Spice Girl outfits aren’t costume-y enough?
http://beattrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/spice_girls.jpg
srsly, I respect your opinion, but I simply just cannot understand the appeal of homogeny & predictability
All depends on how well it’s done.. I went to OXO 1-2 months ago, and the music there was changing every 30 seconds. As soon as you’d start to get a good beat going — next song. It really, really sucked.
That was DJ XSV and that’s his thing.
People with ADD love it. Others not so much.
different strokes, different folks.
/also i am old
Hi 80sSpice.. be careful. We are a pack of wolves, only less organized, half vegetarian, mac loving and inebriated.
Welcome to the party! It is the internet afterall, so make sure you snark, have fun and don’t get offended!
P.S. B’YO is right. If you want predictability, get an IPOD and hit play. My IPOD PLAY LIST IS BETTER THAN YOUR PLAY LIST.
anyway…some sources for ideas for 90’s-themed costumes and parties might be:
Early 90’s:
Saved by the Bell
Blossom
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Pretty Woman
Dazed and Confused (which was 70’s)
CLERKS! (this is a good one)
90210
Melrose Place
Seinfeld
In Living Color
Star Trek, TNG
Late 90’s:
Spice Girls
Pokemon
Trainspotting
South Park
Dawson’s Creek
Party of Five
Friends!
Star Trek, DS9
why am I writing all this? I’m going back to work now
I just realized it’s a prom theme too. Even worse than the 80’s theme. So it’s a benefit to help girls who need birth control/abortions where the theme is the one night most chicks in high school were having premarital unprotected sex? Magical.
oo-kay. I think I’ve just been jumped into this gang
I hope so, and I hope you stick around! Differing opinions is good. I get snarky (sometimes), but I would much rather yak with someone who has differing opinions that preach to the choir. And like I said, I just don’t understand why people wouldn’t want something different or new or unexpected when they go out. Especially if you paid to see a person play you music and dance with your friends. Why oh why, would someone just want to hear the same shit on their iPod only louder? I can see it with musicians performing a song you love live, but with dj’s? It just makes no sense to me.
music there was changing every 30 seconds
Comfort range for me is 3-7 minutes (8-10 if I have to pee) I try to do the long slow tempo arc a few times a night. Kinda keeps things moving.
I promise I will try to not play any eighties remixes tonight, in honor of our new spicy gang member and vanillavy. Of course that means I will have to play no eighties at all, which may be challenging.
Oh and free cd’s at the cafeteria tonight while they last (there aint many, but there will be more friday)! I finally finished “Burnt Poptarts” which is a dozen of the most requested songs this year. It looks like this [Hide your eyes spicy and vanilla, these are ALL remixes…]
Burnt Poptarts.
01 little miss obsessive - ashlee simpson - dave aude club mix
02 way i are - timbaland - tony azradon club mix
03 feedback - janet jackson - jody den broeder remix
04 gimme more - britney - kaskade klub extd mix
05 no one - alicia keys - lenny b club mix
06 break the ice - britney - lenny b club mix
07 pocket full of sunshine - natasha bedingfield - stonebridge club mix
08 low - flo•rida - tyler nelson club mix
09 dont stop the music - rhianna - jody den broeder club mix
10 love in this club - usher - stonebridge club mix
11 u and your hand - pink - bimbo jones club mix
12 lovestoned - justin - glittertrix mix
34: lol. very appropriate
35: you give away free CD’s? that’s pretty nice. where’s the cafeteria?
Cafeteria = Escafe
@35: Friends don’t let friends burn poptarts…oh wait. I just got it. Brilliant!
@38: Noobs!
Its the Hump Day Bump at ass-cafe*! Dance on tables! Become amazingly inebriated on cocktails of fabulosity! Dance on the bar! Listen to something you have never heard! Tell the dj he is a snarky asshole who has no idea how to run the show! Request “the pink song”! Cop a pose and act like you know! The cafeteria is your motherfucking oyster baby, best slurp on it.
The last few wednesdays have been packed late night, and with the weather cooling a bit, and there being nothing else to do, I have high hopes for tonight. And yes, I have probably given away 5,000 cd’s in the last four years, all free, all for fun. I go through through cd drives like most folks go through cd spindles. Mixtapes for loved ones - good. Mixtapes for strangers - better.
(*escafé, 11-2, free, 21+)
35: I’m grown, so I actually don’t listen to music that often at all. When I was a kid I listened all the time. The appeal for any retro night for me is to hear songs I, in fact, *haven’t* heard for a long time. To dance along to those songs that I know like the back of my hand, but I haven’t looked at the back of my hand for a long time. I also don’t go out too often, so it’s not like I get the experience of a dance party all the time. It’s a real comfort and pleasure to me to take advantage of the rare opportunity to dance to songs I like. I’m sure it’s different for you because you’re a DJ and you’re out in nightclubs for a living. I’m never, ever out, so it’s the flip for me.You may hear Let’s Go Crazy every week, but I haven’t danced in public to that song in a really long time.
Even if I did listen to music in my Ipod all the time (which I don’t get to do), it’s different than dancing to it in a club at high volumes with high alcohol and friend content. That is a rare, rare and wonderful treat for me.
To me, an ideal 80’s party is like that moment when you’re in a club or bar, you hear a song that makes you say “oh that’s my JAM!” and you get up from the barstool and start dancing….but multiplied by 20. Every other song is “your jam.” You love that song and you mime a little video of it on the spot and maybe your girl joins you. And you laugh and laugh and laugh. What’s not fun is being in the middle of your groove and you get jam-us interruptus when the song is remixed or ended early.
I mean…it’s simple marketing right? You say “80s Prom”. So it’s the customer expectation that they will get 80’s music in high-school prom style, right? Maybe not 80’s music in 2008 hip nightclub style?
You can get too old for music? If that’s the case, I’m going to Neverland.
/with Peter Pan not Michael Jackson
See now, that makes perfect sense! I get it. Thank you.
I doubt very strongly if they will be playing any remixes at the prom party, so it sounds like it will be right up your alley. That dj is pretty damn good and will undoubtedly have 90% of the stuff you crave.
you’re a DJ and you’re out in nightclubs for a living
Hah! The dj thing is a fun hobby, and a way to cope with the cost of living. Really, I am a socially maladjusted part time single father of two who works in a cube 50 hrs a week and is probably older than you. I collect my little pony dolls and have a life size inflatable bea aurthur doll in my velvet lined closet that I like to dress in WWII uniforms and 8th century poetry to. OK, I made that last bit up. But anyway, I will rock tonight as best I can and then be in my office by 8 am, looking like living death and hoping I didn’t post anything on this board at 3 am. Just so we are clear.
i know, right? it’s just that when I was a kid I listened to music like every single day like it was prayer. but now i don’t even listen to it in the car because I have such a short commute. I’ll put a CD in and it’ll be a month before it finishes. Talking on the phone in the car has replaced listening to music (please don’t bash, I phone hands-free).
I used to work in a place with light rock pumped in. I don’t work there anymore thank heaven. Nothing against light rock except 8 hours a day of any radio/satellite station can wear on you. Thank heaven I now work in an office with no music. My most regular source of music now is body pump class. I know…grown people stuff.
post 46 was to #44
45: oic. wait…I thought *you* were the DJ for the 80s prom…did I misinterpret?
If I had to sit in an office and listen to light rock all day every day, I wouldn’t like music either. Luckily, I have iTunes and the internet and am free to listen to whatever I wish.
Nope. No one ever asks me to do things like that, which is ok, cause i probably would suck at it. We (the freaks) have eked out our own fun, for free and on the fringes.
music like every single day like it was prayer
like a little one?
were you down on your knees?
did it take you there?
/just warming you up.
@ 30 THANK YOU, I hate that too. What’s wrong with this DJ? Is it the same one every time? I had this experience at OXO but at other places as well. So annoying.
Also, I am not a fan of the 80ies either, but as was said before it’s a good cause and like every theme party there will be people who dig it and who will have fun and then there are those who don’t. Not sure it’s a reason to be as outraged as some seem to be…
last year, I dressed up as an 80something, but most people just thought I was dressed as Andy Warhol… maybe I should’ve rocked some Depends or something.
@18 wikipedia also says this: “In the late 1980s, “slap bracelets” — flat, felt-covered metal strips that curved around one’s wrist when gently hit against it — were a popular fad.” i remember them from the 80s because they banned them in my elementary school.
speaking of 80s remixes, this makes me kinda pukey.
the old strawberry shortcake was “too ditzy” so they made a new one that “spends her time chatting on a cellphone”?!
ah yes, “magic earring ken.”
hat’s wrong with this DJ?
Nothing. There is a difference between “turntablism” and doing club stuff with blends,beat matching and whatnot. Turntablism may not be your cup of tea, but there are lots of variations, and people are doing some amazing stuff with it. I offer this humble example as a range of what’s possible:
Birdy Nam Nam from france.
Basically, taking very small snippets and phrases of other music and creatingan entirely new composition.
DJ AM from Los Angels (i think)
Taking larger chunks of more popular songs and rocking a fat long set.
I understand how it might be frustrating if you don’t understand the goal, but it is very, very hard to do, much harder than anything I ever do. Anyone that even attempts it live has my respect, for sure.
@54: word. And for those of you smart, busy people who don’t click every link, let me just copy the worst paragraph:
“It’s a terrible world, and modern parents are trying to cocoon their kids as much as possible,” said Alfred R. Kahn, chairman of 4Kids Entertainment, which also manages franchises like Pokémon and the Cabbage Patch Kids. “What better way to protect them than wrapping them in nostalgic brands?”
@ 51 Oooh thats an excellent idea! Let’s have an “eighties party” where everyone dresses up like they’re IN their eighties! Prune Martinis! Walkers! Canasta!
Of course we couldn’t have it on a lawn, we’d be told to get off it.
/thor, admins… get on this idea, its gold I tells yah!
And now people are dissing Canasta?
@ 51/56 I guess this kind of party would find me enjoying the music, the food, and the passtime a little too much to still be tolerated on this site…. (assuming 80 year-olds still listen to what they liked in their 20ies)
I want to challenge the Charlottesville Drinking Club to a piss-a-thon. Basically it is a drinking event where everyone pays a cover charge say $5, and the beer/wine is FREE. The restrooms are monitored and the first person to go and take a piss loses and from then on you have to pay for your drinks…. Cvillains vs CDC.Game on?
We can make sure everyone has some asparagus before hand to make sure the results are unequivocal.
NOT IT for checking on the losers.
/Finger to side of nose
@58
Bladder busters are awesome.
Stupid fire codes…. always trying to ruin all of the fun.
Donk… enlighten me…fire codes??
There was a bar back home that would hold a true bladder buster where the entry/exit doors were locked and the bathroom doors were locked. It wasn’t just a matter of opening the bathroom door when someone finally caved…. they had to go find the keyholder and be openly ridiculed throughout the procession back to the bathroom. Drinks were a quarter a piece for the duration of the bladder buster (draft beer & rail liquor), but it all went back to normal operations after someone finally broke the seal.
When the fire dept found out about people being locked in the bar, that was pretty much the end of it.
Well I have to say I agree…. although in the event of an unplanned combustion occurring, there would have probably been enough piss on hand(literally) to put it out pretty sharpish.
I went to one and there were people wearing Depends and Pampers…. seriously competitive bunch of bastids and the lass that ‘broke the seal’ was for EVER after referred to as “That’s her that spoiled the Piss-a-Thon”.
@55 Hey Yo! I loved birdy nam nam. Thanks for sharing
@ 46
Talking on the phone hands free = I don’t need birth control I use the withdrawal method
Catholic families are too big & you ain’t safe
Worse yet, neither am I
Donk, you were a Classic City kid, right? what bar was that?
Hey Yo! I loved birdy nam nam. Thanks for sharing
Yes. I love them. Learned about them from this incredible website:
http://aurgasm.us/
ooof, I am giving away all my secret music sites. ssshhh! keep this tip between you, me and the internet. still, this site is awesome for learning about stuff you will like, but do not know about yet. trust me on this one.
enjoy, and be prepared to buy a bigger iPod.
(seriously after about four years, Im approaching a terrabyte of just music- gah!)
@18 wikipedia also says this: “In the late 1980s
Well now I’m curious. Do you have a link? Here it says:
And I want to know if I’m allowed to be righteously outraged or not, dammit.
@57 You posted this around 6pm, and I bet Bang!, Ten, Oxo, et al. already have prune-tinis on their drink menu. It certainly wouldn’t be called a “Firecrotch” — needs a much more regular name than that.
@69 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracelet
The slap bracelet was a POPULAR FAD among children, pre-teens and teenagers IN the early 1990s and was available in a huge number of then-popular patterns and colors. [my emphasis.]
might have been popular in the 1990s, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist in the 1980s. for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercolor/ says hypercolor shirts were made from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. i remember them from the 90s (my bff wore one on the first day of 7th grade), but i am not arguing they existed in the 80s.
if it makes you feel any better, VH1 includes them in “i love the 90s.” possibly because there is so much other stuff to make fun of the 80s for, & in the 90s all you had was people dressing like lesbians.
@67
I hope you’re a girl, because I’m in love with you for Athens affiliation alone.
Yes.. I absolutely spent many afternoons and early evenings in Classic City. Cliched as it may be, I can’t argue with a drink special. That whole strip really… I don’t think I’m allowed in Flanagans anymore.
As far as the place that ran the bladder buster, I don’t remember which bar it was at the time, but it ran through a variety of ownership over a 6 year or so span. 5th Quarter at one point, I think AMF was another one… I didn’t keep track. All I knew was that to get any sort of edge in that town you had to have some crazy drink specials, and by that rule, you were at last temporarily my favorite bar.
*at LEAST temporarily…
yes, I’m a girl, but a girl who generally hung out on the opposite side of town. Engine Room, the Manhattan, flicker… drinks are so damn cheap in that town! Still are, actually, based on recent visits. If I ever meet you, we can bond and swap Stipe stories.
hah.. I’m sure that we all have a few of them.
Yeah, I generally chased the cheap drinks, which is a full time job in that town. I actually frequented the engine room/40 watt side of town quite a bit as well. If nothing else, I can thank Athens for giving me an incredibly diverse base of friends. I don’t remember the Manhattan or flicker, but they may have been before/after my time. Or… I may have been there every Thursday, because I don’t remember Thursdays.
At least we can agree that Little Italy is the greatest place in the world for a slice of deep dish and a 74 cent beer?
oh indeed, sir, indeed. and thanks for this chat, I was feeling all left out when the hokies were discussing their Rail craziness earlier this week. I went to college, too!
@76: mc, you should never feel left out. Just because us Hokies have ridiculous drinks that we all had 8 too many of doesn’t mean your school wasn’t fun too.
My drunk ass would love to hear some Stipe stories, I was never in Athens or B’burg…either way, drink chasers are in the pantheon of heroes.
/fun is fun, fair is fair. Long live Billie Jean.
Donk and mc should bone.
B’yo! I need burnt poptartz, please mail to me!!!!
/purrty please.
If you email me your addy, I would be happy to drop a couple copies in the post for you. Do you want me to wait until the overly clever cover is printed or do you just need the goods? The mixes are pretty clean and the tracks are tried and true, you will not be disappointed. Would you like the other recent mix as well? Not many hits (only one madonna song) but its pretty good. I find house music on headphones is awesome for housework… maybe thus the name?
/fellow domesticon!
I want to play it in my coffeeshop, just the goods is fine, I ain’t gotta have no cover.
email incoming.
i’ll wear my bill cosby costume
83: I predict jell-o puddin’ pops!
/ew, no, not like that
@ 82 within this month, I will be setting up a blog where I will post everything I have ever mixed. I offered to do it as a weekly installment on the muse side, but like all things internet, they totally ignored me. I have way over 40 full length cd’s done, from trip hop grooviness to dance disco salaciousness. when my little name goes red, you will know its time to start them downloading engines. I am just trying to figure out the best format to make it lovely. In the mean time I will hook you up with a box of poptarts
sorry spicy bear, your complacence has bred my independence. see ya on the flip side! blog on!
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I wish I were going to be around on Saturday nite as I would love to go to this
I am an 80s girl, more of the alternative 80s girl, but 80s nonetheless!
Lisa…. I looked through some of your stuff… very awesome but the stuff of nightmares too… I like muchly ( I hate cats but that gray one was ultra sweet)
Floozy - hehe thanks! Glad you found some you enjoyed. And yea, my style is pretty wide but I enjoy the horror genre the most
Thanks again!
I hope Caroline doesn’t stumble upon you…. you will be schmooozed within an inch of your life if she sees catches sight of you. :))
/Caroline is resident flirt for gorgeous girlies such as thee.
you rang…..
/meoooooow lisa
i pop 1 girls cherry at myt prom
well… at least it was relevant.
@92 Mike…. please publish your contact details immediately. All the hot gorgeous chicks on the site are clamoring to hook up with you, classy dude that you are. Girls, form an orderly line … you will be serviced by MP in due course.
/wtf
floozayyyys my prom date
Ha ha ha C…. I imagine he converted you there and then?
it was the funniest when floozy called somebody classless.
Well that was uncalled for Parlie. Next time you come to my house asking me to do that freaky anal massage thing with the red Power Ranger action figure, I am charging you full price. No more concessions for Parlie-Boy from now on.
How’dya like them apples?
LOL! You are too kind! That could be interesting
And puuurr to you caroline!
90’s parties are coming back soon, according to my girlfriend’s friend, who went to one.
I’ve barely even changed since the 90’s
@98 floozy, let’s agree that we’re both dickheads, and move on.
@100 i know, i haven’t even taken of my JNCOs! man those things are fucking sweet. i can’t believe i don’t get laid more at all the raves i go to. pacifier necklace.
um…no thread on the 80s prom aftermath with pics?
102: Those two weirdos who were from the future took a bunch of pictures, but since the pictures were in the past, their camera melted. Way to go, futuredudes.