I was teaching the 12 year old girls to moonwalk in the neighborhood
I was 9. Got a lot of miles out of that trick that summer
I was teaching the 12 year old girls to moonwalk in the neighborhood
I was 9. Got a lot of miles out of that trick that summer
My son was born in November 83.
I remember watching Reagan's star wars ("SDI") speech when I was in middle school. I thought "game, set, match, Ruskies!!!"
1983 was an epic year from me because I got to go to my first rock concert. I saw Devo play at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. They did the first half of the concert on all electronic instruments in front of a big video screen. That was pretty crazy for 1983. Then, they took down the screen and played on regular guitars, keys and drums. Mark Mothersbaugh swung from the balcony on a rope down to the floor while singing Jocko Homo ("Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!") To this day, I have yet to see a live concert that was anything close to what these guys did.
No idea. I was 5 and moving from Boston to Miami.
M00000SIC wrote:
It was a great year for post-punk music. U2 released the Unforgettable Fire, and the Violent Femmes and REM released their first albums.
Definitely. I discovered U2 and REM that year.
Neil Young tried a punk phase with Tron. Saw him in concert, it was different.
Stray Cats
It was a good year for music.
Disco had recently died.
1983 was the year of the big match race at the Rotterdam Marathon between Alberto Salazar and Rob deCastella. This was a huge event in the world of distance running at the time. Salazar was undefeated in the marathon with four consecutive victories and also world record holder. Deek was second fastest ever and Commonwealth and soon-to-be World champion. I had a high school track meet that morning, and hurried home afterwards to catch the race coverage on tv (this was pre-vcr, at least in my family). ABC covered the race that day. Deek won, Alberto finished 5th. I was crushed - my childhood hero was human after all.
'83 was also the year of the first World Championships of Track & Field in Helsinki, Finland. Great tv coverage for that also. Those were the days.
I was in college in upstate New York. My fraternity team would play intramural hockey late at night, and then someone would pick up beers at the Price Chopper so we could drink them while playing music videos on MTV in the background.
Anyone in my fraternity could buy beers because the drinking age was 19, so only freshmen weren't old enough. I was at an engineering school, and things were looking really good for graduates because of how much money the Reagan administration was pumping into defense. Soon after hockey season ended, Reagan announced SDI, and that made our prospects all the better.
Lost my virginity. She ad lite blue panties. Her name was Jill, something.
Barabbas wrote:
1983 was the year of the big match race at the Rotterdam Marathon between Alberto Salazar and Rob deCastella. This was a huge event in the world of distance running at the time. Salazar was undefeated in the marathon with four consecutive victories and also world record holder. Deek was second fastest ever and Commonwealth and soon-to-be World champion. I had a high school track meet that morning, and hurried home afterwards to catch the race coverage on tv (this was pre-vcr, at least in my family). ABC covered the race that day. Deek won, Alberto finished 5th. I was crushed - my childhood hero was human after all.
'83 was also the year of the first World Championships of Track & Field in Helsinki, Finland. Great tv coverage for that also. Those were the days.
I was just thinking about that race.
riggins and the hogs won the super bowl
we bought our first house
my wife was diagnosed with cancer
1983 was the year 391 of the 837 finishers (males & females) at The Cal Ten broke 60 minutes on a certified course. (the Cal Ten is a ten mile race not a 10K.)
A flat and obviously fast loop course in Stockton.
My friends and I trained for it like you would for a marathon in order to win the sub 60 shirt. I just squeaked in (59:32). The DIPSEA gave out numbered shirts to the top 35 finishers (it has a staggered start per age & sex) and the Cal Ten gave out sub 50 & sub 60 shirts. I don't know if either race still continues the tradition.
I was 28, working at a law firm in LA. Was trying to buy a condo, mortgage interest rates were insane (16%). Lots of people with good jobs, making good money (in their 20s,30s,40s) were doing coke (watch movies like Bright Lights, Big City). LA was getting crank-up for the 84 Olympics. Everyone in LA said get of town for the Olympics because it was going to be unbelievable traffic jams (so you would be able to get to work) and that you could rent-out your house for $5000 a week to rich tourists. None of the bad stuff happened, Olympics the next year were a great time in LA (screw the Russians, who needs 'em) .
My dad took me to see Return of the Jedi on opening day. The line went around 2 blocks.
not a whiner wrote:
my wife was diagnosed with cancer
Was this caught early enough?
The Who was on its first ever Farewell World Tour.
Lorenzo Charles catches Dereck Whittenburg's air ball, slams it home, Valvano runs around looking for someone to hug.
T&F WC @ Helsinki...
Mary Slaney puts it to the Russians.
Carl Lewis (Willingboro HS grad) and Elliott Quow (then a Rutgers undergrad) give New Jersey a 1-2 finish in the 200.
Tiina Lillak's "Helsinki-wood" ending -
Star wrote:
The Sixers got Moses Malone for them to play center.
Malone, along with forwards Dr. J and Marc Iavaroni, shooting guard Andrew Toney, point guard Maurice Cheeks and 6th man Bobby Jones stormed the playoffs to win the NBA championships.
Moses was calling for "Fo, Fo and Fo" but they went Fo, Fi, Fo as they dropped a game to the Bucks in the second round before sweeping the Lakers in the final.
(That's all off the top of my head without a search)
I was playing a lot of Donkey Kong at the bowling alley that year along with Tempest and Defender.
Little Mo ,Big Mo, The Doctor, Andrew Toney, and Iavaroni, no baloney, Sixers all the way...
http://www.motheringhut.com/philadelphia_76ers.htmlStar wrote:
Was this caught early enough?
nope. she died two years later.
M00003 wrote:
Tell me something convincing about that year.
My birth certificate says I was born in 1983.