August 1987

August 19

Something terrible happened. No, not my parents’ 14th anniversary, a happening for which I am grateful. No, it is this: I went to the home of Craig W———, a fellow two grades and years senior to me. Craig had an Atari 2600 game console, and I played it. This is the terrible thing. It introduced me to gaming, and there was a period of several months when I could think of little else - at least in my memory - and I remember a sense of despondency and lost hope that I would ever attain a system such as an Atari or Commodore 64. We had nothing. And I knew we never would, that all was lost. This is the day I discovered video games, and for a brief period of time it seemed like that was the gateway to my future. I loved it so much and could have spent hours playing, had I had one. Sadly, I did not, and tragically, eventually my interests moved to other things and I was never able to immerse myself fully in a gaming lifestyle, a happening which surely would have led to many wonderful and beautiful things in life. But you move on, or try to.

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Essential Films of 1987

Favorites

A Fish Called Wanda
Adventures in Babysitting
Broadcast News
Die Hard
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning Vietnam
Hoosiers
House of Games
Lethal Weapon
No Way Out (Costner ‘80s spy thriller)
Predator
The Princess Bride
Raising Arizona
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Untouchables (Costner’s other 1-2 punch knockout of ‘87)
Wings of Desire

Honorable mention

The Lost Boys
Moonstruck
Robocop
Roxanne
The Running Man
Wall Street

All ages

Leonard Part 6

Guilty pleasures

Angel Heart
Fatal Attraction
Leonard Part 6

Holiday

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Want to see

Au Revoir, les Enfants
Babette’s Feast
Empire of the Sun
Goodbye, Children (Au revoir les enfants)
The Last Emperor
The Monster Squad
Near Dark
Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter)
The River’s Edge
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Withnail and I

Not worth the time

this

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Essential music of 1987

Albums

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Honorable mention

coming soon

The greatest songs of 1987

Animal by Def Leppard
Here It Comes - The Stone Roses
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses
Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
With or Without You by U2

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1987 Playlists by Month

January

Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Here It Comes - The Stone Roses

February

I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

March

April

Animal - Def Leppard

May

June

July

August

Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses

September

With or Without You - U2

August

September

October

November

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For You - U2

December

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