http://dir.salon.com/topics/80s/?source=rss&aim=80s en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT By Mary Jo McConahay Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/20/latin_america/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/20/latin_america/index.html?source=rss Cardinal Ratzinger led the Catholic Church's efforts to quell Latin America's liberation theology movement in the 1980s. Now that he's pontiff, will he soften his stance? By Patrick Smith Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2004/07/01/zen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2004/07/01/zen/index.html?source=rss On the 20th anniversary of its release, Husker Du's landmark album "Zen Arcade" proves there was way more to '80s music than kitsch, camp and bad haircuts. By David Bowman Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/12/03/heads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/12/03/heads/index.html?source=rss A definitive new box set will proclaim the eclectic greatness of Talking Heads when the ugliness between David Byrne and Tina Weymouth has long been forgotten. By Shannon Zimmerman Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/11/25/rem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/11/25/rem/index.html?source=rss R.E.M.'s new career retrospective reminds you of the extraordinary cultural moment the band forged in the '80s -- and leaves you hungry for more. By Jeff Stark Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/08/09/party_people/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/08/09/party_people/index.html?source=rss This dizzying saga of the '80s Manchester music scene is garish, reckless, endlessly self-indulgent and totally untrustworthy. What a blast! By Chris Green Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/17/pac_man/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/17/pac_man/index.html?source=rss With its canary-yellow Everyblob hero, its masterfully simple design and its abstract realm where even death was a cheerful event, Pac-Man brought video gaming out of the bars and into the malls. By Laura K. Warrell Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/03/fight_the_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/06/03/fight_the_power/index.html?source=rss Public Enemy's explosive 1989 hit single brought hip-hop to the mainstream -- and brought revolutionary anger back to pop. By David Neiwert Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/14/independent_counsel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/14/independent_counsel/index.html?source=rss It didn't begin with the Clinton-smearing Arkansas Project. The solicitor general nominee's pattern of ruthlessness and deception began during his tenure in the Reagan administration. By Patrick Giles Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/11/18/tabula/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/11/18/tabula/index.html?source=rss In the mid-'80s, people with AIDS lived and died to Arvo Po?=rt's "Tabula Rasa." A new recording reprises music "like the motion of angels' wings." By Daniel Mangin Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/05/14/edge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/05/14/edge/index.html?source=rss "Edge of Seventeen," a film about coming out and of age in the early '80s, trumps the current crop of nice-guy gay films. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/02/26/reviewc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/02/26/reviewc/index.html?source=rss In '200 Cigarettes,' the nostalgic '80s new wave soundtrack is the star, but the love stories get lost in shuffle-play. By Gavin McNett Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/02/03/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/02/03/feature/index.html?source=rss Gavin McNett reviews Rhino's latest compilation, 'The Postpunk Chronicles' By Gina Arnold Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/02/26/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/02/26/sharps/index.html?source=rss By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/02/13/wedding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/02/13/wedding/index.html?source=rss Stephanie Zacharek reviews 'The Wedding Singer' directed by Frank Coraci and starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler By David Futrelle Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/11/14/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/11/14/media/index.html?source=rss The Robb Report for the Affluent Lifestyle brings back the avarice, the ostentation, the sheer Donald-ness of the '80s.