it seems that oakley is using it's advertising from the 8o's to get us to buy their products. is this what we really want to see? how foolish we really looked back then. i remember wanting to get some of these glasses 'cause they were "soooooo cool!" but then i wanted the frogskins, oooohhhhh, those were the coolest. is this what we are going back too? big hair, tube tops (oh wait, those are still around), etc, etc. . .

if you are thinking this is an old ad, it's not. circa oct 2oo5 - surfing magazine. i'm eyeing kelly slater on the cover right now.

maybe it's not a bad thing. bringing back the cool retro, but the 8o's, c'mon. . .what came out of the 8o's that's worth going back there for? jelly braclets (those are already here). besides the great music (INXS, the cure, petshop boys, OMD, depeche mode, newOrder, oingo boingo, midnight oil, modern english, information society and much much more. oh, and of course, the good stuff by U2), what else came out of the 8o's. yeah sure, reagan took office (RIP gipper), but look who took office after that. and what kind of music did we have? angst filled grundge. i don't think i'm pulling parallels out of the sky.

maybe i'm wrong. bring on the neon. . . . !