THE '80's IS FAR AWAY NOW

© 2000 Jan Koschinsky

I grew up in the 80´s! The 80´s been more political, more resisting...Demonstrations against everything: Atomic waste, atomic weapons, atomic threat. There´s been "The Day After", Save The Whales, Robin Wood...It´s been the Greenpeace decade. Life Aid, Artists Against Apartheit, USA For Africa, what´s the name of the "Do They Know It´s Christmas?"-projekt? Russia shots down a Korean jet. Sly is John Rambo. Some forgotten sect is committing a mass suicide. Elvis has been seen shopping near Raleigh...now, how did I get here? WHY? Oh, yeah! What did/does matter to me? It all comes down on my horizon. I got information, sort out what´s important to me and go on... I started RPG´s, got drunk the first time, had my very own first hangover, first car, first relationship, first sex, first seperation...The 80´s really had a lot of first times for me. I´ve been to the US for a few months... All impressions, experiences of my life - what did I learn? What did I get out of it? Is there some kind of morale? Why am I here? Why don´t we act like we did in the 80´s anymore?

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