THE '80's IS FAR AWAY NOW
© 2000 Jan Koschinsky
I grew up in the 80īs! The 80īs been more political, more resisting...Demonstrations against everything: Atomic waste, atomic weapons, atomic threat. Thereīs been "The Day After", Save The Whales, Robin Wood...Itīs been the Greenpeace decade. Life Aid, Artists Against Apartheit, USA For Africa, whatīs the name of the "Do They Know Itīs 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 whatīs important to me and go on... I started RPGīs, got drunk the first time, had my very own first hangover, first car, first relationship, first sex, first seperation...The 80īs really had a lot of first times for me. Iīve 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 donīt we act like we did in the 80īs anymore?