Cruel and Unusual Music

I've never been a big fan of the revival of 80s culture. It was a pretty barren decade, as far as I'm concerned. Maybe I'm particularly sour on the 80s because all my unpleasant adolescent experiences were jammed into it. I entered the decade at the age of 8 and left it at 18. A lot of crap happens between then and then and a person's life, and particularly in mine.

Despite my contrary wishes, I was forced to live through it, and I was thus exposed, Clockwork Orange-style, to the full gamut of 80s music. I just took an 80s music lyrics quiz -- found here -- and did surprisingly well (or at least better than you'd expect of someone who has blocked out most of the decade as an incessant series of traumas). In fact, my score entitles me to decorate Banality Fair with this lovely graphic:



(I cannot tell a lie, though: My wife helped.) Anyway, I/we got a 93.5. The score is age-adjusted, so you get extra points if you're from an age group that did not place you in 8th grade earth science class when the Challenger exploded. If you have a spare half-hour, check it out. Or, volunteer to feed the homeless or something. It's up to you.