Arlington, VA: Mullets, mullets, mullets...
It seems like only yesterday that the five pretty boys from Duran Duran sliced through the seas of the South of France on their Bond-worthy yacht, fruity umbrella drinks poised in one hand, cans of paint ready to drizzle over their scantily-clad boating companions.

Yet the mini-masterpiece of "Rio" debuted to public view in 1982. 25 years ago. My God. Far too long to go between viewings of Asia's 16-screen, painfully literal video interpretation of "Heat of the Moment" or the summer-stock-quality Renn Faire romp of the Safety Dance. (Although Montgomery County's juror education video certainly pays homage - e.g. "Our legal system has evolved since dunking peasants, and, thanks to your tax dollars, we're going to dress up in corsets and tights to show you why." Maryland's key, PC difference: the people in jester gear are not little people.)

All this big-screen nostalgia at The State Theater Saturday was just warm-up for 80s cover band The Legwarmers - a sold-out (no, really) show. (We had to negotiate tickets from a scalper.) About 8-10 singers, guitar-players, percussionists, doo-wop men and a keyboardist (all hail the golden age of Yamaha) took to the stage to sing everything from Madonna to Prince to Poison. It was a tough act to pull off - particularly to an audience of young pups who'd been conceived in the decade being celebrated. But they pulled it off, admirably - and they're coming back for a repeat performance December 15.

The 1980s...Yep, that's when music had a melody. When a man could wear a Members Only jacket and pleated pants with insouciance, and a woman's bangs could proudly soar from her forehead. When music videos delighted our senses and either affirmed or challenged our own mental imagery from what we heard on the radio.

Please, MTV, get that Laguna Beach gar-bahge off the air and bring back the music.