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Old 03-01-2013, 11:16 PM
 
Location: the Beaver State
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I was making the point that 1989 was an important year because the Berlin Wall came down that year. Nothing Portland-centric about the comment, other then as a pivotal point in human history.
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Old 03-02-2013, 12:22 AM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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I was making the point that 1989 was an important year because the Berlin Wall came down that year. Nothing Portland-centric about the comment, other then as a pivotal point in human history.
I know, my brain was just being silly.

Maybe something of note did happen in 1989.
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Old 03-02-2013, 01:43 AM
 
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I know, my brain was just being silly.

Maybe something of note did happen in 1989.
Well, that Milli Vanilli CD sure was something of note, wasn't it?
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Old 03-02-2013, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Frozen Tundra
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PDX is like the mythical cities of gold the Spaniards were seeking. Truth is, those cities are created in the imagination. You can only reach them there. That being said, PDX sure seems to have a few things (food carts for one) that might please a lot of people. Even to the point of making sacrifices for them. What I don't get are the people who look at making sacrifices and go negative. It is a figment to think there's a place of No Sacrifice.
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Old 03-02-2013, 12:06 PM
 
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Berlin Wall.
That's right, I forgot that Portland saw a huge influx of East German hipsters in 1989 and 1990 after the wall came down--bringing with them their black-rimmed communist-era glasses and bootlegged Kraftwerk albums, they would help transform Portland into the city it is today--after that came the Czechs and the Hungarians with their love of organic produce and bike riding, and after that, voila--"Portlandia"...

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Well, that Milli Vanilli CD sure was something of note, wasn't it?
I remember that being big in 4th grade in 1989, however everyone still had tapes. CDs didn't really catch on until the early 90s for us.
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Old 03-02-2013, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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Hey! I remembered one. In 1989 I began the job I held the longest I ever held ever. 12 years. For me, that was a real event.
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Old 03-02-2013, 05:48 PM
 
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I remember that being big in 4th grade in 1989, however everyone still had tapes. CDs didn't really catch on until the early 90s for us.
Yeah I think CDs in late 80s were like DVDs in the late 90s - available but the new format didn't take the place of the old one quite yet. VHS outsold DVD as late as 2001 believe it or not.

CDs have actually been for sale since 1982 though!
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Old 03-02-2013, 06:38 PM
 
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Yeah I think CDs in late 80s were like DVDs in the late 90s - available but the new format didn't take the place of the old one quite yet. VHS outsold DVD as late as 2001 believe it or not.

CDs have actually been for sale since 1982 though!
It seemed like CDs were for a higher end crowd in the 1980s--it was the early 90s when kids like me started buying them. I don't think my dad got a CD player until 1990 and we thought it was the most high-tech thing ever. The fact that it could hold 5 CDs seemed amazing at the time. We were like--how do you rewind it--oh wait, you just press a button and goes to the previous song? Wow... We were still making mix tapes on cassettes through the Nineties though, CD burners weren't that available for most of the decade...
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Old 03-02-2013, 07:38 PM
 
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It seemed like CDs were for a higher end crowd in the 1980s--it was the early 90s when kids like me started buying them. I don't think my dad got a CD player until 1990 and we thought it was the most high-tech thing ever. The fact that it could hold 5 CDs seemed amazing at the time. We were like--how do you rewind it--oh wait, you just press a button and goes to the previous song? Wow... We were still making mix tapes on cassettes through the Nineties though, CD burners weren't that available for most of the decade...
True, CDs didn't even outsell vinyl until 1988! I think it was around 1991 when they outsold cassettes but you're right, I was born in 1990 and my brother and I taped from the radio around the year 2000 when we were pre-teens. Burned CDs were only just starting to become common place at that time, I'm not sure I ever seen saw one until 2001.

What was the first album you bought on CD?
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Old 03-02-2013, 07:41 PM
 
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Good points about neighborhoods. Where I live near Hawthorne Blvd and 27th was very different 20 something years ago from what it is today.

I moved from the SW part of town to SE because of the convenience of the bus line and it was just a couple of blocks from Safeway. I really liked the SW but found it inconvenient for one who didn't drive. SE Hawthorne and 27th was also near some really interesting shops and about a mile from Fred Meyers. Also I could walk to acting classes at what is now the "CineMagic" theater and other classes at the Sunnyside school. And boy, were rents cheap!
Wow you literally live like a few blocks from me! I wonder if I've ever seen you around, I'd never know because I have no idea what you look like, but I go to that Safeway all the time.
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