sunglasses at night... 80's moments in a modern world

Coral has just returned from FebioFest - she and her friends watched The Invention of Lying and checked out the bands and booths too. Now she is watching Corey Hart's music video for Sunglasses at Night. (You should now open another tab and paste this link... unfortunately embedding has been disabled...

Sunglasses at Night video

And of course this song reminded me, again, of last night's events. There was a man, maybe 15, 20 years older than me, straight out of th 80s - Miami Vice style. Scuttling around, underground, at night, with his sunglasses on, linen jacket, open button down shirt and loafers - that, combined with the red carpet we walked, the MTV crew everywhere, the colors, the dancing, the odd little eye candy effects, the numerous video game consoles, the intermittent flashbulbs of the professional photographers and their strobe light effect - it all combined to make me feel like I was in an 80s music video... the afterparty only reinforced the 80s rock star lifestyle with the multitude of DJs, the velvet covered couches, the heavy silk curtains, a champagne room, the hidden little nooks and crannies - the opulence and the hours and the dance and the drive... a memorable night, possibly for being more like someone else's memory... a la Less than Zero or something.