Beverly Hills 90210

I was re-watching an episode of “Beverly Hills 90210” (you do a LOT of stuff to rebuild your memory when you’re off booze). And in one instance the father could only send one or the other kid away to a private college. His reasoning was that business was tough and that they were going through a recession. The year was 1991.

It got me thinking about cycles. I think, in America anyway, we live in cycles. And they always come around again. There’s the cycle part. I think in a lot of ways, we’re always living in different parts of what was once our country. If you think about it, some things have never gone away from us. Real estate market sucked then, but was a lucrative business. It sucks now, but people found ways to make money from it (say for example, if you rent out your home).

I truly believe there is about to become a resurgence of 80’s type living. If memory serves, it was a very carefree style. It was stupid fun, casual sex and really terrible music. So far, we have 2 out of the three. I’m just waiting for the stupid fun.

See, the 80’s seemed to be the result of a really terrible 70’s. We hid ourselves in darkness, since Vietnam War casted a really dark moment of political strife. People were so angry. There’s racial tension. We got sick and tired of it. I think we’re due better times.

I think the younger generation is going to start being a little less interested about the dark parts of adults (as if they cared all that much to begin with). They will go for a simpler life. No worries about being in the world. Come up with terrible music, which later people will love on a kitsch level. We already have a ton of new Madonnas (Britney Spears) and Michael Jacksons (Justin Timberlake) could use a new Prince. Better yet, a great new version of Huey Lewis wouldn’t kill you. I look forward to this time coming up. I know we can get back to that world of just capitalism that was fun. Instead of capitalism that hurt people.

To live and die on the front end and the back end of a cycle must feel like déjà vu.