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Seen the real estate market lately? Noticed how black people are running for president? Did you enjoy bonus season downtown? Are you thinking endlessly about yourself? Try and tell us it's not the eighties all over again. For the benefit of those of you who, like our dear and dewy co-editor Emily, are too young to remember that decade, we've put together some signs of that terrible era's icons and its current analogues.
| THEN: Springsteen | NOW: The Killers |
| THEN: Egg | NOW: N+1 |
| THEN: David Salle | NOW: John Currin |
| THEN: Jay McInerney | NOW: Dana Vachon |
| THEN: Tama Janowitz | NOW: Melissa Bank |
| THEN: The Odeon | NOW: The Waverly Inn |
| THEN: Cocaine | NOW: Cocaine |
| THEN: Kurt Andersen | NOW: Dave Eggers (Ow, we know.) |
| THEN: Chip Kidd | NOW: Chip Kidd |
| THEN: Saturday Night Live | NOW: 30 Rock |
| THEN: Eddie Murphy | NOW: Eddie Murphy, but, you know, Norbit Eddie Murphy |
| THEN: TV miniseries | NOW: Shows that last six episodes |
| THEN: Graffiti | NOW: Blogs |
| THEN: "I'm With Stupid" | NOW: Douch ($19.99) |
| THEN: Dave Barry | NOW: Andy Borowitz |
| THEN: Spy | NOW: Nothing could take the place of Spy. It is inimitable, though many have tried. Spy was a historic event, the likes of which shall never be repeated. Although Radar gives it a half-assed shot. |
