February 17 - A 12-year old Mötley Crüe fan in Florida is badly burned while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's "Live Wire" music video. The boy suffered burns over ten percent of his body. Mötley Crüe issued a statement saying the band's stunts should not be tried at home.
May 1 - Citing the 1st Amendment, a judge drops all charges filed against singer Billy Joel. Joel was being sued by Jack Powers[?] for defamation following an interview with Playboy magazine in which he called Powers a "creep".
November - The "Guess The Eddies" contest begins, inviting people to guess the identities of the six members of the rock band The Swirling Eddies.
Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the first time.
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins[?] version of the song peaks at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100.
Marcus Aurelius.
Christianity gave us, in the fullness of time, the perfect image of
the two are not separable, and the man who receives and verifies
only way to serve the world, but also the one happy way to satisfy
what his powers mean, what spiritual air they breathe, what ardors
effort, put them at their best. After this fretfulness passes away,
brings, not senility, not satiety, not regret, but higher hope and
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