1980s

发表于 2019-05-13 zipper repair pipkin

Chet Pipkin was the kind of kid who loved to take things apart and put them back together. As a young man in the early 1980s, he started hanging out in mom-and-…

Dippin' Dots: Curt Jones

发表于 2019-09-09 nitrogen dots dippin

In the late 1980s, Curt Jones was working in a Kentucky lab, using liquid nitrogen to flash-freeze animal feed. He wondered if he could re-invigorate his favori…

FUBU: Daymond John (2018)

发表于 2019-11-04 20s fubu daymond

Daymond John grew up during the 1980s in the heart of hip hop culture: Hollis, Queens. In his early 20s, he was working at Red Lobster and trying to figure out …

Sub Pop Records: Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman

发表于 2020-06-01 poneman pavitt bruce

Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman were two rock-and-roll fans who met at exactly the right time and place: Seattle in the early 1980s, where a raw hybrid of met…

La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti

发表于 2020-07-20 roasters iberti carmichael

When Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti met at a grunge concert in Seattle in the 1980s, they were an unlikely pair. But they shared a love for great coffee, and t…