What’s with these colors this month?

You may be asking yourself or me, “Ugh! What’s with these colors? Don’t they have Garanimal Tags for web pages?” No, there’s a method to my madness. On July 24, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s will hit the shelves and these tacky, retro colors felt appropriate. I can’t help it, it’s a great game and I’ve been practicing again because my friend Mark M got it recently—I actually scored five stars on “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine. I also have a pair of Chucks with these colors, seriously. They’re black with neon colored trim and lace holes. These colors are also fitting with it being the 25th anniversary of the Eighties really getting started. To me, 1980 and 1981 had remnants of the Seventies’ malaise in taste. Could’ve been me too. I was living in Central Illinois and usually the Midwest took longer to catch on with trends from the Coasts, something a college professor called coastal myopia which I’m sure has been killed by the Internet. The neon color trend came later than 1982 yet it’s fitting as the game will be a mish mash of all the Eighties cliches.