Mulletmania circa 1987

Yup, the mullet was certainly very popular in the 1980's, and there was no shortage of such haircuts among the guys in North High's Class of '87.

Here's a short list of fellas who sported the "business up front, party in the back" coif for their senior yearbook pictures:

James Gideon
Yuchiro Mimura
Ted Okuno
Anthony Perez
David Perez
Ambrose Quintanilla
Reinier Ryke
Michael Scott
Neil Wada

你好!

Whether or not it was by accident, "hello" to the person in Beijing, China who stopped by for a glance at the blog.

Lawyer Up

Not real sure if this is the same Ty Kehoe from North's Class of '87, but it looks like it might be, especially since he notes that he was born in 1969 (the year that almost all of the Class of '87 was born).

In Case of Emergency

A new ABC sitcom about some 1987 high school graduates 20 years later. The only problem with the show is that the fake high school most of these characters graduated from has the words "west" and "south" in its' name. Ah, well.

There Were More Watts in a Lightbulb

If memory serves me, North's radio station, KNHS, had only 10 watts of broadcasting power. So basically, there was no way to pick it up on the radio unless you were standing with a handheld right outside of the studio.

Although this entry in Wikipedia notes that KNHS went defunct in 1991, regular broadcasts had pretty much stopped well before then.

Top 10 Fave Female Vocalist

Like the favorite male singers list posted earlier, some of the female singers listed here are real head scratchers. Stacy Q. and Samantha Fox had, what, one hit song each?

10. Anita Baker
9. Cyndi Lauper
8. Lita Ford
7. Belinda Carlisle
6. Samantha Fox
5. Amy Grant
4. Stacy Q.
3. Madonna, errr, Esther, errr, Madonna (I ♥ Kabbalah!)
2. Whitney "Hell to the no!" Houston
1. Janet "Wardrobe Malfunction" Jackson

B and G

This photo appears to be from around 2002. On the left is Gene Tomatani and on the right is Brandon Tsukamoto, who incidentally has had that porn mustache since high school. Glad to see some things haven't changed. The guy in the middle, whose website I got this photo from, is apparently an old college roommate.

Don't know what Gene and Brandon are doing these days or where they are, but it looks like Brandon is wearing a ring, indicating that he is married. Unless, of course, I'm seeing things, which is entirely possible.

Flashback: January 1987

Twenty years ago this month, the widely recognized first lady of soul, Aretha Franklin, became the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Who would have guessed that the hit single she had that year with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me," was a line 'ol George uttered during his anonymous buggery forays in public restrooms?

Among other things that happened in the world this month 20 years ago:

• President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, and the main stream media is all over it.
• Budd Dwyer, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, publicly commits suicide at a press conference after being found guilty for various criminal acts.
• The president of Ecuador, Leon Cordero, is kidnapped.
  
• Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation (the Ohrbach's in Del Amo Fashion Mall also closed in '87).
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,000 for the first time ever.
• The New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, which was played in Pasadena.
  

Meet the Game Lord™

That would be Chad Okada who, according to this 2004 interview, has been quite the established figure in the video gaming world.

Interestingly enough, Chad got his big break in video gaming when he was "discovered" in a Torrance video arcade. Talk about your post-modern Hollywood stories.

In Case You're Wondering

All of my research as to the present whereabouts of people from the class of '87 is pretty much limited to "Googling".

Hey, what do you want? I'm a fictional mascot with no income!

Happy '07!

I'll be taking and giving predictions on the percentage of people who will show up to the 20 year reunion in August. At this point, my guess is 10%, or roughly 50 people (not including spouses or significant others).