I have a bunch of Rolling Stone magazines from the early 80s. What should I do with them?

Many issues are from 1981 to 1985. Even some are the end of year issues like "Great Faces of 1984" and "1985 Yearbook".

Every time I start to throw them away I can't bring myself to do it. I guess I'm trying to hold on to my youth.

I think I have about every issue from 1982 - the year I graduated from high school.

http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/covers/_/year/1982


They are fun to look at. The ads for stereos, cigarettes and booze are great. Other ads from 1984:

Sony's first Compact Disc player
The new VW Golf advertised for $6,990 That would be about $23,000 today
High Tech. Low Tag. Smith Corona Typewriter
A Budweiser ad showing a can of bud as a satellite - 2010 THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT They are almost here!


A 1984 article by William Greider - "Terms of Endearment - How the news media came to be all the president's men"
He wrote about Roone Arledge of ABC being dangerous to democracy. "...whatever entertains, whatever draws a crowd, that is what Arledge wants to put in our living room". He also says "If the politics of 1984 describes the future, then Americans are being reduced to a nation of befogged sheep, beguiled by false images and manipulated ruthlessly".
And this is before FOX News!


A PJ O'Rourke article about him trying ecstasy: "Tune In. Turn On. Go to the Office Late on Monday - The Children of 1985 Discover Ecstasy". The article is written in the same smug asshole way that he is today


A picture of a very young Mrs. Al Gore holding an album captioned: Tipper Gore was not amused by W.A.S.P.'s latest offering. The article was about the Senate committee focusing on the mounting controversy - porn rock. I do not remember "porn rock" myself



So, my fellow DUers, what say you? Should I just trash them or keep them to pull out occasionally so I can be reminded of how old I'm getting?

maybe bundle them up by year, list 'em for $25 a year opening bid?

A friend had some of the OLD RS issues from when it was a "newspaper" format (with fold across the front page) and managed to get over $100 each for some of them... even ended up selling some to a rather famous alt-rock musician who is evidently a collector.

Not this one, but this format...

I went through a lot of trouble to post this post. I had to use the HTML lookup for the red font!

For some reason I kept all my Rolling Stones from high school and college (like '80 through '86 or '87)--they're in my mom's attic. I don't know what to do with them either. :shrug:

collages on your favorite items.

wheat-paste pages on random walls and telephone poles.

mail pages to strangers in the phonebook.

wallpaper a whole room with the best pages - ceiling too.

possibilities abound!

-app

But maybe I will mail to people I know but haven't spoken to or seen in a while. I will not use my return address. Or, maybe I will. Hmm.

Recycle them or wait and wait until someone who cannot throw anything out either comes along and sees the value in all the stuff you've held onto.

B-)

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