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in 1981, Ozzy Osbourne released his debut solo album "Blizzard of Ozz" in the US (it had been released in the UK in Sep 1980). Crazy Train and Mr Crowley were issued as singles and the album peaked at on the Billboard charts while going 5x platinum in the US

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2023-03-27

Zhang Daqian -
Lotus, 1981,
scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper, 68.5 x 135 cm
(christie's)

via A la belle E-toile

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2023-03-05

Jerzy Duda-Gracz, Autoportret – Czapa | 1981, Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury, Kraków

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2023-02-28

In 1981, Children’s Television Workshop released a floppy disc game for the Apple II computer that had a few Sesame Street themed activities. One of them is a mix and match game with different characters’ body parts. My bastard child, GROBIRBERT, lives in there

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2023-02-10

In 1981, Capri Sun drink pouches were released in the United States

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2023-01-15

John Hoyland - Loving Lady, 1981, acrylic on cotton duck, 102 x 89 cm, signed, titled and dated ('29.5.81') verso. Provenance H.J. Heinz Company
https://t.co/eIsIbp43O0

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2023-01-05

redlipstickresurrected:

Whitney Knapp Bowditch (American, b. 1981, CT, USA, based Richmond, VA, USA) - Among the Rollers, 2020, Paintings: Oil on Board, Private Collection https://t.co/EURrT4mF9X

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2022-12-28

Concept art from The Fox and the Hound by Mel Shaw (1981, Walt Disney Productions) :

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2022-11-09

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Natalie Merchant (b. 26 Oct 1963), American alternative rock singer-songwriter.

"Merchant joined 10,000 Maniacs in 1981, and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the band's first 7 albums. She began her solo career in 1993, releasing many outstanding albums."

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2022-10-27

Coil and Shewulf,

'Psi-Mercs', the agents of Organization Z are Level 1 (DARPA Metric) Psionics that operate under the cover of 'freelance soldiers of fortune'. As of 1981, these 'Direct Actors' pose the greatest national security threat to the USA.

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2022-10-18

Edna Andrade - Untitled (Geometric Squares), 1981, Acrylic on canvas

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2022-10-13

Gérard Garouste, "Adhara", 1981,

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2022-09-26

Andy Lackow art, 1981, for ‘The Klingon Gambit,’ by Robert E. Vardeman

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2022-09-09

On this day in 1981, released “Just Can’t Get Enough” - the third single from their debut studio album “Speak & Spell”

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2022-09-07

Several screenshots from the animated music video for Bill Conners solo single 'Total Nutcase' which first aired on MTV in 1981, it's notable for being his first shift into the New Wave genre

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2022-08-22

Hello, Mr. Cusack, if you like this, feel free to re-tweet. Thank you! "Dan Berrigan". © 1981, by D.L. Polonsky. Pilot pen & marker on paper.

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2022-08-10

Belize 🇧🇿 (Caribbean)
1981, when Belize became independent
It depicts the beautiful motto: Sub Umbra Floreo, meaning "Under the Shade I Flourish"
The mahogany tree, tools and figures represent the logging industry

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2022-08-06

I don't know if Kazuki Takahashi ever confirmed the inspiration for YuGiOh, but in 1981, there was a text-based computer game called Zork.
This this interesting because:
-It's an RPG played like Dungeons and Dragons
-Zorc is the name of the main villain in YuGiOh
-Zorc LOVES RPGs

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2022-08-04

Panting Dog
by Larriva aka John Larriva (#American, b. 1981, based Crescent City,
oil on aluminum

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2022-08-01