Pop culture, music, movies, books and art, not only saved my life as a shy awkward teenager, it was the driving force in making me into the creative 80s crazed muscle animal I am today! Barbarians from the 80s films my dad would rent from the local video store shaped my image of masculinity, while 80s pop singers inspired my hunger to follow my dreams and fantasy books allowed me to escape my life and hide in their adventures instead.