The future was digital. But the echo was analog.

Marcus laughed. "So the '80s don't end tonight?"

Eleven fifty-nine… and ten seconds…

And for one last night, the 12" ruled the world.

Leo slid the record into its sleeve, picked up the cardboard box marked "NOW 12" 80s – 4CD," and carried it upstairs into the new decade.

Thirty seconds.

He pulled the fader down. Silence. A few whistles. Someone shouted, "Play 'Pour Some Sugar on Me'!"