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Bobby Mardis had one hit song in the 1980s and then hung up his leather pants and retired his dreams of pop music stardom. Thirty years later he was re-discovered, thanks to a random encounter at the Oakland museum. The surreal night of partying that followed shows what can happen when you get to re-live the glory days of your youth—for a single, sweaty night. 

Chungtech at the Oakland Museum, 2016
Bobby Mardis with Dam-Funk at Sweater Funk in San Francisco, 2016

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