From a South Arkansas Duranie: Happy Birthday, Simon Le Bon

Duran Duran fans were few and far between in the land of Pine Bluff preppies.

Me in one of my Duran Duran T-shirts, circa 1983, in Pine Bluff, Ark.

It wasn't easy being a Duranie growing up in South Arkansas. 

Just in case you don't know, a Duranie is a die-hard fan of Duran Duran, the British New Wave band from Birmingham. That's England, not Alabama. 

In the summer of 1982, my mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table in Belmont…