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Soundtrack Saturday: “Adventures in Babysitting”
“Don’t fuck with the babysitter.” There were many occasions during my short stint as a teenage babysitter when I wanted to say this line from Adventures in Babysitting (1987) — usually to one of
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Less Than Zero”
Well, here we are in 2009. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and didn’t kick anyone in the face or anything. I know I was tempted a few times, mostly while holiday
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Staying Alive”
There are a few things about this week’s post that will probably disturb most of my friends who end up reading it (though I’m not sure how many of my friends actually read anything
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “The Idolmaker”
I’ll be honest — I watched The Idolmaker (1980) because of Prince. I had read in a couple of biographies that the film partly inspired him to create some of his most famous side
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Summer School”
This week’s post comes to you by request from my friend Dan. I’ve actually been wanting to write about Summer School (1987) for a while, but just managed to find the last few songs
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Just One of the Guys”
You’re a female high school student and an aspiring journalist who enters into a contest sponsored by a local newspaper, hoping to win the prize of a summer internship at the publication with a
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “One Crazy Summer”
So, we’ve already discussed one of my favorite John Cusack movies, Better Off Dead. This week I thought we’d talk about the other film he did with director “Savage” Steve Holland: One Crazy Summer
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “The Legend of Billie Jean”
“Fair is fair!” I don’t think that’s the official tagline of The Legend of Billie Jean (1985), but it’s certainly the favorite quote of anyone I know who loves the movie as much as
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Hiding Out”
Inspired in a screwed-up way by the economic crisis and the chaos on Wall Street, this week’s pick is about a stockbroker pretending to be a high school student to escape his troubles, because
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