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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 21

Dave Steed August 20, 2008 23

It’s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store. Even though I’m not

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 20

Dave Steed August 13, 2008 25

I turned on the radio the other day for the first time in months and the first thing I heard was “more music, less talk,” so that’s what we’re going with this week. Well,

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 19

Dave Steed August 6, 2008 22

You know, there are times when even I’ve had enough of ’80s music. It’s hard to believe that since I’m still acquiring “new” music all the time, but sometimes I need something more. One

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 18

Dave Steed July 30, 2008 25

So here’s my question of the week for you — what the hell is a “fancy dancer”? I’ve been listening to a lot of ‘80s funk and R&B lately and I keep hearing that

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 17

Dave Steed July 23, 2008 49

Every now and then I like to talk about what I have deemed “inappropriate ghetto moments.” These moments occur when I have the windows open in my car, the stereo turned up really loud

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 16

Dave Steed July 16, 2008 18

Last week I talked about “the Shrink,” the guy at the record show who thinks he knows everything about every artist that ever recorded. This week we move on to another one of my

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 15

Dave Steed July 9, 2008 26

A few weeks ago I was at a record show for a few hours flipping through thousands of $1 records. I fully admit that I am a nosy person — I like listening to

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 14

Dave Steed July 2, 2008 16

The other day Metal Sucks introduced me to Firewind’s cover of Michael Sembello’s “Maniac.” That in turn took me to iTunes to search for other covers and yielded the interesting remake of “Super Freak”

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 13

Dave Steed June 25, 2008 31

This past week I was like a pig in shit. Nine tracks from Chinese Democracy were leaked and I couldn’t be happier. See, Guns n’ Roses are my Led Zeppelin. They’re my Black Sabbath.

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 12

Dave Steed June 18, 2008 24

I love collecting music, that’s a given. As with most collectors of something, it’s the thrill of the find that really does it for me. Two weeks ago I was at a place called

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