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Like, Omigod! Digging Through the ’80s Pop Culture Box, Part 7
Funk, power pop, adult contemporary, Eurodisco — there’s a little something for everybody this week! Or, as Dw. Dunphy (who is never at a loss for words) put it, “I HAVE NEVER LOVED ANYTHING
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Weekend ’80s Dance Party: Special Labor Day Edition
You work hard for your money. So relax and dance this weekend! Kelly Stitzel brings you a special Labor Day Weekend '80s Dance Party
Read More »Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1985
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while the dreaded Snooki-beast is running around, trying to mount Eric Cartman.
Read More »CD Review: Mishka, “Talk About”
Two weeks ago Jeff Giles asked me to review Talk About, the new album from Mishka, the first — and so far only — artist signed to j.k. livin Records, the lowercase label run
Read More »Mix Six: “1981 (Part Three)”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE As I wrap up this little musical tour of 1981, our last stop will really make you want to dance (or so I hope). Yeah, it’s R&B time, kids!
Read More »Unsolicited Career Advice for … Rick James
Just because you extol the virtues of super freaky girls...and you're dead...doesn't mean Uncle Donnie can't give you a little advice, does it
Read More »Bootleg City: Lindsey Buckingham, 12/10/92
I was beginning to think I’d never find a tough lawman to clean up Bootleg City, especially after my faux pas-filled interview with Marshall Crenshaw. (I won’t bore you with the details of my
Read More »Mix Six: “Mashups”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week, I was trying to figure out the awkwardly titled decade called “The 2000s.” Yes, there’s been an A.D.D. quality to the last 10 years, but it could
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 45
As I promised, no more Jacksons this week, but we will keep plodding through the letter J as we continue to take a look at songs that reached no higher than #41, a.k.a. “the
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