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Mix Six: “White Hot Days”
Once again kids, yours truly is handing over the mixing duties to Jack Feerick — who brought us a mix that “gave the drummer some.” This week’s mix celebrates a season that, at least
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “The Breakfast Club”
When The Breakfast Club begins, we’re presented with the five characters as easily defined stereotypes – “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” In the film’s closing moments, against
Read More »White Label Wednesday: Simple Minds, “Speed Your Love to Me”
Simply put, those “U1” jokes about Simple Minds that Py Korry referred to in his most recent Mix Six installment began here. “Produced by Steve Lillywhite.” For most bands, those four words are akin
Read More »Jesus of Cool: John Hughes, Sixteen Candles, and a Kiss…of Death
If you were a GenXer coming of age in the 1980s, moviegoing meant heavy doses of Harrison Ford, too much Tom Cruise, an occasional journey into the unhinged eraserhead of David Lynch…and multitudes of
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