We just talked about Gene Loves Jezebel recently, so why not feature a Lost B-side from the fey, scarf-twirling duo? While I’ve previously lamented that today’s featured song’s a-side was…
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Happy Fourth of July, dear readers! What better way to celebrate this country’s independence than to review yet another tale of unabashed codependency? And, of course, in conjunction with this…
Did you know this is the first time in this humble blog’s two and a half-year history that we’ve featured Culture Club? That’s a bit of a travesty which needs…
ItÁ¢€â„¢s been some time since we last did this, so weÁ¢€â„¢re about due for another Lost B-sides Week here at LIT80s, arenÁ¢€â„¢t we? All this week, weÁ¢€â„¢ll feature b-sides to…
Chris Rock – Your Mother’s Got a Big Head (1991) Before kicking off his career as a star of terrible romantic comedies, Chris Rock was one of the best young…
Eazy-E – Still Talkin’ from Eazy Duz It (1988)Thomas Dolby – Silk Pyjamas from Astronauts & Heretics (1992)Bill Frisell – Lonesome from Gone, Just Like a Train (1998)Taj Mahal –…
This week I offered to create a mix tape, of sorts, for one of my favorite blogs, Py Korry (see link to the right). The sit does some great writing…
Hi hi hi hi hi! Welcome back to another fun-filled CHART ATTACK! This week we’re heading back up to the end of the ’80s – July 1, 1989! 10. I’ll…
Note: My brother’s visiting from out of town this week, so I’ve got less time than I normally do for blog-type stuff; fortunately, our friend Robert, of the always entertaining…
While I definitely think it’s too early in this site’s life to start reposting anything on a regular basis, it’s also the summer and I’m trying to take advantage of…
Queen – Too Much Love Will Kill You (1995) [Jefito’s Note: As Mr. Davis (of Mrs. Davis fame) astutely and oh-so-humorously noted a couple of months ago, jasonhare.com is this…
Prince – Around The World In A Day from Around the World in a Day (1985)David Lindley & El Rayo-X – Talkin’ To The Wino Too from Very Greasy (1988)Glen…
Each and every time I hear the opening guitar strumming of The PretendersÁ¢€â„¢ Á¢€Å“Back on the Chain GangÁ¢€; I am filled with happiness, sorrow, love and regret. Then the acoustic…
Hi everybody! Let’s see, in recent weeks we’ve done ’84, ’88 and ’86…so naturally, you know where I’m headed. Let’s take a look at the charts during the week of…
Aldo Nova – Twitch (1985)purchase this album (Amazon) All right, enough screwing around Á¢€” time to set the controls for the heart of the cutout bin! We’re heading into Aldo…
A quick anecdote before we start today: on Saturday, Mike and I did one of our “Acoustic ’80s” gigs. In between songs, we somehow wound up mentioning Little River Band,…
Breaking out the USB turntable and encoding some odds & ends – thought I’d share! Á¢€¢ Boomtown Rats – “Drag Me Down (U.S. Version): The Rats were the focus of…
Simple Minds – Sanctify Yourself from The Best Of (2002)Ray Charles – Bye, Bye Love from Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)Damn Yankees – Dirty Dog from Don’t…
My father wasn’t an easy man to love growing up. I was an emotional kid and I didn’t quite get why he wasn’t overly affectionate with all of his children….
Howdy, and welcome back to another Friday edition of CHART ATTACK! The week we’re attacking this time ’round is a bit depressing – 60% ballads, with only one of them…
The Greenberry Woods – Rapple Dapple (1994)purchase this album (Amazon) Now this is more like it. It may not seem like it, but this album is the kind of thing…
Straight outta Austria, Falco (aka Johann “Hans” HÁƒ¶lzel) is best known on these shores for “Rock Me Amadeus”, one of the more deranged hits in a decade filled with strange…
Welcome back to another week here at Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, where I have the inexplicable need to mention the name of the series at the beginning…
The Doobie Brothers – Wheels Of Fortune from Takin’ It to the Streets (1976)Squirrel Nut Zippers – Memphis Exorcism from Hot (1996)Adam Ant – Ants Invasion from Kings of the…
…to this… Sometimes the easiest ones are the best.
Oh, 1984. I can’t stay away from you for very long. I love you too much. And you looked pretty good this week – June 9, 1984, to be exact!…
Duane Dolieslager – The Opposite of Optimist (2007)purchase this album (CD Baby) As eagle-eyed readers of this space may have noted, starting some weeks ago, I began running record reviews…
Bonham – The Disregard of Timekeeping (1989)purchase this album (Amazon) Given the three lousy comments that last week’s Cutouts Gone Wild! on Tall Stories got, I’m going to assume we…
Chris & Cosey’s single about two cheating lovers on the sly was a pleasant pop surprise/sellout considering their prior musical pedigree as members of the early industrial combo Throbbing Gristle….
Justin Branam – Words Worth Mentioning (2006) purchase this album (CD Baby) It’s February 1996, and I’ve got the hots for this girl who happens to be a big Jars…