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He Said She Said: Songs for Your New Year's Eve Party

Andrew W.K. - Party Hard
You know when you're at a bar or a party and everything seems über-subdued, then suddenly someone pops a dollar in the jukebox or a CD in the player and it's just the right song for the moment? An... Continue reading "He Said She Said: Songs for Your New Year's Eve Party" >

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Hickory Runs The Picket Fence
Some enlightening cinematic experiences for Freshers. Live through film, it's way more interesting.

In Memory of John Hughes

In Memory of John Hughes There have been a spate of celebrity deaths this summer, for which I haven't cared one way or another about. I was too young for Farrah and I lost my interest in Michael Jackson at least 25 years ago. A bunch of lesser-known famous people have also passed in recent weeks, which is a shame, but the one who I'm blogging about is the creator of one of my top 2 or 3 favorite movies ever made, Ferris Bueller's Day Off . In fact, as I sit here writing this in my office, a framed poster of "A John [...]
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Artist:Flesh for Lulu
Title:I Go Crazy
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Title:Shellshock
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Title:If You Leave
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Title:Dont You (Forget About Me)
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Year:1986
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Artist:The National
Title:Pretty In Pink (Psychedelic Furs cover)
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Year:2007
Artist:The Psychedelic Furs
Title:Pretty In Pink
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Title:Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
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Artist:Yello
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Don't You (Forget About Me): Remembering John Hughes' Musical Legacy

Don't You (Forget About Me): Remembering John Hughes' Musical Legacy John Hughes passed away yesterday after suffering a heart attack while walking with his family in New York City. He was 59. Hughes wrote and directed a number of great movies, but the ones that hit young outsider me (and tons of others) most were those punk or new wave or geeky or whatever teen-as-hero '80s flicks: Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , Pretty In Pink , Some Kind Of Wonderful , Ferris Bueller's Day Off , etc. ( Weird Science was pretty great, too.) We're celebrating a filmmaker not just because [...]