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Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
The music industry continues to ‘burn’ consumers…and itself
A while back, I blogged about the music industry’s self-destructive practices, like excessive ‘deluxe editions’ released usually within a year of the original release of an album, pushing fans and collectors to decide if it’s worth the money to RE-buy … Continue reading
More than you’d ever want to know about the 80s classic Square Pegs
I was in 8th grade when the television show Square Pegs premiered in the fall of 82 and became an instant hit with the Gen-X crowd. Rather than sending us off to the School of the Performing Arts and thereby … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Amy Linker, Berlin, Billy Idol, Devo, halloween, Jami Gertz, John Hughes, Johnny Slash, new wave, Sarah Jessica Parker, slasher, Square Pegs, The Waitresses, Tracy Nelson, Valley Girl
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To think that one of my all-time favorite 80s songs was meant for this movie…
Really funny thing about the horror film Maniac. Just around the time the VHS format was winning the format war (bye bye beta), the movie Flashdance was rushed onto video in the fall of 1983 to cash in on its … Continue reading
Dance of the Dead…No, it’s not the name of my latest gay zombie novel
Remember the classic Night of the Creeps? In that 1986 horror comedy, a bunch of college teenagers have to fend off the zombies their friends become after being inhabited by some nasty slug thingies. 2008’s Dance of the Dead has … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, Dance of the Dead, horror comedy, Night of the Creeps, Pat Benatar, Return of the Living Dead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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The new wave of zombie movies…. THE MAD
Billy Zane, zombies, and new wave? I’m in. The gist of the zombie infection in The Mad is basically “mad cow” disease. Small town, cows are diseased, cows are made into hamburgers for local restaurant—people turn into zombies. This movie had me … Continue reading
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Tagged horror comedy, living dead, The Mad, undead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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The Lost Boys franchise doesn’t stand a chance without both Corey’s involved
Coincidentally, as Lost Boys: The Tribe hit the top of my horror pile for a rewatch, we today lost 80s icon Corey Haim—well, half an icon, considering he really wasn’t whole unless he was in a movie with Corey Feldman. … Continue reading
“Direct” to DVD—the horror of director Ti West
A couple of years ago, I caught this movie called The Roost on cable, and it really struck a chord with me. It was a 2005 film, but it looked and felt like something out of the late 70s or … Continue reading
Two movies that ushered in the 80s
I’ll never forget when I saw Xanadu in the theaters in 1980. Sure, it featured a bunch of roller skating muses, but this wasn’t no roller disco movie! Not a disco song to be found on the soundtrack. The vivid … Continue reading
Beat Street–80s breakdancing movie on the downbeat
So I was wondering why I couldn’t remember a thing about Beat Street, a film that came out in the heat of the breakdancing movies in 1984. I knew I had to have seen it on cable, because I saw … Continue reading
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