Once every couple of years or so, I have to hear “All You Zombies” by the Hooters. Today’s Youtube search brought me this live version from 2008. They’re still out there gigging occasionally and I’d love to see them. A 2009 double live album found the band revisiting their catalog as well as co-writes for […]
Tag: It Came From The 80s
Everybody Wang Chung Tonight!
It’s time for another 80’s music bulletin, this time courtesy of our good pals at The Winchester here in Cleveland: JUST ANNOUNCED: – WANG CHUNG – Everybody have fun on Sat 7/3! That’s right, if you’ve been waiting patiently for the chance to “Wang Chung,” you’ll have the opportunity to do it at The Winchester […]
The Church celebrates 30 years with special acoustic show at The Winchester
Our friends at The Winchester added mucho amounts of sunshine to our day with the announcement that they’ve booked the church for a special 30th anniversary acoustic gig on Saturday, April 17th! the church “An Intimate Space” 30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour 2010 After three decades together, the church return to North America for a special […]
Contest: Win a copy of the new Plimsouls live CD!
In early January, I shared details and an MP3 from Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal, the forthcoming live album from The Plimsouls which will be released on vinyl and CD on February 23rd. The fine folks at Alive Records have given me an extra copy of the CD version of this title, which I’m happy […]
Good Listening: Bad English in Allentown, October ’89
“When I See You Smile” was one of those songs that I heard on the radio quite a few times, before I actually knew anything about the band behind the song. Bad English was the band, a supergroup of sorts featuring vocalist John Waite, former Journey members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, bass player Ricky […]
Don’t You Forget About Me
Good news for ’80s film buffs who have a Netflix account: You can stream Don’t You Forget About Me, the documentary about filmmaker John Hughes that at the moment remains unreleased in the U.S. (it’s available for sale in Canada), via Netflix’s Watch Instantly service. The doc is really well done, and it’s a nice […]
The Monday Morning Mix: Christmas with Dusty – 12/21/09
Graphic by Rachael Novak Click here for details on how you can be a part of The Monday Morning Mix and win some cool stuff! A Note: Radio legend Dusty Street is our guest for today’s Monday Mix. For those that are unfamiliar, Dusty was one of the first women DJs on the radio airwaves. […]
Oates, I forgot how soft your hands were….
We’re just as excited as everybody else about the pending public reunion of J-Stache and John Oates, set to occur live onstage at the American Mustache Institute’s annual Stache Bash happening on October 30th in St. Louis. Presumably, Oates will be there to promote the brand new super-bad ass Hall & Oates box set Do […]
Good Listening: Hall and Oates – Live in Chicago (1983)
This is what we call an encore performance. Longtime readers of the site will recall that we’ve featured some Hall and Oates shows here in the past that were pretty awesome. Because Hall and Oates were/still are pretty awesome. But in 1983, they were kings of the pop music world.
Remembering John Hughes
I’ll offer apologies in advance for the tardiness of this particular item, with a slight bit of reasoning and explanation for the lateness to follow later in this piece. As a child of the 80s, I’ve spent quite a few moments deep in thought since John Hughes passed away. When Hughes passed, I had plenty […]