Thursday, January 10

Man Overboard

OKAY, so the truth is I talked my Poor Wife into new Macs only because the old G3s had no video board upgrade path and I wanted to indulge my taste for obscure-ish 80s pop video. So now you can eat it, too, every Friday til I run out of stuff I liked, which will probably be next week.

Hunters and Collectors,
"Talking to a Stranger"


Light years, or at least half a parsec ahead of anything in its time, which I think is why MTV played it twice, tops.

The Breaks, "She Wants You"



I'm still in love with Susanne Jerome Taylor, even though she returned the toe I sent her.

The Three O'Clock, "Her Head's Revolving"


My Poor Wife: "It's good to see a drummer who's not afraid to enjoy himself."

Game Theory, "Erica's World"


On the one hand, Scott Miller is criminally underappreciated; on the other, I could sell my Game Theory vinyl for a few hundred thousand dollars.

Charlie Sexton, "Beat's So Lonely"


I don't think he was old enough to drive when he did this. Seriously.

3 comments:

  1. Ah, OK.
    Well then.
    I see.

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  2. Scott Miller and Game Theory!! You are totally rockin.

    I love Scott and his various incarnations. Have seen him once in GT and three times in LF; criminal is not the word for his underappreciation.

    Put it this way: Scott Miller has to work a 9-5 and Justin Timberlake does not. Justice is dead.

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  3. Anonymous11:05 AM EST

    What Billy Pilgrim said. I've long since adored your column for the practice it gives me for when it's my turn to be an ancient hyperliterate curmudgeon (practice/schmactice, I'm twice the age of my high school students who've never heard of Rodney King or watched a Reagan-era armageddon movie). But you liking Scott Miller gives you major extra karma points, although his Loud Family incarnation's my favorite. I have my own Game Theory vinyl to sell; perhaps I could use the profits to buy a working record player again...

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