That Music's Lost Its Taste

I've been working for the last few weeks on a compilation of some of my favorite tunes that I associate with the early '80s. I can't swear to their release dates -- they just have hooks to that time period for me. There's nothing like that glaring song that you know just didn't come out in the era, so I apologize if I have any of those kind of songs here.

Title	Artist
Antmusic	Adam & The Ants
Beat Box [diversion One]	Art Of Noise
Atomic	Blondie
Call Me	Blondie
Boys Don't Cry	The Cure
Beach Party Vietnam	Dead Milkmen
Brand New Lover	Dead Or Alive
Come On Eileen	Dexy's Midnight Runners
Cars	Gary Numan
Axel F	Harold Faultermeyer
Come Dancing	The Kinks
Be Good Johnny	Men At Work
Always Something There to Remind Me	Naked Eyes
Bizarre Love Triangle	New Order
Blue Monday	New Order
Can t Stand Losing You	The Police
Bigmouth Strikes Again	The Smiths
Angst In My Pants	Sparks
Africa	Toto
dance hall days	wang chung
Desperate But Not Serious	Adam Ant
Cruel Summer	Bananarama
Dancing With Myself	Billy Idol
Ever Fallen In (With Someone You Shouldntve)	Buzzcocks
Electric Avenue	Eddy Grant
Der Kommissar	Falco
Don't You Want Me Baby	Human league
Dr Heckyll & Mr Jive	Men At Work
Destination Unknown	Missing Persons
Dead Man's Party	Oingo Boingo
Driven To Tears	The Police
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	The Police
Cool Places	Sparks, Jane Wiedlin
867-5309/Jenny	Tommy Tutone
Da Da Da	Trio
In A Big Country	Big Country
I'll Tumble For Ya	Boy George and Culture Club
It's A Miracle	Boy George and Culture Club
Just Like Heaven	The Cure
Hungry Like A Wolf	Duran Duran
I Ran (So Far Away)	A Flock Of Seagulls
I Know There's Something	Frida
Head Over Heels	The Go Go's
Fascination	Human League
Johnny Are You Queer	Josie Cotton
House of Fun	Madness
It Must Be Love	Madness
It's A Mistake	Men At Work
I Melt With You	Modern English
Homosapien	Pete Shelley
Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield
Ghost Town	The Specials
Girlfriend is Better	Talking Heads
Genius of Love	Tom Tom Club
Feet Don't Fail Me Now	Utopia
I Know What Boys Like	Waitresses
The look of love	Abc
The Metro	Berlin
Karma Chameleon	Boy George and Culture Club
Mirror In The Bathroom	The English Beat
New Big Prinz	The Fall
Love Plus One	Haircut 100
Miami Vice Theme [Instrumental]	Jan Hammer
Love Will Tear Us Apa	Joy Division
Kids In America	Kim Wilde
My Sharona	The Knack
A Land Down Under	Men At Work
Little Girls	Oingo Boingo
Major Tom (Coming home)	Peter Schilling
Never Say Never	Romeo Void
Love Missile F1 11	Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Nelson Mande	The Special AKA
Mickey	Toni Basil
New Year's Day	U2
Mexican Radio	Wall Of Voodoo
Making Plans for Nigel	XTC
The Reflex	Duran Duran
Rio	Duran Duran
Relax	Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Our Lips Are Sealed	The Go Go's
19	Hardcastle
Pop Muzik	M
One Step Beyond	Madness
Our House	Madness
Pass The Dutchie	Musical Youth
99 Luftballons	Nena
Nothing Bad Ever Happens	Oingo Boingo
Private Life	Oingo Boingo
Pretty In Pink	The Psychedelic Furs
Panic	The Smiths
Puttin' On The Ritz	Taco
Once In A Lifetime	Talking Heads
Psycho Killer	Talking Heads
No Thugs In Our House	XTC
Obsession	Animotion
Take On me	A-Ha
Tarzan Boy	Baltimora
Sex (I'm A...)	Berlin
I Wanna Be a Cowboy	BOYS DON'T CRY
Smalltown Boy	Bronski Beat
Sunglasses At Night	Corey Hart
She Bop	Cyndi Lauper
Save It For Later	The English Beat
Rock Me Amadeus	Falco
Tenderness	General Public
Someday, Someway	Marshall Crenshaw
Safety Dance (Video Version)	Men Without Hats
Temptation	New Order
Shock The Monkey	Peter Gabriel
Roxanne	The Police
Tainted Love	Soft Cell
Rudi, A Message To You	The Specials
Stray Cat Strut	Stray Cats
She Blinded Me With Science	Thomas Dolby
Rosanna	Toto
Der Kommissar	After The Fire
Venus	Bananarama
White Wedding	Billy Idol
Time (Clock Of The Heart)	Boy George and Culture Club
Video Killed the Radio Star	Buggles
What Do I Get	Buzzcocks
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)	Dead Or Alive
Waiting Room	Fugazi
Vacation	The Go-Go's
We've Got the Beat	The Go Go's
Town Called Malice	The Jam
Walking On Sunshine	Katrina & The Waves
Who Can It Be Now?	Men At Work
Words	Missing Persons
One Night in Bangkok	Murray Head
Wonderin'	Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks
True Faith	New Order
Under Pressure	Queen & David Bowie
True	Spandau Ballet
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us	Sparks
Voices Carry	'Til Tuesday
Da Da Da	Trio
Turning Japanese	The Vapors
The Future's So Bright	Timbuk 3

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Going Through Old VHS Tapes...

I've been spending a few hours every night going through old VHS tapes, trying to find a couple of specific clips. Tough to do when these tapes are unlabeled (or mislabeled) and just chocked full of junk. Good junk, yes, but junk nonetheless.

You can be certain that I'll be posting clips here and there from these tapes as they come along. Usually to my Facebook but sometimes here.

The following is a little video made by some folks at Trenton High School, "Bright Lights, Big Screens," a mini movie review show that may have lasted one episode. The glory of public access is in full effect here. It's great, though, to hear what was playing at the Star Theater that week (some real winners) and see my buddy Mitch in his Star Theater uniform. Note the number of times he says "state of the art." :)

Stop The Presses

There's been a slight delay with the release of the Cashiers du Cinemart book. Rather than October/November, 2009, the book should be hitting shelves in April/May, 2010.

Thanks for everyone's patience!

Porno Person

I've loved this song for years. When I found that there was no music video for it, I decided i had to remedy that situation.

The Decomposing Composers

Despite the tag at the end, I kept thinking that this commercial was for Raisin Bran cereal:

This spot really warms my heart as it brings back memories of a series of commercials I wrote way back when I worked for Comcast in the mid-'90s. I was given the task of writing a few spots for Evola Music up in Bloomfield. I wrote out a couple of generic spots (even naming them "Generic 1", "Generic 2") that talked about the amazing selection of pianos and blah blah blah. But then, then, I also gave Evola a few more interesting things to chew over. One of them starred a superhero a la Ultra Man but named "Evola Man." I also gave them a spot with a family shopping for pianos who happen to run into Franz Lizst, Johannes Brahms, and Ludwig Von Beethoven. "If we shop here, maybe you should too!"

My boss, not one to take chances, faxed over the two generic spots weeks in advance and saved the other two until the day before shooting. Believe it or not but the client mentioned how much they liked the "crazy" spots but there hadn't been any time for discussion, casting, etc. That said, I'm glad to see such a "crazy" spot as "Raisin Brahms" on the air.

All Star A-Team

This is the A-Team movie that *I* want to see: Robert DeNiro as Hannibal, Johnny Depp as Face Man, Gary Oldman as Murdock, and Tiny Lister as B.A. Hollywood, you'd do well to pay attention!

Skate Tough, Little Boys

This compilation of hardcore, hip hop, and other malarkey provides the soundtrack to the POSSE video; a skate/BMX video that showcases "the scene" from Downriver Detroit in the late '80s. Big ups to Cris Golan for making the video and Steve Chesney for tracking down the names to all of these songs.

Name		Artist
This Beat is Military	—	K9 Posse
It's Funky Enough	—	The D.O.C.
Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)	—	Eric B & Rakim
Night of the Living Baseheads	—	Public Enemy
The Magic Number	—	De La Soul
Wild Thing	—	Tone Loc
Fight the Power	—	Public Enemy
Born to Built to Grind	—	The Stupids
You're Gonna Get Yours	—	Public Enemy
Cold Lampin' with Flavor	—	Public Enemy
Ignorance Is Bliss	—	The Ramones
L.A. Posse	—	MC Breeze
The Rappin' Duke	—	Sean Brown
Jam On It	—	Nucleus
The Glamorous Life	—	Cool C
Fast Lane	—	Urban Dance Squad
My Posse's On Broadway	—	Sir Mix Alot
Because I Got It Like That	—	Jungle Brothers
Kiss	—	Age of Chance
Fire Woman	—	TheCult
I Go To Work	—	Kool Moe Dee
Back To Boom	—	Kid Sensation
What's So Strange About Me?	—	Eight Dayz
Time to Buy a Futon	—	SNFU
Move Something	—	2 Live Crew
Trip at the Brain	—	Suicidal Tendencies
Livin' On A Prayer	—	Bon Jovi
National Anthem	—	Marine Corps Band

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Number of the Beast

Just like "MacArthur Park", I've been collecting various incarnations of Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast - some faithful, some in spirit. This collection isn't as vast but it's definitely fun. Artists include:

• Apeonaut
• Iron Maiden
• Sinergy
• Dream Theater
• The String Quartet Tribute
• Malignant Eternal
• Slim Jim and the Mad Cows
• Tchort
• Vitamin Piano Series
• Iced Earth
• Angra
• The Iron Maidens
• Iron Maiden Tribute Band
• Kerrang! Karaoke
• Necromantia
• The Electric Hellfire Club
• Steve Grimmett
• The Frankenburies
• Mambo Kurt
• The Hit Crew
• Bob Savage, Drew Brown, Mike Denhertog, Harry BassFunk
• Anton Maiden
• Zwan
• The Phone Militia

My Obsessive Ways: Goodfellas

I've always been disappointed by the soundtrack album to GOODFELLAS. Where's "Atlantis"? Where's "Jump Into The Fire?" I'm amazed they even got "Rags to Riches" on there. To that end, I've put together a collection just just about all of the music from the film.

Title	Artist
Rags to Riches	Tony Bennett
Can't We Be Sweethearts	The Cleftones
Hearts of Stone	Otis Williams and The Charms
Sincerely	The Moonglows
Firenze Sogna	Giuseppe di Stefano
Speedo	The Cadillacs
Parlami d'amoreMariu	Giuseppe di Stefano
Stardust	Billy Ward and His Dominoes
Il cielo un una stanza	Mina
Playboy	The Marvelettes
It's Not For Me to Say	Johnny Mathis
I Will Follow Him	Betty Curtis
Then He Kissed Me	The Crystals
Look in My Eyes	Chantels
Roses Are Red (My Love)	Bobby Vinton
Life Is But a Dream	The Harptones
Leader of the Pack	The Shangri-Las
Ain't That A Kick In the Head	Dean Martin
He's Sure the Boy I Love	The Crystals
Atlantis	Donovan
Pretend You Don't See Her	Jerry Vale
Remember (Walking In The Sand)	The Shangri-Las
Baby I Love You	Aretha Franklin
Beyond The Sea	Bobby Darin
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams	Tony Bennett
Gimme Shelter	The Rolling Stones
Wives and Lovers	Jack Jones
Monkey Man	The Rolling Stones
Frosty the Snow Man	The Ronettes
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	Darlene Love
Bells of St. Mary's	The Drifters
Unchained Melody	Vito and The Salutations
Sunshine of Your Love	Cream
Layla	Derek & The Dominos
Layla (Piano Exit)	Derek & The Dominos
Jump Into The Fire	Harry Nillson
Memo From Turner	Rolling Stones
Magic Bus	The Who
What Is Life	George Harrison
Mannish Boy	Muddy Waters
My Way	Sid Vicious

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