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Category Archives: 80s
QuiltCon – Presented by the Modern Quilt Guild 2/21-2/24
Remember that fresh faced you that promised yourself on January 1, 2013 that you would have new life experiences this year and would take a lesson from Jim Carrey & Zooey Deschanel’s co-starring movie, Yes Man? We remember that you…you … Continue reading
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Blondie and Devo at Stubb’s
You can Call Me any place, any time to Whip It at the Blondie and Devo show on Sept. 18 at Stubb’s. Yes, I am doing something cutesy here by tying their top songs into my intro, but I’m also being … Continue reading
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A Galaxie Revisited
Things were a bit different in 1991. There was a Bush in the Oval Office, yet no Bush on Trauma Records. Also, the marketing gods from Full House released the Michelle doll, but we don’t really need to go into … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Wareham, Full House, Galaxie 500, Holy Wave, Love Inks
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Indigo Girls this Friday at The Paramount
1985 was a magical year. It spawned the birth of Back to the Future, Nintendo, and Indigo Girls. Spanning multiple decades, highschool buds, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are back at it with their 14th studio album. No, no- that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Friday 13th, Indigo Girls, Paramount Theatre, The Shadowboxers
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Of Courtesans and Glam Rock
As humanity progressed past huddling around fires, and the general tomfoolery that comes with the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, architecture met function with the development of the courtyard. Sources of heat could be centrally located, but no longer had to involve the … Continue reading
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Tagged cedar street courtyard, spazmatics, warehouse district
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Do you like Huey Lewis & The News (and Joe Cocker)?
Huey Lewis & The News have been shaking up the pop-rock scene since their emergence more than thirty years ago. Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ’83, I … Continue reading
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Tagged huey lewis and the news, joe cocker, The Backyard
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The Action Pack presents 80′s Dance Party!
God I love the 80s. For some reason, all other decades don’t stand a chance when compared to that tubular time period. Maybe it’s all the neon colored spandex or that fried crimped hair that won our attention. One thing … Continue reading