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- Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts
- I Want Candy – And Other Treats
- In My Write Mind: News About My Writings
- Johnny You ARE Queer – Gay Thoughts
- Living in the 80s – forever
- Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained
- Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
- Tell You What's On My Mind (Pure Energy)
- The Dan Zone Files – Just the Facts
- The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
- Wagging My Dog Tales
- What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
People who live in steel houses shouldn’t become zombies…
Okay. It feels like all I write about these days is fricking zombies! Here we go again. Night of the Comet, 1984. Loved this film when it was on cable when I was a kid. It stars the chick from … Continue reading
I’m having an 80s moment and it’s giving me fever…
It just doesn’t get any more 80s perfect than this. Let’s see. Married with Children. Christina Applegate dancing to “Fever” as covered by Annabella of Bow Wow Wow (best version EVER, btw). Christina Applegate dancing to “Fever” as covered by … Continue reading
Can I butter your Pop Porn?
Decades ago, porn star Andrea True did the unimaginable—she had a successful top 10 pop hit with the song “More, More, More.” Other than the fact that she was in a 1975 porn called Both Ways in which she played … Continue reading
The Gleek in Review: the sex episode that was all about…feelings
Wow. After a rather dry spell, Glee came back with a vengeance this week. At first, it appeared this was going to be just another raunchy and controversial envelope-pushing episode. Gwenyth Paltrow slaughtered Joan Jett’s “Do You Wanna Touch Me” … Continue reading
My latest innocent pleasure—Selena Gomez (& The Scene?)
That’s right. There’s no guilt here—and it doesn’t get any more innocent than a Disney girl (Well…that’s not exactly true these days). I may have spent years at new wave, industrial, techno and underground dance clubs, but the fact is, … Continue reading
The Gleek in review—the ghost of the Christmas present it could have been
The release of the Glee Christmas album a few weeks ago created much antici…pation (Oh wait. That was the Halloween episode) for last night’s Christmas episode. What the Christmas episode proved is that good things should come in big packages, … Continue reading
80s new wave monster Alice Cooper: his music and movie…
Funny thing about my taste in 80s new wave music—My favorite songs or albums by certain artists are often the very records the artists’ most hardcore fans despise. What most label as “sell out” albums, I consider masterpieces. For instance, … Continue reading
Burlesque: It’s Chicago Ugly!
It can’t be morning soon enough. I gotta get me the soundtrack to Burlesque! Yes, despite horrible reviews that said Christina Aguilera sux, Cher sux, Stanley Tucci sux, Christina’s hot love interest sux (that phrase puts naughty thoughts in my … Continue reading
All I wanted for Christmas: 2 Christmas CDs to make the yuletide REALLY gay
It’s that time of year again— that pesky holiday that’s only purpose is to be the link between Halloween and Christmas. And along with it comes the four day weekend when I journey to the store for something urgent like … Continue reading