UPDATE: As I listened to Neil’s Glory Road double CD over the weekend, I realized I made three glaring Jukebox omissions. Not that the list was meant to be exhaustive, but these three can’t not be on it. So now the list is a nice, round 20 songs.
Excited! Excited! The Neil Diamond concert is Tuesday! [...]
Archive for the '80s' Category
Jukebox: Diamond is a girl’s best friend
August 2, 2008
“Late Blooming Hotness”
April 9, 2008
My friends and I were in a deep discussion about 80s movies (they support my addiction like true-blue codependents should) and we all agree that Kiefer Sutherland has what I refer to as “Late Blooming Hotness.”
I have seen probably every Kiefer movie made in the 1980s. Kiefer was not hot then. In “Young Guns,” I [...]
The Jukebox: the retro edition
April 9, 2008
Time for this week’s rotation! It’s coming a bit early because I’ll be traveling the rest of the week, and I set a new playlist for the plane. The 80s theme continues:
Gloria, Laura Branigan. This song was in “Flashdance,” so I rewound that scene last night three times to hear the song three times. (Remember Jeanie’s [...]
Whoa, tender years, won’t you wash away my tears?
April 8, 2008
I think I may have a problem.
Like men who purchase sports cars to alleviate their midlife crises, I realize that I am soothing the pain of turning 35 by living in the 80s. I cannot face 2008, so I’m in 1983. It’s so much nicer there. I can’t leave.
Case in point: Thanks to Bobbi’s comment, [...]
Tonight is what it means to be young!
April 8, 2008
So it’s been more than a week since my birthday, and I’m still doing a decent job fighting off the blues I felt about turning (*gulp*) 35. I know when I’m 48 I’ll look back at 35 and say “I wish I was back there again!” But for now, it just sucks. So this week [...]
Open letter to Donnie Wahlberg
April 7, 2008
Hey Donnie:
You’ve become quite the actor. Ok, so no Oscar noms are coming your way, but you’ve been in movies that I’ve actually seen, and you’ve got a new one coming out with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro! Not bad. Good job.
So anyway, remember when your little brother Mark started getting acting gigs? Remember what [...]
