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“The Side to Side,” BS 2000 (Simply Mortified, 2000). A groovy dance craze started by Ad-Roc (moonlighting from The Beastie Boys) and Avery Smith.

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“Velvet Underground,” Jonathan Richman (I, Jonathan, 1992).

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The Felt Underground

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I don’t watch much serial television, but I’m enjoying Sherlock and Daughter immensely. There’s great rapport between David Thewlis and Blu Hunt, and the show’s writers have put in the work to create a thoughtful mystery, and provide clues for the viewer, in the Doyle tradition. #SherlockandDaughter

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“If Boys Got Pregnant,” The Orchids (single, 1979).

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I didn’t think a Marvel movie could make me cry, but the scenes in Yelena’s memories, and Bob’s childhood home did just that. I hope that’s not a spoiler. I wasn’t expecting to see an incredibly accurate depiction of the depression cycle in a superhero movie, but here it is. #Thunderbolts

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Why am I only realizing now that the chords in “You Keep Me Hanging On” by The Supremes are the same as the chords in “Pictures of Matchstick Men” by Status Quo? Or very close.

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“The World Needs Love,” The Paragons with Tommy McCook and the SuperSonics (single b-side, 1968).

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My 4K set of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond just arrived. #TheBeyond #LucioFulci

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He’s seen it, too. He avoided watching Herzog’s version while working on his to avoid imitation, which, I don’t know, isn’t the same thing (to me).

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Wizard (or witch) librarian, so I’ll mix and match 3 and 4. And I am a librarian. The jury is out as to whether I can practice magic.

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Robert Eggers has spoken often of his love of the original by Murnau, and how he’s watched it many times, so I’ll guess it isn’t him.

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“Ubu Dance Party,” Pere Ubu (Dub Housing, 1978). Farewell, Crocus Behemoth.

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With Doctor Who, James Bond and the Pope all about to be recast, is there anyone you think would be ideal in all three roles?

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I watched A Complete Unknown last night. Being a big Dylan nerd, I liked it enough. But I couldn’t help but think: 1) Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There is a much better movie 2) The article published a few years ago, suggesting Walk Hard should have driven a stake in the music biopic, was right.

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Alligator (1980) has a Murderer’s Row of great character actors - Robert Forster, Sydney Lassick, Kevin McCarthy, Sue Lyon, Mike Mazurki, Henry Silva, Michael Gazzo. Sometimes I think 1/2 of the appeal of genre films (especially great ones like this) is watching character actors doing their thing.

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I watched it on Friday afternoon (3:45 PM showing, and it was almost sold out). Absolutely loved it.

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“Waters Part,” Let’s Active (Cypress, 1984). #MitchEaster

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We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.

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“No More Kings,” Pavement (School House Rocks! Rocks, 1996 - yes, that was the title of the tribute CD).

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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

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Tell me the horror movie that started your love of horror:

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I’m watching Laurie Anderson’s concert film, Home of the Brave (which she directed). It’s one of the great 1980s concert films, on par with Stop Making Sense, but it’s not currently available for home viewing, as far as I know. (I have to confess I’m watching a bootleg DVD-R, sourced from VHS).

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“International Feel,” Mitch Easter (For The Love Of Todd, 1991).

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I don’t know what’s weirder about Transformers: The Movie - the fact that there is an Of Mice Or Men joke, or that there is a dance sequence, with robots getting down to “Dare to Be Stupid” by “Weird” Al Yankovic (spoofing Devo).

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Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.

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“President Am I,” Slow Children (extended dance mix, 12”, 1982). “President Am I” is a wonderful new wave single that I adore. It was a local hit on Los Angeles radio, with a video in rotation on very early MTV. Only this morning did I learn the song had a 12” dance mix. Of course it did.

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“Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation,” Tom Paxton (Ain’t That News, 1965).

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Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great

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RIP Clem Burke, a magnificent rock (and disco) drummer. The isolated drums of "Dreaming," which are essentially non-stop fills for the entire track--genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xse...

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“Dreaming,” Blondie (Eat to the Beat, 1979). Farewell to Bayonne, New Jersey native and drumming legend (and a Ramone for two shows), Clem Burke.

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I picked up a copy of this beauty after reading about it in the excellent blog Too Much Horror Fiction. Published in 1987, the book admirably covered the horror genre in many forms - everything from Shelley, Poe and the gothic novel, to Alban Berg, Carl Dreyer and Roger Corman. Thanks, Lois.

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“Here She Comes Now,” The Velvet Underground (White Light/White Heat, 1968). It’s a White Light/White Heat kind of morning. I hear it call my name. Confession- I first heard “Here She Comes Now” through Nirvana’s excellent version, recorded for a VU tribute record in 1990.

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If you are looking for a platonic ideal of the 70s AM radio pop hits collection, this might be it. I give you volume 9 of Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day, a 25-volume set from the great (in its pre-corporate era) Rhino Records label.

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No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.

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“The Twilight Zone,” Michael Hurley (Hi-Fi Snock Uptown, 1972).

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