Category: music
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I take the pledge
In 1986 I spent six glorious summer weeks at the Clarion West Writers Workshop. I went to class Monday through Friday to study with six science fiction and fantasy writers and editors: Ed Bryant, Suzy McKee Charnas, Particia McKillip, Joan Vinge, Norman Spinrad, and David Hartwell. (I had to quit…
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Back off, man, I’m a scientist
“Ghostbusters” Ray Parker, Jr. 1984 R&B hitmaker Ray Parker, Jr. once said that his biggest challenge in writing the theme song for this movie was the lack of words that rhyme with “ghostbusters.” PolitiFact rates this assertion as True. The only two rhymes I can think of are “feather dusters”…
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Ask Run-DMSteve asks Run-DMSteve
Q: What happened to the end of 1986 Week? A: It collided with the weekend. Party! Q: Aren’t you too old to party? A: You’re never too old to party. You might have to party at 12 frames per second instead of 24, but you’re never too old to party.…
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How to win friends and influence people
Siouxsie & The Banshees Tinderbox 1986 Siouxsie & The Banshees are proof of the power of networking. Susan Dallion was one of a group of early Sex Pistols fans who were inspired to go out and make music too. She changed her name to Siouxsie Sioux, which is impossible to…
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Every generation throws a hero a box of Pop-Tarts
Graceland Paul Simon 1986 I sold all my records. In 2011 I realized that I hadn’t played one since 2005. Did this cause me to drop a record on my turntable? No, because by then all I had left was a turntable. I’d already sold the rest of my stereo components.…
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