Run-DMSteve

  • When I’m in the middle of a dream/stay in bed, float upstream

    Black Tie White Noise 1993 Black Tie White Noise Extras 2003 David Bowie If I’m dreaming and I’m not satisfied with the dream I’m in, I rewrite it. I rearrange the plot and reinforce the dialog. When I’m awake, I do this with movies and TV shows. You’ll know it…

  • Alarmed

    Electric Folklore Live The Alarm 1988 If in 1988 you had wanted to make a movie about U2’s early years, you could’ve hired The Alarm to play them. They were Welsh, not Irish, but they were all inspired by The Clash and were intensely righteous. The Alarm sounded like U2.…

  • Almost famous

    Boomtown David + David 1986 David Baerwald and David Ricketts were Californians with musical roots in Bruce Springsteen’s The River. They called themselves David + David on Boomtown, their only album. David Baerwald and David Ricketts should not be confused with David Whitson and David Phillips, two Texans who also…

  • Ain’t that peculiar

    The Complete Motown Singles, 1959-1972 Various artists 2005-2013 In 2005, Universal (which owns Motown) began re-releasing every Motown single ever made. Volume 1 covered 1959-1961. The end of the series, volumes 12A and B, covered 1972. These 14 years set loose a tidal wave of 2,000 songs. When I heard…

  • I don’t know if the cotton is high, but our hedge sure is

    As I write this here in the United States, we’re nearing the end of the three-day weekend devoted to Memorial Day. This is my favorite holiday, the holiday with an entire summer up its sleeve. The weather has been abfab and the house projects ended well, without the traditional two…