John Parr performed the theme song for the film St. Elmo’s Fire. He also wrote this little gem, “Naughty, Naughty” — which, to my knowledge, hasn’t appeared in anything other than my ’80s nightmares. Happy birthday, Elizabeth B! VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip
Continue reading...Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Aug 20, 2010
No, seriously, he really does: Easily the catchiest exercise in r&b irreverence since “Crazy.”
Continue reading...Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Aug 13, 2010
This is one of those must-watch-all-the-way-through videos. Apparently, Dan Deacon is involved, but it’s really about the drunk guy’s epic rant: In mini-Juggalo news, Violent J’s progeny, Violent J.J.(!!!), is launching his own music career at the tender age of… um, I’m guessing 5? The song is called “Bad Bad Man,” and it will either make [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Jul 6, 2010
If you’re a regular reader of, well, pretty much any blog, you probably heard about pint-sized funkster Prince’s recent comment that “the internet is over.” This comes as news to anyone who doesn’t use AOL discs to go online. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that it seems unlikely that the [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Oldsters and ’80s fetishists will no doubt recall the song “99 Luftballons” by German synth-pop-punk act Nena. In 1983, the tune lit up roller rinks across the globe. “Luftballons” was more than just a day-glo earworm — it painted a disturbing picture of hair-trigger Cold War defense systems and the threat of accidental annihilation. But it [...]
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Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Aug 27, 2010
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