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Lohan Makes A Sad: Song of the Day – “Drama Queen” by Lindsay Lohan

Just watching this video made me a bit sad. It seems that the glory days of Lindsay Lohan are long gone and every year we will have to watch her have paranoid freak outs in the public eye. Originally, it was just standard celebrity scandals, with her crashing stolen cars, falling asleep while her secret girlfriend [...]

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9.9.09 Edition of Song of the Day – “Something” by The Beatles

In honor of Beatles day, I thought we’d go with one of their classics for song of the day. The band’s complete re-mastered catalog, a celebratory boxed set, as well as The Beatles: Rock Band, are celebrating their releases today and everyone has gotten into the spirit of things, or more accurately Beatles Mania 2.0. [...]

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Song of the Day – “I Got A Lot” by Mika Miko

I defy any of you dear readers to not jump out of your seats and dance like a crazy awkward white tween when you hear this song. Its by the adorable punk/noise group from Los [...]

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Song of the Day – John Hughes Edition

I could not settle on just one song from the epically crafted soundtracks and scores that accompanied the films of John Hughes, so I copped out and put together a Song of the Day collection in honor of Hughes. Hope you enjoy. Anything missing?

I fell in love with the song the moment I heard it. It didn’t hurt that it an essential part of what I still believe is one of the most romantic and adorable scenes in all of cinematic history. What I would have given to have Jake Ryan pick me up outside a church. This Thompson Twins song has been on most of my mixes over the years and will forever remain one of my favorite songs.

“If You Were Here” – by The Thompson Twins (From “16 Candles”)

This song might not be the stand out hit from the movie, but I love it all the same. I had to buy the “Pretty in Pink” soundtrack on tape a few times because I would just wear it out. The Smiths, Psychadelic Furs and this gem, just to name a few. What a perfect emo soundtrack to match the teen angst of the film.

“Wouldn’t Be Good” – by Nik Kershaw (From “Pretty in Pink“)
More on Song of the Day – John Hughes Edition after the JUMP

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Song of the Day – “King Rat” by Modest Mouse, Directed by Heath Ledger

It’s finally here. In 2007, Heath Ledger approached Modest Mouse about directing a video for their song “King Rat”. Ledger put together the concept for the animated video, which was to highlight illegal whale hunts along the coast of Australia, and was working on the project up until his untimely death last year. The [...]

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Song of the Day – “Gut of the Quantifier” by The Fall

This post punk band had a way with words and making dancey tracks with meaning, really a gift most bands lost after 1993. Please attempt to listen to this song and not do the shuffle. Unfortunately, the quality of the video is lacking, but I love that someone was able to put an early [...]

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Song of the Day – “Summer Vacation” by The Party

If you were a tween girl in the early 1990′s, odds are you will remember the band The Party. A pop group bred from the Mickey Mouse Club 2.0, they had were the perfect tweeny bopper pop group, with songs about girlfriends, summer vacation and lost love. I was obsessed with them back in [...]

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Song of the Day – “Meija” by Porno for Pyros

Larry Sanders Show + Peter DiStefano/Martyn LeNoble era of Porno for Pyros =Amazing. This song will always get [...]

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