Localized Earworms
So if you’ve been watching enough of the Paris Olympics, you’ve seen enough footage of Parisian life and culture and you’ve inevitably heard the “Can-Can.” I think it was used in the opening...
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A Last Point in Elementary School
I wish I could have some profound way of starting this essay or even something or someone to tie it together, but the truth is that last week, I fell down one of hte more random Internet rabbit holes....
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The Remains of the Eighties
For my 18th birthday, I got a $25 gift certificate to Tape World. It was 1995 and I hadn’t bought a cassette in at least a few years. But in The Smith Haven Mall, there was still a store called Tape...
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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 165: Strictly Eighties Joel
“You May Be Right,” “Allentown,” “Tell Her About It” … all of these are found on the seminal compilation album Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol 1 and 2, which came out 40 years ago. Join me as I take a...
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Surely Brenda and Eddie Still Survive
The back cover of The Stranger. I was running errands this morning and listening to The Stranger (as one does) and as I wound through Charlottesville, I realized that the main characters inmy favorite...
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