Dark was a "what were they thinking?" album for sure. It just screams "contractual obligation". Oddly, it coincided with the time Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek were at their creative peaks as soundtrack composers. So i'm guessing all their time and creative energy was being spent on those lucrative soundtracks, and…

This one live clip encapsulates everything you need to know about Oingo Boingo:

I was a hardcore Oingo Boingo nerd back then too, and I didn't care for that album all that much either, and the lame-ass album cover photo of the aging band didn't help. also why did they change their name to "Boingo"? but then i saw them on that tour and they were still a great live band, so all was forgiven… until…

it's kind of strange to me that there are ADULTS today who never experienced the 80's at all, and teens who have only fuzzy memories of the 90's at best, considering I have lots of very vivid memories of both those decades. hell, I even still remember the late-70s, when nearly every new car was brown or beige (or…

totally agree. actually the Batman soundtrack was the first Prince album that i didn't love, but i was willing to give him a pass on that one, since the slightly ridiculous music kind of fit the silly movie it was for. But Graffiti Bridge was all just bland generic R&B all the way through, with none of the edge that…

my first real Rush disappointment was Power Windows. it had a few good songs, but the cheesy mid-80's production style sounded badly dated to me even when it was new.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park? same here. i loved the first Jurassic Park, so of course i saw the sequel in the theater on opening weekend. By the 20 minute point, i was already ready to leave. so disappointing.

I caught the last half of the youtube concert. whatever you think of their music, now there's no doubt in my mind they are an exciting live act. their brand of loud repetitive techno rock plays very well in a live setting. and the people in the audience looked like they were having a good time. I didn't see any…

ahh, Daphne. one of my first crushes too. her character was always a bit too one-dimensional (Velma had more personality IMO), but she was a fox.

i barely even noticed her on That 70's Show (too young to register on my radar), but pretty much anything in the past few years - yeah. For me it was 'Extract' and (as mentioned in earlier threads) 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'.

no, there's only one Trixie for me; the original, vaguely Asian-looking, anime one in the light brown hair and a 60's-style dress. Christina Ricci looked and acted very little like that Trixie. also she was too old for the part. Trixie should be played by someone in her early-20's, tops, and preferably Japanese.

every once in awhile her navel would peek through. very exciting, almost like a nip slip. but the best moments for me were when her voluptuous boobs would jiggle, or brush up against something. For a young kid like me in the early 80's with no cable, and who wasn't allowed to watch "filth" like Three's Company, this…

never saw either Parent Trap, but i do remember crushing on teenage Hayley Mills in That Darn Cat, back when i was 12 or so.

Trixie from the '60's Speed Racer anime cartoon. holy hell she was cute! and she liked tricked out race cars. and she could even fly a helicopter. my dream girl when i was 7.

the evil doppelgangers were pretty hot too! I'll take Serena over Samantha any day.

I first discovered 'I Dream of Jeannie' when i was 10. Instant love! Samantha was a cutie too, at least in the earlier seasons. but I'd still take Jeannie over her any day. Jeannie was so full of life. and she dressed much hotter.

judging by their single, they might not be quite edgy enough even for Christian rock.

what they should have done with their $100K:

I'll have to check that out. From the same era, the Bogart film 'The Enforcer' had a memorable "man on a ledge" scene that doesn't turn out how you'd expect it to.

I enjoy this.