Agreed—I think we wore out Chance back in the day as a party song.

"Hootenanny" in E…ANYONE?

Turned 24…with a shitty career (for now)…see below for the uninspiring details.

Great comment…COLOR ME IMPRESSED!

Hey, thanks for the update…I still miss the record biz., even if there ain't no biz. no more.

If you think Cusack as Tricky-Dick is a stretch, check out his performance as  incarcerated perv. Hillary Van Wetter (yup, that's his character's name) in Daniels' "The Paperboy".

Yeah—we got both of 'em on tape &/or vinyl for $7.98.

RIGHT!!!

30 years ago this week I started a great job, managing a record store in beautiful downtown Moorhead, MN.

From what I read, she had way more than a "drinking problem".

I'm sure he was glad he lived 33 years after "People Who Died" was a hit, but saddened he won't be mentioned in any future live performances of the song, as Jim Carroll checked out 4 years ago. I saw Jim Carroll live in early '81, when his band supported The Boomtown Rats, and they had it going for a while.

Yep, I remember all the hype.

Always thought she was the waitress in the "Glory Days" video—but I just watched it again, and can't say for sure..  Any help on this one?

"In '69 I was 21, and bombed a napalm lab" just didn't flow as easily in song as JB reminiscing about driving the open road did.

Spring of '81—Tom Sawyer is everywhere on the radio and at parties…I almost killed myself…almost!

I never knew Disco Strangler was on anybody's shit-list…since I don't own The Long Run and don't think I've actually read about it or heard it anywhere since a kegger I attended in late 1980, right after Ronnie won the election.

>>See: McCarthy, Andrew<<

>>I'll just skip to the boobs.<<

>>With just $1.5 million in 591 theaters, the raunchy comedy opened much smaller than expected—especially given that Aubrey Plaza was seemingly everywhere last week, talking about sex<

Michelle Forbes circa "Kalifornia"?