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Back again kids...

The first song is a tribute to one of my favorite writers... Hunter S. Thompson. Insane, witty, counter-culture subversive, Hunter influenced many of the things I love today. Doonesbury, Transmetropolitan, Las Vegas... the list could go on and on. It was a few years ago today that he took his life. Many would say that he took the coward's way out. I'd like to think of it as the fact that he faced death and his exit on his own terms, not mewling and puking as Shakespeare would have us think.


The Kinks... Lola. We need a little Kink(s) today. See below.


INXS -- Don't Change. I heard an acoustic version of this the other night at 2BuckChuck. It was very well done, and something I suggest you expose yourself to. As an 80s song, it's almost as good as the next one on this list. Of course, if you have a thing for autoerotic asphyxiation, then this song may be for you.


The Smiths -- "Ask." Ok, there is nothing more pathetic than white kids dancing to The Smiths. One: The song is poppy, but perversely depressing. "The Bomb will bring us together?" Right.
Two: The Smiths music should not be danced to. Three: If you Dance and Lip-sync to this, you should be shot. I don't care if you think you look cool, I have a need to kick you in the boys. But as 80s songs go, this one is only eclipsed by "Girlfriend in a Coma."


Finally, Hall and Oates, "Rich Girl." Why? I had to win a bet. Also, for the line, "It's a bitch, girl."

Glad to be back!
-om