February 28, 2005

Finally!

A local 80's station has arrived to help me skip along the path down memory lane. While driving home from the airport Friday night, I heard "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," "You're One of My Kind," "Major Tom (Coming Home)" and "Lonely Ol' Night," just to name a few.

Of course, yesterday while driving to the market after church with the family, I absent-mindedly switched on the radio, typically parked at NPR, only to quickly turn it off again. Billy Idol just wasn't the tone I was looking for.

Posted by Rae at February 28, 2005 09:46 AM
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NPR?? What? You like to get mad?

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at February 28, 2005 10:35 AM

RWS- I listen to NPR because I like to have my mind sharpened, so to speak. I want to shape and form my own opinions rather than vomit up the ones feed by conservative talk show hosts. That's not to say I disagree with the conservatives at all; I just want to know why, and what I am specifically disagreeing with. As we listen, I will tell the girls why I disagree or how the perspective presented is being skewed to fit the ideology or to lead the listener to a certain opinion. I will explain the flip side or proper way to examine statistics and maybe say what isn't being said by the speaker.

I also do like the cultural pieces that NPR produces, as do my girls.

Posted by: Rae at February 28, 2005 11:36 AM

I think you mean "Need You Tonight," assuming we're thinking of the same INXS song. I used to love me some INXS and then Michael had to go off himself in such a strange way.

As for NPR, I too enjoy it from time to time, particularly "All Things Considered." Those who avoid "the other side" gain nothing by living in an echo chamber, other than a myopic worldview.

Posted by: andy at February 28, 2005 08:04 PM

Yes, Andy, that would be the correct name. Thanks :D

Posted by: Rae at February 28, 2005 11:56 PM

I am so cultured! I listen to NPR because they don't have that annoying morning banter that makes me want to rip someone's head off and... ok, deep cleansing breath, Mountain Pose.. there, much better.
K

Posted by: Special K at March 1, 2005 04:45 AM

Yes, well, Special K, according to R- we're snobs at heart :o

Shhh, don't tell him I told you....

Posted by: Rae at March 1, 2005 10:25 AM

Now see, I was coming in here to say, it's "Need You Tonight" by INXS, because even though Michael Hutchence looked like Justine Bateman, he still deserves correct song title quotations. :-) But Andy up there beat me to it.

Also, Rae, I have a super-ultimate, ginormously huge compilation of 80s songs: http://www.ramblestrip.com/music/1980_1989.html

It's ridiculously organized and I worked an embarrassingly long time on it. Just like I did with the 90s:
http://www.ramblestrip.com/music/1990_1999.html

The 1967-1979 and the pre-1967 lists aren't nearly complete yet. :-) Nice blog!

Posted by: Kim at March 3, 2005 03:19 PM

Kim- thanks :D Another 80's afficonado? Woo-hoo.

Wow- that's some list! Thanks for coming over. Come often :D

Posted by: Rae at March 3, 2005 10:05 PM
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