1980 Archive

  • As is the case with Sting’s tunery, Peter Gabriel’s music has always struck me as a rather untidy synthesis of pop, prog, and world.  At his best, Gabriel is a […]

    Peter Gabriel – Melt

    As is the case with Sting’s tunery, Peter Gabriel’s music has always struck me as a rather untidy synthesis of pop, prog, and world.  At his best, Gabriel is a […]

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  • Heaven’s Gate is a bummer that killed New Hollywood — as a director-driven force. Still, the movie happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. First, some […]

    Heaven’s Gate

    Heaven’s Gate is a bummer that killed New Hollywood — as a director-driven force. Still, the movie happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. First, some […]

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  • I love The Fog. I love it, because the guys and gals who made Halloween did it partly as an homage to the films of Val Lewton, Alfred Hitchcock, and […]

    The Fog

    I love The Fog. I love it, because the guys and gals who made Halloween did it partly as an homage to the films of Val Lewton, Alfred Hitchcock, and […]

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  • There was a white man who lived alone in a small apartment in New York City. He worked for the government but had never been outside of the five boroughs. […]

    Talking Heads – Crosseyed And Painless

    There was a white man who lived alone in a small apartment in New York City. He worked for the government but had never been outside of the five boroughs. […]

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  • Julian Kay (Richard Gere) is one of the best manwhores in L.A. But soon the unthinkable happens — a dead trick, for which he is blamed. Can he be saved? […]

    American Gigolo

    Julian Kay (Richard Gere) is one of the best manwhores in L.A. But soon the unthinkable happens — a dead trick, for which he is blamed. Can he be saved? […]

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  • Beetle-browed, slickered ‘n’ woolly, from rocket-train “Do It Clean” to teen animus “Pride” to “Happy Death Men” histrionic. But it ain’t the nazz: The thin production underweighs their epic hand-in-the-flame […]

    Echo and the Bunnymen – Crocodiles

    Beetle-browed, slickered ‘n’ woolly, from rocket-train “Do It Clean” to teen animus “Pride” to “Happy Death Men” histrionic. But it ain’t the nazz: The thin production underweighs their epic hand-in-the-flame […]

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