Nostalgic Computer Games

Check out this cute new video clip for the Model School's new single, 'It's Hard to Dance When Your Legs Are On Fire'. Brings back memories of those early computer games, don't it?

The brains behind the band, Brendan Wixted, egged me on to go viral with the clip. I'm actually suffering from a flu virus of some sort right now, but rest assured you won't catch that.

Musical Youth

I'd been warned about the dangers of YouTube--how distracting, how addictive, how side-splitting it is--but did I listen? No. Today I've spent hours digging up "one more song" from my formative years. But I swear I'll restrain myself...right after I compile a list of my top five songs featured in '80s movies.

Melt With You - Modern English (Valley Girl, 1983):


Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds (The Breakfast Club, 1985):


In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (Say Anything, 1989):


The Time of My Life - Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes (Dirty Dancing, 1987):


We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982)


Okay, I've talked myself into adding one more...
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John (Xanadu, 1980)