When your youngest daughter home from college asks you if you want to put up your Star Wars Christmas tree, you do it. No questions asked.
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Chuck roast burnt ends

There will always be something about building Legos that is wildly therapeutic. Especially when they are Star Wars ones.

Yep, it's snowing in NW NJ. Finally.

#MusicAdvent2023, Merry Christmas & sorry for the lags in posting. Ugh. But it's done now!
"Nowhere to Run" open.spotify.com/track/2x4ViP...
"Baby Please Don't Go"
open.spotify.com/track/5WUgOO...
"What a Wonderful World"
open.spotify.com/track/4Z7bcU...

From the movie Good Morning Vietnam

#musicadvent2023 - Days 21 & 22
The movie, oddly enough, that steered me towards doing college radio even after I graduated.

Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows" - open.spotify.com/track/4SV5AR...

The Pixies, "Wave of Mutilation" - open.spotify.com/track/3uUWbd...

From the movie Pump Up the Volume

#musicadvent2023, Day 20
Ferris Bueller was an important movie, for me at least. Not just because you lived vicariously through a day of ditching, but because it helped me find Morrissey and The Smiths.
The Dream Academy, "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
open.spotify.com/track/0smzrl...

#musicadvent2023, Day 19

Journey, "Any Way You Want It" - from the movie Caddyshack
open.spotify.com/track/6g9H9e...

#MusicAdvent2023, Day 18
Maybe I'll be back on track!

Another song I never heard until I saw the movie.

Iggy Pop, "Lust for Life" - from Trainspotting
open.spotify.com/track/21YxK0...

#MusicAdvent2023, Days 15-17 (bday wknd)
Shirley & Lee, "Let the Good Times Roll" - open.spotify.com/track/48UygV...

Del-Vikings, "Whispering Bells" - open.spotify.com/track/146DRo...

Ben E. King, "Stand By Me" - open.spotify.com/track/2lzbKV...

From the movie Stand By Me

#MusicAdvent2023, Days 13 & 14

Appreciated this flick when I was older. Same with The Furs (missed the boat on them growing up)!

Otis Redding, "Try a Little Tenderness" - open.spotify.com/track/36AlMH...

The Psychedelic Furs, "Pretty in Pink" - open.spotify.com/track/1K1TFd...

#MusicAdvent2023 - Days 11 & 12
(wow I've been slacking)
Fun movie, pretty quality soundtrack of covers!
Marilyn Manson, "Tainted Love" - open.spotify.com/track/1ANc3O...

Goldfinger, "99 Red Balloons" - open.spotify.com/track/4iHITB...

from Not Another Teen Movie

#MusicAdvent2023, Day 10
The record store scene was such a slick scene.
This movie reminded me of Trainspotting, but kinder and gentler... and that's probably doing it a disservice. Fun one.
Aphrodite, "Stalker" - from Human Traffic

open.spotify.com/track/0yz4J1...

#MusicAdvent2023, Days 7 & 8
Sometimes you need a rest.
Hackers was a guilty pleasure movie for me, future familiar names and lots of electronic music.
Stereo MC's, "Connected" - open.spotify.com/track/5tXWXb...

The Prodigy, "One Love" - open.spotify.com/track/6kDHPM...

#MusicAdvent2023, Day 6
Rocky 3 wasn't the only movie to have professional wrestling in it and still be a fun watch!
Queen, "Princes of the Universe" - from the movie Highlander.

open.spotify.com/track/0Uy8lc...

#MusicAdvent2023, Day 4 Wildly underrated movie, and so was the soundtrack.
Dance Hall Crashers, "Enough" - from the movie Angus.

open.spotify.com/track/7ct9EN...