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Album of the Month: Violent Femmes

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by Violent Femmes
1983
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I was planning on a different Album of the Month, but then my friend new Kelsey and I were talking about our top 5 bands. I had mostly not heard of hers (because I’m old) and she had mostly not heard of mine (also because I’m old). Violent Femmes were on my list, and though my main thought was trying to hold back from screaming out on the subway “how do you not know who the Violent Femmes are?!”, my other thought was “if their first album is not a perfect album, then brother, I don’t know what the hell is.” So Kelsey, this is for you.

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October Soundtracks: Grosse Pointe Blank

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Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank: Music From The Film
1997
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I adore absolutely everything about the film Grosse Pointe Blank.  Part of it is a timing thing — it came out just a couple of months after I moved to NYC and served as a security blanket when I didn’t have a ton of friends to hang with.  I probably watched it 5 or 6 times that spring.  It also has a cast that are really at their best, including a great turn by Dan Akroyd as an insane hitman.  And the plot is killer — who doesn’t want to return to their high school reunion with the coolest job ever — assassin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy9MlIBv6xo

If you haven’t seen it, watch the damn thing.  But even if the movie is not your cup of tea, the soundtrack will be.  It’s full of 80s-era “alternative” hits as spun in-movie by Minnie Driver’s radio DJ.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “Add It Up”

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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes

“Add It Up”
by Violent Femmes
from the album Violent Femmes
1983
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I wasn’t sure what to post today, and then, no lie, all three versions that I have of this song came up in a row on shuffle on the way home, so I’d better post it or the universe is going to have me get hit by a bus tomorrow or something. How have I not posted any Femmes yet? I love #KaraokeTuesday and #CoverFriday, but Lance is right that we need some other day for everything else (and yes, next month I will try to post another monthly theme, though even that may not be open-ended enough).

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