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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Flashback to 1983

I'm listening to WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback right now. Every Saturday, host Wendy Rice takes you back to one year from the late 60s to early double 0s. You get the music and lots of information.

Some songs to bring back some memories:

BANG ON THE DRUMS-- Todd Rundgren
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE-- Talking Heads
SYNCHRONICITY 2-- Police
LET'S DANCE-- David Bowie
MAJOR TOM-- Peter Schilling

PINK HOUSES-- John Mellancamp
COME DANCING-- Kinks
RADIO FREE EUROPE-- REM
IN A BIG COUNTRY-- Big Country
BLISTER IN THE SUN-- Violent Femmes

NEW YEAR'S DAY-- U2
SWEET DREAMS-- Eurythmics

Notable Deaths:

The two bears: George Hallas and Paul Bryant
Tennessee Williams
Michael Conrad-- Hill Street Blue's roll call Sergeant Esterhaus
Arthur Godfrey
Slim Pickens
Carolyn Jones-- Better-known as Morticia Addams
William Demorest-- Uncle Charlie
Buster Crabbe-- Good old Flash.

Also, US forces invaded Grenada.

Saturday Morning Flashback is on WXRT 93.1 FM in Chicago from 8 am to noon. It streams live.

Have You Had Your '83 for Today? --RoadDog


MUSINGS FROM A CONFUSED MIND: They told me I was gullible and I believed them.

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