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Infatueighties #59: Maniac
It’s easy to imagine the allure of a song called “Maniac” to a 7-year old terror like I was. What’s not as easy to imagine is why the song still brings a smile to my face twenty-six years later. Believe it or not, I’ve never seen “Flashdance” all the way through, so that can’t be it. The song just makes me happy. I play it when I work out and it peps me up (although […]
FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #19: Stand By Your Manboobs
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONSÂ “You Little Fool” b/w “Big Sister” & “The Stamping Ground” (F-Beat Records UK #XX26, 1982)
“A pretty prime cut,” it says, etched in some unknown stranger’s messy handwriting on the inner groove of this imported 7-inch. I’d have to wholeheartedly agree, given the 3 great tracks to which we’re being treated on this week’s edition of 45 RPM. International raconteur and talk-show host Declan MacManus needs no introduction, so let’s just dive right in, […]