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Entries Tagged as 'New Romantic'

Saturday, May 24: The Relaunch of Planet Earth Chicago at Subterranean

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 15th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

Here’s another very fun event on the horizon: What are you doing next Saturday night? Feel like going New Wave dancing with some of the most flamboyant and fabulous Earthlings in Chicago, at a groovy new location? Here’s what I’m talking about:

Some of you know that over the last eight years I’ve been heavily involved […]

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Tags: News · Culture · Music · Chicago · New Wave · Ska · Punk · New Romantic · Nightclubs · Planet Earth Chicago

The ABC’s of Early 80’s Mo-Romance

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am

And now for something a little on the lighter side — and a nice follow-up to Valentine’s Day.
ABC’s “All of My Heart” + Brideshead Revisited = high school drama club heaven, circa 1982. Possibly the best combination since peanut butter and chocolate … the British horror of peanut butter notwithstanding.
(Note: This may not be […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · LGBT · New Wave · Film · TV · Lit · UK/England · Video · New Romantic · Fiction

Music: “The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned” (and A Tale of Two Ultravoxes)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 25th, 2007 at 11:11 am

Here’s a nice video find for Friday: “The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned” by Ultravox! (the early, John Foxx-led incarnation of the band). This song has possibly the most figuratively ambitious lyrics you’ll find in any song not written by David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, or Bob Dylan. And what a thrill to watch John […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · UK/England · Scotland · Video · Glam Rock · New Romantic · Ultravox