tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078465096738160247.post2839826979745180386..comments2024-01-16T11:48:59.385-05:00Comments on Defiantly Dutch: Christmas (Flying Dutch, please beat Iona at home)Jerry Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039592694913420983noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078465096738160247.post-31501951285624346012008-12-23T21:43:00.000-05:002008-12-23T21:43:00.000-05:00Maybe because I've got (Almost-)Non-Christmas Chri...Maybe because I've got (Almost-)Non-Christmas Christmas movies <A HREF="http://theicepickcometh.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/merry-christmas-eighties-style/" REL="nofollow">on my mind</A>, but I still think first of <I>Gremlins</I> whenever I hear Darlene Love's "Chistmas (Baby Please Come Home."The Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844452530245575789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078465096738160247.post-43083188117768272692008-12-23T21:37:00.000-05:002008-12-23T21:37:00.000-05:00Re: Your and Michael Litos' appreciation of Huey L...Re: Your and Michael Litos' appreciation of <A HREF="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/American_Psycho" REL="nofollow">Huey Lewis and the News</A>:<BR/><BR/>Their early work was a little too New Wave for my tastes, but when "Sports" came out in ’83,I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com