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This sounds like … (part 8).
(AUDIO: Rip It Up by Orange Juice)
1. Aloofness.
2. Androgyny.
3. Morrissey on sunshine blotter acid (with Reagan busts).
4. Twee coats and skinny ties.
5. Northern Soul 7”s playing back at the lead singer’s flat.
6. A musty record shop near Melrose.
7. An unseasonal sunrise over Glasgow.
8. Open-mic night at the Breakfast Club.
9. Bags with badges and pins.
10. Mottos reminiscent of punk, eyeshadow of new wave.
11. Stuart Murdoch fronting the Talking Heads.
12. Thirteen year olds smoking their first cigarettes on the back deck.
13. A New Zealand-based New-Wave narrative film I saw on Sundance.
14. My friend Blair when I had to carry her upstairs drunk.
15. My friend Blair when I had to carry her back downstairs drunk.
16. A loft in Berlin.
17. Fashion school soundtrack.
18. The New York Public Library goes eighties.
19. 1000 Russians lining up to buy Levi’s in 1991.
20. Iceland in the summertime.
21. A theatrical collaboration between George Michael + J.D. Salinger.
22. Drinking wine from Mother’s Fine China.
23. Culture Club covering Bowie’s Fame.
24. Television + Tom Tom Club - Bauhaus.
25. College radio in Iowa City.
