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Where can you go on campus to listen to “My Sharona,” “Jesse’s Girl,” and “Born to Run” all in a row? Where can you whip out that Ginger Spice costume you were too pre-pubescent to pull off during the actual Spice Girl heyday? Where can you watch resident tutors awkwardly pretend that you didn’t spend the last two hours pre-gaming as you trip over your Converse sneakers onto the dance floor? That?...
...though, which I first heard in Reality Bites, reminds me of a time when college seemed far away, interpersonal dramas didn’t extend beyond recess and general contentment pervaded my life. By beginning each day with a song like “My Sharona,” the possibility of finding simplicity and sheer, happy moments in my week renews itself. With such a start to the day, a whole ’80s playlist can result, incorporating everything from the sheer exhilaration of J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold?...
...singing "Sweet Caroline" in the bar (Beautiful Girls); the tearful recollection of "Rolling With the Homies" in Clueless; Jamie Bell dancing through the streets of Durham as "A Town Called Malice" plays; Dustin Hoffman whistling "Mrs. Robinson"(!) to himself in The Graduate; Winona Ryder and gang dancing to "My Sharona" in the gas-station convenience store (Reality Bites); John Cusack holding up the boombox (of course); Michelle Pfeiffer singing "Making Whoopee" on the piano; seasons changing as Hugh Grant walks down the Portobello Road to "Ain't No Sunshine" (Notting Hill); the bittersweet use of "Raindrops Keep Falling...
...first Fieger to draw some limelight. His dad, the late Bernard Fieger, was a prominent Detroit labor lawyer, and his mother June was a union organizer. Of three siblings, younger brother Doug enjoyed the most fame, as the lead singer of the rock group the Knack, whose song My Sharona topped the charts worldwide in 1979. Sister Beth is a writer. But the family isn't surprised that Geoffrey has become so colorful in his work. "Look at the people who will go on the Jerry Springer show and display the most hideous aspects of their character just...
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