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Way Back Wednesday: January 8, 1983
This Week In 1983: January 8th Our first number one song of the year belongs to Daryl Hall & John Oates. The prototype for the song was a piece that John Oates had been banging CONTINUE READING…
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TRN Podcast 028 – Recurrent Events 2020 Preview
Happy New Year! Jason and Mickey’s first podcast of the year is a preview of all the retro stuff coming in 2020. First, we catch up on last week’s holiday and then discuss a few CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Music of 1983
There’s a scene in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, where the character Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) is complaining to a co-worker, Nigel (played by Stanley Tucci), about her job, her boss and the CONTINUE READING…
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Thursday Threesome #4: Top Gun, Robert Palmer, Michael Jackson
We’re back again for the final installment of Thursday Threesome where we present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how they’re related. Ready? Let’s go! #1 “The CONTINUE READING…
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Thursday Threesome #2: Kenny Loggins, Van Halen, and The Doobie Brothers
We’re back again for the second installment of Thursday Threesome where we present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how they’re related. Ready? Let’s go! #1 Kenny CONTINUE READING…
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Thursday Threesome #1: Madonna, Heart, and Cyndi Lauper
In lieu of Music Mondays for the month of August, we have a new feature: the Thursday Threesome! We’ll present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how CONTINUE READING…
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Situation Jukebox – Episode 03
TRN Game Night returns with a new episode of Situation Jukebox, the improv music game that chooses songs in response to specific situations. Members of The Retro Network will be facing off to see if CONTINUE READING…
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Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique 30th Anniversary
Many people are aware of “Fight for Your Right to Party”. A little less went “Intergalactic”. Falling in between is an album that was seen as a failure on release. Now it’s considered one of CONTINUE READING…
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Music Monday – Def Leppard Video Spotlight
Long before the album Hysteria – the hard rock version of Thriller as producer Robert “Mutt” Lange referred to it – Def Leppard was a part of the new wave of British heavy metal hailing CONTINUE READING…
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Music Monday – Huey Lewis & The News Video Spotlight
Huey Lewis & The News is one of those acts that you might think had a couple of hits in the 80’s until you really start to think about it. Truth be told, they had CONTINUE READING…
