19 Dec 2013: it's... 1985

[CapnJack]

2013-12-19 - Thursday! "You look Mah Va Lous." It's 1985 today on 10@10. Thanks for joining me, @RenadioSF
 1. Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
(Movie: The Breakfast Club)
 2. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
 3. Eric Clapton - She's Waiting
 4. Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
 5. The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
(News: France / Rainbow Warrior / Greenpeace)
 6. Lone Justice - Ways To Be Wicked (VHM)
 7. R.E.M. - Driver 8
 8. John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road
(TV: Diff'rent Strokes / Charles In Charge / Gimme A Break)
 9. The Cure - In Between Days (BOS)
10. a-ha - Take On Me

[dischead]

Eric Clapton "She's Waiting"

I really like this one.  Trying to remember what movie used it on the soundtrack, but I
conflate it with The Color of Money, which also prominently featured a Clapton song.

[dischead]

Don Pardo's "another great one" into The Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town"

Whoa! First time we've heard Don in a set in quite a while. I thought they'd made the decision for him to retire from 10@10 when Dave did.

Btw, any bets on whether we hear any Mandela references this set? Sun City was '85, was it not?

RR has been throwing in Pardo clips quite a bit, actually.

Yep.  RR has been cribbing from everybody.  In an e-mail I got from AL, she made it clear she
wanted to do her own work and didn't want to borrow from Dave.

[dischead]

The old LN5 down the road.  I want to hidey-hide.

The drinking game got off to a slow start. Now, anyone playing is being rushed to the hospital.

No kidding.  This set had a very high LNQ.  The a-ha song has always grated on me.  It's too
bad, because I like the way animation is used in the video.

[ggould]

"Small wheel turns by the fire and rod,
Big wheel turns by the grace of God,
Every time that wheel turns round,
You're bound to cover just a little more ground."

good one!

[RGMike]

Don Pardo's "another great one" into The Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town"

Whoa! First time we've heard Don in a set in quite a while. I thought they'd made the decision for him to retire from 10@10 when Dave did.

Btw, any bets on whether we hear any Mandela references this set? Sun City was '85, was it not?

RR has been throwing in Pardo clips quite a bit, actually.

Yep.  RR has been cribbing from everybody.  In an e-mail I got from AL, she made it clear she wanted to do her own work and didn't want to borrow from Dave.

Which was a smart thing at the time -- "10@10 the Next Generation". There was also the friction between Dave and management over what constituted "fair use" of his old stuff (since resolved, I guess). And I imagine the thought occurred to someone that Don Pardo is pretty damn old, so better to retire his clips before he dies.  But lo and behold, 4 years later and he's still around. And current management probably decided that with a less hands-on host like RR, there should be more of a "comfort food" vibe to the show.