As my birthday bore down on me like a herd of bison with a bad case of the throw-ups, I read Lori’s take on an “Old Skool” music mix, and that set into motion one of my umpteen million “Hey this shiny object is WAY cooler than my dissertation research” distractions. I decided that I wanted to go into this terribly unceremonious birthday fully stocked with music from those days when my biggest worries involved passing notes to boobless girls and mastering the tuck’n'roll on my new Guess? jeans — or even before that, who was I going to skate with during a Couples Only Skate! $22.77 later on iTunes, my holiday weekend roadtrip was set to these classics that you just have to rush out and download:

  1. Rio - Duran Duran
  2. Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
  3. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
  4. Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
  5. You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
  6. Pinball Number Count - Pointer Sisters (super old skool! TWELVE!)
  7. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
  8. She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby
  9. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  10. Voices Carry - ‘Til Tuesday
  11. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
  12. Paranoimia (Featuring Max Headroom) - The Art of Noise
  13. I Feel for You - Chaka Khan (For the record, my college band used to cover this)
  14. We Got the Beat - The Go-Go’s (No, I’m not sure why)
  15. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League
  16. In a Big Country - Big Country
  17. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
  18. The Reflex - Duran Duran
  19. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls
  20. Let’s Go Crazy - Prince
  21. Double Dutch Bus - Clueless
  22. Rapper’s Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
  23. I Can’t Wait - Nu Shooz (There’s a reason they edit crap down for the radio)



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