You can dance if you want to. You can also understand the song’s meaning if you want to. You can know the lyrics if you want to. You can live as you like if you want to. You can know Men Without Hats is actually from Canada despite their signature British new wave sound—if you want … Read More
Happy Birthday to former SNL star and long-time comedic actor Mike Myers, who turns 53 today. I’m in the minority here, but I’ve never been a big Myers fan. In fact, between Austin Powers and Wayne (or is it Garth?) he better watch out should I ever compile a MoranAlytics list of overrated movie characters. … Read More
As he’s already done a handful of times this season, Luis Severino demonstrated that he can pitch with the best of him when he’s on. He certainly was on Wednesday night, tossing eight scoreless innings as the Yankees shut out the Kansas City Royals, 3-0. Severino allowed just four hits and a walk to go … Read More
In yet another remembrance why Doug Whaley is no longer general manager of the Buffalo Bills, the team cut former 2014 second-round draft pick Cyrus Kouandjio this morning. Quarterback Josh Woodrum was also released. In addition the Bills announced the signings of wide receiver Rod Streater and tight end Wes Saxton. Kouandjio has dealt with … Read More
Before doing a little research on this entry for the countdown, I’ve always regarded Matthew Wilder’s “Break My Stride” as one of the puffier songs from the 80s I regard among my favorites. Musically I still do. However, I had no inkling of the struggles Wilder went through in making this a hit—his lone big … Read More
Happy Birthday to legendary movie refer addict Tommy Chong, who turns 78 today. Holy shit, I can’t believe that dude is 78 years old. Chong, along with Cheech Martin made being a pothead cool to many in several movies and comedy albums over the 1970’s and 80s. Among their best were “Up In Smoke” (1978), … Read More
In my humble opinion, there’s few things when we think back to the 80s that symbolize that decade of gloriousness more admirably than the movie Dirty Dancing. If you’re between the ages of 30-50 I’m not sure it’s scientifically possible to have not seen this flick. Everybody remembers Patrick Swayze’s legendary“nobody puts baby in the … Read More
Happy Birthday to former middleweight boxing legend “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, who turns 63 today. Hagler against my boxing idol, Sugar Ray Leonard in 1987 may be my favorite fight of all-time. I’ll never forget watching with a group of friends entirely divided on who to root for. The fight was close it resulted in mass … Read More
I was roughly 15-years old at the time this song came out and at once it became my essential training song. Back in those days I felt reasonably confident I was just a few short years away from making my debut as a WWF superstar and the future tag team partner of Mr. Wonderful Paul … Read More
Happy Birthday to former New Edition, LSG and solo singer Johnny Gill, who turns 51 today (dayum, your boy’s getting old). Gill rose to prominence in 1987 when taking Bobby Brown’s spot in New Edition after Brown got booted from the group. Gill became a solo star around three years later when his 1990 album … Read More
