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  1. "Somebody's Baby" is a song written by #JacksonBrowne and #DannyKortchmar and recorded by Browne for the 1982 #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #movieSoundtrack. Reaching No. 7 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 after debuting at No. 73 on July 31, 1982, the track would be Browne's last top ten hit, as well as the highest-charting single of his career, spending a total of nineteen weeks on the chart. The song reached No. 14 on the Billboard #AdultContemporary chart, as well.
    youtube.com/watch?v=LmTP0wLPK3g

  2. Starting a new review mini series: author-read memoirs, and the unique intimacy it creates.

    Next Up: Cameron Crowe's The Uncool: A Memoir

    "Listening to Crowe's warm narration as he mines his teen music journalism years for laughs and tears, it felt like Almost Famous: Writer's Cut"

    Full #Larrys100 Review: write.as/larrys100/the-uncool-

    #Memoir #Audiobook #AudioMemoir #CameronCrowe #MusicMemoir #70sMusic #Drabble #100WordReview #Bookstodon #FediBooks #AlmostFamous #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh

  3. Found this question about Fast Times At Ridgemont High from someone of a different generation:

    > Were high schoolers in the 80s really allowed to just go and do whatever they want with no parental supervision whatsoever? I don't even think there were any parents in this movie. Were teachers really allowed to just be a jerk and humiliate students in their class and just show up to a students house unannounced? Doubt it

    While my teenage years were over a decade later and in another country I think the movie does reflect the lack of parental supervision that I remember.

    I don't know of a teacher showing up at a student's house but I kind of assume that sort of stuff happened. Many teachers were jerks.

    #Movies #80sMovies #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh

  4. Kids balk at paying $20 to be in the first ten rows of a major stadium concert tour. If they only knew. $20 is $60 in 2024 dollars.
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    #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh
    #VanHalen

    youtube.com/watch?v=OtAPlGEsEC

  5. Aside from the mild homophobia, Fast Times at Ridgemont High ages well. The details are amazing. Mike's room has some fascinating details like the car door being used as a head board and the Pete Townshend poster.
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    #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh

  6. #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh was released in movie theaters 41 years ago today.

    #SeanPenn
    #JenniferJasonLeigh
    #JudgeReinhold
    #RobertRomanus
    #PhoebeCates
    #RayWalston (Mr. Hand!)
    #ForestWhitaker

    Spicoli: "I've been thinking about this, Mr. Hand. If I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make it our time? And, certainly, there's nothing wrong with a little feast on our time"

    #Movies #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Filmastodon

  7. Shades of Fast Times at Ridgemont High in a classic The Far Side comic.

    "You know... I've been thinking about this, Mr. Hand. If' I'm here and you're here, doesn't this make it OUR time?"

    #Comics #TheFarSide #GaryLarson #Humor #Movies #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #MrHand #JeffSpicoli

  8. Today, June 12, Brad Hamilton is made manager of the Mi-T-Mart after thwarting an attempted robbery (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982)

    #Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #Retro #RetroMovies

  9. "I like people that, for some reason, are extremely optimistic….Ed Wood...did all this creative stuff, and he stunk, but it didn’t occur to him that it wasn’t good, because he was enjoying it so much. And who says that he’s wrong?"

    Writer/director #AmyHeckerling was #BornOnThisDay.

    #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #Clueless #LookWhosTalking #JohnnyDangerously #FilmMastodon