I love a good soundtrack, and @retroist has picked 4 films with great ones on this week's #VideoStore Podcast. #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #PurpleRain #nerdlyfe https://www.videostorepodcast.com/p/movies-with-timely-soundtracks
Movies with Timely Soundtracks

Listen now | Four recommendations where the soundtrack felt as current as the movie itself.

Video Store Podcast
"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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmTP0wLPK3g
Somebody's Baby

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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: https://write.as/larrys100/the-uncool-a-memoir-cameron-crowe-audiobook-read-by

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

🎶Let's go to the mall...🎵 with @Flack! Rob has picked 4 films set in the mall for this week's #VideoStore Podcast. #DawnOfTheDead #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #nerdlyfe https://www.videostorepodcast.com/p/its-a-mall-mall-world
It's a Mall, Mall, World

When I was a kid if you wanted to talk to people about movies, you went to the local mom and pop video rental store… but if you wanted to hang out with other kids your age, you went to the mall.

Video Store Podcast

Cameron Crowe Recalls Young Sean Penn Giving an Acting Masterclass on ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ Set
#Arts #Lifestyle #Books #CameronCrowe #FastTimesatRidgemontHigh #SeanPenn

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/cameron-crowe-sean-penn-fast-times-ridgemont-high-book-1236407132/

Cameron Crowe Recalls Young Sean Penn Giving an Acting Masterclass on ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ Set

Reading an excerpt from his new memoir, 'The Uncool,' the writer-director says Universal admitted it 'fucked up' the release of the film, which nonetheless kicked off the '80s teen-movie craze.

The Hollywood Reporter
Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh 39 Years Ago, This Iconic High School Comedy Completely Failed as a Sitcom http://dlvr.it/TMs3nv
Watching "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) on Peacock . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High . Sure, I've had it on DVD for AGES, but I figure Peacock is using a HD version. Plus I didn't have to get up to fetch the disc. 🤪 #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Wikipedia

Fast Times at Ridgemont High was released in theaters on this day in 1982.

#80smovies
#fasttimesatridgemonthigh