Archive - Robert Dean Lurie

Listening to 1984: An Experiment in Time Travel - Part 10 of 12

Terminator, Willie & Kris, Chaka Khan, Frankie's Body Double, Reagan's Mic-Drop, and why the 80's were "Clacky." It's October 1984 and the only way out…

Oct 14 •

Robert Dean Lurie

September 2024

Listening to 1984: An Experiment in Time Travel - Part 9 of 12

It’s September and the gang’s all here: Wolfe & Mailer, Karen Allen, Metallica, Don Johnson, John Barry, and the Huxtables. Plus, you don’t have to…

Sep 23 •

Robert Dean Lurie

Listening to 1984: August Deep Cuts

This installment yields the deepest of deep cuts: "The Philadelphia Experiment," "Tightrope," "Oxford Blues," and one very unusual top 40 hit.

Sep 6 •

Robert Dean Lurie

August 2024

Listening to 1984: An Experiment in Time Travel - Part 8 of 12

"Red Dawn" invades the summer; Michael Jackson jumps the shark; Reagan shimmers and Mondale fades. Welcome to August 1984.

Aug 29 •

Robert Dean Lurie

Bill Kauffman listens to 1984, concludes it would have been better with the Partridge Family

"As the obscure twentieth-century playwright Wanda Frank observed, in matters of mass culture the question of nuggets or dross largely depends upon…

Aug 23 •

Robert Dean Lurie

World Premiere Music Video: "The Ghost in You"

Koot Hoomi (Lurie/Callahan) reimagine the Psychedelic Furs classic for the forthcoming "Listening to 1984" LP.

Aug 16 •

Robert Dean Lurie

Listening to 1984: The Rest of July

Reagan v. Mondale: Which haircut wins? Plus, Purple Rain, the NeverEnding Story, the Summer Olympics, and Meat Puppets!

Aug 7 •

Robert Dean Lurie

July 2024

Listening to 1984: An Experiment in Time Travel - Part 7 of 12

40 years ago this month, I found myself hanging out with Arnold Palmer and his wife--in Scotland. I spilled my lemonade into his iced tea and the rest…

Jul 31 •

Robert Dean Lurie

Listening to 1984: June Deep Cuts

Our first installment for paid subscribers features musings on Sheila E., "Neuromancer," "Gremlins," Milan Kundera, and... "Bachelor Party." These…

Jul 9 •

Robert Dean Lurie

June 2024

Listening to 1984: An Experiment in Time Travel - Part 6 of 12

"Star Trek III" resurrects the 20th century male—in the 23rd century; breakdancing sweeps the nation; Bill Murray anti-acts; and Ernie Hudson suffers…

Jun 29 •

Robert Dean Lurie

Ryan Murdock Listens to 1984

Installment Two of the "Listening to _Your_ 1984" series. Here, acclaimed author Murdock revisits Sherlock Holmes, Pac-Man, Airwolf, Labatt's twist-off…

Jun 18 •

Robert Dean Lurie

and

A note to my paid subscribers

Deepest gratitude.

Jun 5 •

Robert Dean Lurie

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