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.

The story so far: Sometime in 2019, I had a premonition that 2020 was going to suck. So— I decided to spend the year re-experiencing my favorite year from my childhood: 1984. By "re-experiencing" I mean listening to the music, watching the TV shows and movies, reading the news magazines and books, and listening to "American Top 40" and "Newsweek on Air"…