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		<title>Long Live Long Duck Dong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kate Bradley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revenge of the Nerds, Better off Dead, Risky Business&#8230; to say we simply &#8220;watched&#8221; them would be an understatement. We practically wore the strip out on the Betamax, memorizing every scene, every line, every song. From Booger to Fronch fries to Swamp, these films became heroic keystones, handily defining us as proud children of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://outlandosmusic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johnhughes.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-748" title="johnhughes" src="http://outlandosmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johnhughes-300x225.jpg" alt="johnhughes" width="300" height="225" /></a>Revenge of the Nerds, Better off Dead, Risky Business&#8230; to say we simply &#8220;watched&#8221; them would be an understatement. We practically wore the strip out on the Betamax, memorizing every scene, every line, every song. From Booger to <em>Fronch</em> fries to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAlNWxODVHE" target="_blank">Swamp</a>, these films became heroic keystones, handily defining us as proud children of the 80s &#8212; perhaps </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">in the same way that Zeppelin or the Beatles were iconic backdrops to my parents&#8217; upbringing. The Hughes&#8217; films of course being mandatory. Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles; we <em>lived</em> them. My friend </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Elliott Hurst said it best, calling John &#8220;<a href="http://www.supernova.com/Elliott/blog/2288" target="_blank">My Generation&#8217;s J.D. Salinger</a>,&#8221; and reminding us that, in a way, John&#8217;s death last week was mortally wounding. RIP. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">xo</span></p>
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