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Christmas playlist part six: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a holiday staple around these parts. It has been for me since I first saw the movie in 1993. It’s a classic that stands up to A Charlie Brown Christmas and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas but with the added fun of being a little twisted.

How much do we love this movie? Meg and I had Jack & Sally cake toppers at our Halloween-themed wedding last year. (Technically, they didn’t sit on top of the cake because we had a cake buffet, but I digress.) Continue reading “Christmas playlist part six: The Nightmare Before Christmas”

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“Best O’Boingo” by Oingo Boingo No. 30

Album cover: Best 'O Boingo

Album cover: Best 'O BoingoYou can’t hide from Danny Elfman. Well, I suppose you could, but you’d have to be a pop culture recluse to do so. He’s got 104 composer credits for a slew of films and TV shows, and then there’s this band… Oingo Boingo.

Naturally my first exposure to Oingo Boingo came from Weird Science, 1985’s John Hughes’ film that asks the important question “what if two nerds attempted to create the perfect woman with a home computer?” As a 15-year-old nerd, I loved this movie, and (of course) I also loved the title track. But it would be a number of years before I finally dug further into Oingo Boingo’s catalog. Continue reading ““Best O’Boingo” by Oingo Boingo No. 30″