It has begun...again

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, so too has The Hokey Pokey. Sadly, the technology (as far as I know) does not yet exist that would allow fire to shoot from whatever device you are reading this on. The picture will have to do. But quite a picture, huh? I like that the phoenix appears to be being played by the peacock, which let's face it, is already pretty flaming.

I know what you're thinking - what brought me back? I had the great fortune to be able to get together with an old friend recently, and she pretty bluntly asked why the hell I wasn't blogging anymore. When I first started The Hokey Pokey, she was one of the very first to start following it, so it really meant something when she brought it up. I told her I would start again and finish a post by the end of the month. Nothing like saving it till the end, but she lives in California so technically I have an extra hour.

The answer of course is laziness. Sure I could say that since my last post I've had two children and my life is too busy, but that's utter bull honky. I'm typing this on my iPhone, so access is not a problem. No, it's laziness. With two small children I should theoretically have more I can write about than before.

Tonight the subject will not be the children. 

I told my friend I was contemplating writing about a somewhat obscure movie actor who played primarily in the 80's. That actor is Keith Gordon. I kept coming across Dressed to Kill on TV, and seeing him in that of course made me think about his roles in Back to School and The Legend of Billie Jean,two of my favorite movies from the era. But that was about the extent of the idea, and that only took one paragraph!

Then, last week in the car I heard a couple songs back to back that fit into the 80's movie characters theme. The first song was "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds and the next was "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" by John Parr. The first is obviously featured in The Breakfast Club and the second in, perhaps more obviously, St. Elmo's Fire. So the first thing that struck me, besides both songs having parenthetical titles(!), was they share three cast members: Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Ally Sheedy. Now, these titles are arguably the two quintessential "Brat Pack" films, so I suppose it shouldn't have struck me as it did, but that's what popped in my head driving to Ft. Collins that morning.

I plan to start posting more regularly, and hopefully not only about 80's movie cast crossover. Although thinking about it, I bet I could easily give you 1000 words/week on the subject. As always, I welcome requests.