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Paul Stanley and Richard Carpenter? Hell yes.

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Reading this sent me back to those incredible Baby Lemonade records of the late '90s. Thank you Mike!

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Around The Dial is a gem! The riffs are so damn catchy.

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Outstanding choices! I always thought "When I Look In Your Eyes" (which actually got some pretty decent airplay on Chicago's WLUP in the late winter/spring of 1980) was like the cooler but underappreciated sibling of "What I Like About You".

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Thanks, Dan! I'm always stoked when Mike stops by RTL.

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Mike Skill of The Romantics has lived in the Portland area for years. I met him via his son, who was in several of my classes. I remember one particularly funny parent/teacher conference when, after we talked about how his son was doing in my classes, Mike and I chatted endlessly about the MC5. The other parents waiting to see me weren't as impressed and quickly grew impatient! Woops...

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Hahahaha! That's amazing.

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