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Retro In the Metro

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About Me

From 5-6pm weekdays... The best 80's music in town! Get ready to relive your 80's….not the bad 80's… the 80's that matter. Welcome to Retro in the Metro . The music of the 80's is the soundtrack to a very special time. Call it Post Modern. Call it 80's Alternative. Call it Goth. We call it FUN , featuring music from bands like REM, The Cure, Big Country, Echo & the Bunnymen, U2, Depeche Mode, New Order, Duran Duran, Eddy Grant, Bob Marley, and many, many more. Each weekday, tune in to Sully at 5 p.m. for Retro in the Metro on 92.9 dave fm. Where he SHUTS UP and PLAYS MUSIC!

My Interests

All things RETRO! Video Games, Movies, Toys, TV, Music. If its 80's early 90's and late 70's here at Retro in The Metro... We love it!

I'd like to meet:

Vanna White, Tiffany Mynx, Billy Idol, Max Headroom, Nina Heartly, Ron Jeremy, Traci Lords, Jon Davidson, Gary Coleman, Chuck Woolery, Debbie Gibson, Alyssa Milano,View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

Nothing But The 80's baby!! Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Peter Schilling, New Order, Erasure, Violent Femmes, Johnny Cash, The Cure, The Clash, Ramones, The Flaming Lips, Men Without Hats, U2, O.M.D., Iron Madien, Poison, Motley Crue, Ratt, Big Country, Ah-Ha, R.E.M., Stray Cats, The Police, Sting, Men at Work and Much Much MORE

Movies:

Pretty In Pink, Ferris Buler, The Breakfast Club, Back to The Future, The Big Chill, Dirty Dancing, Red Dawn, Footloose, Top Gun, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Rambo, La Bamba,

Television:

The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The A. Team, Alf, The Cosby Show, Cheers, W.K.R.P., Chips, The Facts of Life, Family Ties

Books:

The 80's Bible

Heroes:

W. Aymerich, Patrick Burns, Nina Hartley, Peter North

My Blog

News of The Odd....

Did you know? The style experts on Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy love giving guys makeovers, but they'd rather style an average Joe than a Hollywood hunk. Ted Allen, the food and wine connois...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:32:00 PST

New Order NO!!!

Some sad news... I want to thank Tito for bringing this to my attention.... British rock band New Order, which arose from the ashes of post-punk band Joy Division in the early 1980s, has broken up, ac...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Fri, 11 May 2007 05:12:00 PST

And the winner is...

Loafing Leprechaun in Duluth! See you there for the next "Unofficial"* event on Friday 5/25. Karaoke at 9pm. *"unofficial" events have nothing to do with 929 dave fm or Retro in the Metro, they are ...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:25:00 PST

Duluth or Alpharetta?

Next unofficial Karaoke event is slated for Friday 5/25. All we need to do is decide where. Here are our two choices: Loafing Leprechaun in Duluth or... The new Barnacles in Alpharetta. Comment...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Tue, 01 May 2007 12:09:00 PST

RIP, Rob Barrett

Rob passed away yesterday afternoon. Not of a bad heart, but for the fact thathis heart was too big for this world, so it's on to the next. I wanted to say thank you so much to everyone on here who of...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:10:00 PST

Please say a prayer

For Captain Rob... www.myspace.com/bert37 He's having emergency open heart surgury at Emory this morning. I believe in the power of prayer. Thanks. We are praying for you Rob. ...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:41:00 PST

the next "unofficial" event...

Will and I are starting to talk about what we should do next. "NotDiana" has expressed an interest in being a part of it too. "Unofficial" events are basically big myspace parties. We pick a place, pi...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:13:00 PST

a bad start to the day... kind of

This Tuesday morning wasn't the best one I've ever experienced. I had a 10:00 appointment with some people from a large, Seattle-based coffee company and was really looking forward to it. I showered, ...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PST

Sanjaya, Lilburn is a "no fun zone" and Peter Gabriel

I have been going bonkers all week long thinking about Sanjaya and how the dude is at best an average karaoke singer and he's gonna win American Idol. I have issues, I know. I obsess about things to t...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:25:00 PST

American Idol

I am ready to jump off a bridge or a tall building this morning. First, let me say that I don't even really watch American Idol. I'm usually watching basketball or on the computer and Heather will ca...
Posted by Retro In the Metro on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:00:00 PST