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Major kudos to the people who put together the tracks for this new compilation of power pop songs.
Some real hidden gems in here, like the early tracks from The Bongos and The Smithereens.
It covers the decade quite well with the early 80s stuff that's often included in these comps, through to the late 80s with deep cuts from Redd Kross and The Pursuit of Happiness.
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Various Artists: I Wanna Be A Teen Again - American Power Pop 1980-1989, 3CD Box Set
• 3CD CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC AND RARE NORTH AMERICAN POWER POP OF THE 1980s.• OVER 75 TRACKS FULL OF HOOKS, HARMONIES & HIGH ENERGY!• FEATURING THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES, CHEAP TRICK, THE GO-GOS, THE RAMONES, THE BANGLES, REDD KROSS, THE KNACK, THE ROMANTICS, STIV BATORS, THE SHIVVERS, THE SMITHEREENS, THE VELVET CRUSH, MATERIAL ISSUE, DWIGHT TWILLEY, PHIL SEYMOUR, ERIC CARMEN, NIKKI & THE CORVETTES, PAUL COLLINS' BEAT, 20/20, RICK SPRINGFIELD, SHOES, THE LONG RYDERS, UTOPIA AND SCORES MORE….

“A string of bands have pulled out of a UK music festival hours before they were due to perform after Irish band The Mary Wallopers said they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a Palestinian flag.
The Last Dinner Party, Cliffords and The Academic announced on Saturday that they would no longer be performing at the Victorious festival in Portsmouth following Friday’s incident.
…
Rock band The Last Dinner Party said they would boycott the festival in a statement shared on their Inst…

Bands pull out of UK music festival after The Mary Wallopers say they were ‘cut off’
Irish folk group displayed Palestinian flag on stage in Portsmouth

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that California’s policy of background checks for bullet-buyers violates the 2nd Amendment,
-- effectively killing a 2016 ballot measure meant to strengthen the state’s notoriously stringent gun laws.
The ruling is the latest blow to statewide efforts to regulate guns.

9th Circuit upholds block on checks for California ammunition buyers
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that struck down a background check requirement implemented by California on buyers of ammunition for firearms.

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34 facts to learn about Ukraine this Independence Day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/24/facts-to-learn-about-ukraine.html

Well, apparently the thug party is very upset that California has enacted, signed, and put into force the following law:
"California passes law banning ICE agents from wearing masks to hide their identities"
The ice-thugs are complaining that if they reveal their identities that the public may ostracize or send them upsetting emails or texts. Aw, the poor widdle ice-thugs, poor things. Perhaps they should think of the terror they bring to those they "detain"…

Status of the Trinity PeV Neutrino Observatory
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The creators of “South Park” aren’t holding back.
Nor are Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.
Just a few weeks after Paramount settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump,
and less than a week after the company made the abrupt decision to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,”
some of the company’s marquee names have been using their Paramount platforms to attack their corporate bosses
— as well as the president.
In the season premiere of the animated Comedy Ce…

‘South Park’ and Other Paramount Shows Skewer Trump After Settlement
“South Park,” Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have all been critical of their own company and President Trump this week.

Bixby Bridge in Big Sur California
-- Today
-- and as rapidly built by the WPA in 1932 (top: August & bottom: October)
-- The canyon at the north end is so steep you can't see the bottom here, but Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a cabin there (where Jack Kerouac stayed in 1961)

Ukraine and Canada have signed an agreement on the joint production of defense equipment,
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Aug. 24.
The announcement coincides with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's first official visit to Kyiv.
The prime minister arrived in the capital on Aug. 24 to celebrate Ukraine's Independence Day and announced a military aid package worth over $700 million.
"The agreement aims to deepen bilateral defense and industr…

Ukraine, Canada sign joint defense production agreement
The deal will make it easier to establish Ukrainian defense companies in Canada and provide Kyiv "with modern weapons and military equipment in the long term," Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said.