Dude OfflineMonkey BabyRamper RecordsGRADE: BWe've been doing You Asked For It for just over a year now and it's about time we had our first repeat customer. Dude Offline got his first record, Nerd Love, reviewed by Niki D'Andrea last year, and now he's waited long enough for his seven song mini-album Monkey Baby to get a turn.Unlike it's more eclectic predecessor, Monkey Baby is pretty much straight up nerdtronica with vocoder vocals, pounding beats and rough-edged synthesizers I'd feel comfort
As you may have already heard, John Hughes died of a heart attack today while visiting his family in New York. Hughes directed such films as Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club and many more.
This one's for you, Mr. Hughes.
"When you grow up, your heart dies." (The Breakfast Club)"I can't believe my grandmother actually felt me up." (Sixteen Candles)"So, what would you little maniacs like to do first?" (Weird Science)And that's just off the top of my head, folks. If you were a child of the 80's and 90's, John Hughes changed your freaking life. And we owe a big thanks to this man - a man who made us all feel somewhat normal in our adolescent awkwardness, gave us immortal quotes (as seen above), and absolutely def
