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A.R.E. Weapons

Hey World

Label: Rough Trade Release Date: 26/05/2003

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domgourlay by Dom Gourlay June 2nd, 2003

It's 1987 and 'Catchphrase' is on the telly, so I look at the guide for the local cinema but all we've got is 'Flashdance', so I listen to the radio and there's Johnny Hates Jazz giving me 'Shattered Dreams'...

But what's this I hear?

Some kind of Tom Hanks soundalike in 'Radio Ga Ga' cum 'Streets Of Philadephia' parody?

Well, before Brucey boy starts kicking Freddie's headstone in anger, listen carefully cos these New Yorkers tell a wicked story about being thirteen and getting erections and making Janey pregnant and... well, it ain't quite the 'Summer Of 69' if you know what I mean kids, but it sounds a lot more fun in A.R.E.-world.

Now bring me some of that lighter fluid and watch me wave those hands.

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