We're declaring 2026 the Summer Of Soundtrack, contemplating film soundtracks across the decades -- and we're starting with 10 selections from the 1980s John Hughes teen oeuvre, some you'll remember and some you'll forget...or regret. As we contemplate the definitive Hughes tunes (or, for one of us, speak truth to Thompson-Twins power), we're also discussing NuRo wallpaper, post-prom fire hazards, keyboardist video indicating, and the Nirvana-Clash pipeline. Grab that Sport Walkman, folks: it's a very hot! very hot! new episode of MASTAS.

Intro and outro by David Gregory Byrne; for more information, visit patreon.com/mastas.

SHOW NOTES

• Jonathan Bernstein's Pretty In Pink: The Golden Age of Teenage Movies
• Kevin Smokler's Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies
• The Lost Songs Project
• March MASTAS Single 01: Welcome To The '80s British Band Bracket!
• Ira Newborn's NYU-faculty page
• Episode 80: Pat Benatar's Greatest Hits, Ranked
• Our esteemed colleague Danny Elfm-- uh, Adam Sternbergh
• A 2019 oral history of Some Kind Of Wonderful that suggests Sarah isn't completely off-base about Watts

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Dan Rogge returns -- with our new friends L.V. Beethoven and Phyllis Domain -- to discuss his least favorite William Joel album, 1983's "An Innocent Man." The recurring Diane character, elegant internal rhymes, car-tape-deck privilege, protecting the children from doo-wop, wedding-band improv exercises, and how big a pop star you have to be to get away with pairing Uggs and a tux: keep the faith that we're talking about all of that and much more. Grab a harmonica and join us!

Intro and outro by Andrew Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Billy Joel's "Glass Houses," Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)
• Billy Joel's "The Stranger," Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)
• The Easy Money trailer
• America's Damp 40, Episode 00: An Introduction
• Adam Blau
• Episode 125: ABBA-sode!
• The Best Evidence newsletter
• Give Dan a job!
• The Lady Doth Protest

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The moment has arrived: the selection of the Dolliest Dolly Parton song of them all. As we investigate whether all Parton-narration roads pass through "Jolene," we're also discussing insightful user comments, the perils of a glass and a half of Chablis, the ugly weakness of love, audition songs, and The Aeneid. Pause that Starsky & Hutch rerun and listen now!

Intro and outro by Andrew Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Where it all began with the Dolly 64
• The Dolly 64 E09: The Final 4
• Episode 33: Beyoncé, "Countdown"
• Episode 125: ABBA-sode!

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And you think about it, don't you? ...As much as we'd like every one of these Dolly Parton songs to get a participation tiara, we will forge ahead with choosing the championship pair. Along the way, we hear medleys of two of the finalists, contemplate the difference between a "bad" song and a "correct" one, and speculate on Mr. Jolene's double album.

Intro and outro by David Gregory Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Where it all began with the Dolly 64
• Episode 5: Cam, "Mayday"
• "Dolly Parton Says New 'Jolene' Rendition 'Son of Jolene' Is 'Clever.' Belles Agrees: 'I Can Die Happy Now' (Exclusive)"

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Today we select our Final 4 in the Dolly 64, after struggling with self-imposed rules that don't serve us, identifying the Dolly songs that won't end up in a commercial for floor polish, and speculating on that waterboy's future coot prospects. Why did it take us this long to come up with the phrase "the Fortress of Dollitude"? Maybe because we inhaled too much pink Partonclave smoke...you'll have to listen to find out.

Intro and outro by Andrew Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Where it all began with the Dolly 64

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It's the hardest round in every bracket season in some ways, and the Dolly 64's Sweet 16 ep is no different. How many different lists did Sarah have? Is Mark's "Dolly didn't write it" rule going to last? These questions and many more -- which one old coot shall rule them all; whether every "typical" Dolly is good; how to embody "kuntree" without making it a moral position -- as we rest our boobs on the points scale for our latest episode. Find out whether we ended up with an Elite Eleven and listen now!

Intro and outro by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Billy Joel's "Glass Houses," Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)
• Episode 62: "Ode To Billie Joe" And "Harper Valley PTA"
• Episode 91: 2018 Oscars Best Song Nominees, Ranked (With Joe Reid!)
• Episode 135: Shakira, "She Wolf"

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The second half of our Dolly 64 Round Of 32 is still confronting the question of which Dolly Parton narrative voice is the most typical and/or dominant. It's also confronting hashtag coot songs, clarified Miracle Whip, the fine gradations of Tennessee mountain-home ownership, and identifying as kuntree without defensiveness. How many aprons does feminism wear? Listen and find out!

Intro and outro by David Gregory Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Episode 18: Led Zeppelin/Dread Zeppelin/Dolly Parton, "Stairway To Heaven"

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"What a way to make a living," indeed -- the Dolly 64 Round Of 32 raises a lot of tough questions. Which Dolly are we talking about when we ask which song is the Dolliest? Which tracks unite the coffee shop, or go in a college syllabus? We've really got some feelings about pitiless Southern stories, meeting the old-coot brief, the importance of conveying tumescence in pop music, overrated crayons, and Barry Gibb's avant-garde prepositions, so listen now!

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SHOW NOTES

• America's Damp 40, Episode 04: The Roaring 20

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