"Everyone's a star when they close their eyes..."

In which I make some lists...

Lots of notable people came out of Pennsylvania: Kevin Bacon, Donald P. Belisario, Leroy Burrell, Charles Bronson, Kobe Bryant, Chris Columbus, Bradley Cooper, Bill Cosby (erm...), Brian De Palma, Steve Ditko, Tina Fey, W.C. Fields, Jonathan Frakes, Richard Gere, Jeff Goldblum, Keith Haring, Kevin Hart, Bernard Hopkins, Michael Keaton, Gene Kelly, Grace Kelly, Irvin Kershner, Jeff Koons, Dean Koontz, Richard Lester, Joe Namath, Arnold Palmer, Ezra Pound, Zachary Quinto, Man Ray, George A. Romero, David O. Selznick, Amanda Seyfried, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Cruz Smith, Will Smith, James Stewart, Sharon Stone, The Sundance Kid (really), John Updike and Andy Warhol. Even Rocky Balboa, right? Pat yourself on the back if your know everyone on that list, well done. On the flip side, that also means you're in the same circle of life's Venn diagram as me, which deserves sympathy more than a pat on the back.

Anyway, from the world of music, don't forget these: Christina Aguilera, Frankie Avalon, George Benson, Solomon Burke, Sabrina Carpenter, Chubby Checker, Perry Como, John Coltrane, Jim Croce, Stan Getz, Daryl Hall, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Joan Jett, Patti LaBelle, Mario Lanza, Lisa Lopes, Teddy Pendergrass, Pink, Trent Reznor, Todd Rundgren, Shanice, Taylor Swift, and Tammy Terrell. Oh, and The Julies.

Their Lovelife EP is thirty years old, somehow. Tempus doesn't half fugit... Here's Boy Wonder.

Watch me hurt myself again
This movie never ends
It just keeps playing on and on
Everyone’s a star
When they close their eyes
Well how come I keep mine
Open all the time
I don’t want to know
And I don’t want to be
A love story
My soul’s on fire
So you light a cigarette
I thought you’d be through with me
But it isn’t over yet
UPSET, MOVIE SET, READY SET GO

Don’t try, don’t wonder why
I can’t look you in the eye
Maybe I’m looking for myself
You said it happened only once
One time, well maybe sometimes
But now it happens all the time
And now my soul’s on fire
So you light a cigarette
I thought you’d be through with me
But it isn’t over yet
UPSET, MOVIE SET, READY SET GO

Here’s my daredevil stunt scene
The one where I’m thinking
Of someone other than myself
You said it happened only once
One time, well maybe sometimes
But now it happens all the time
And now my soul’s on fire
So you light a cigarette
I thought you’d be through with me
But it isn’t over yet
UPSET, MOVIE SET, READY SET GO
(It happens all the time)