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John Mellencamp Comments On Bradley Rust Gray's Jack & Diane − And He Sounds Annoyed

John Mellencamp Comments On Bradley Rust Gray's Jack & Diane − And He Sounds Annoyed

This is a little ditty about John Mellencamp's vaguely annoyed reaction to Bradley Rust Gray's Jack & Diane. If you were born after the 1980s, you might not know that Gray's "werewolf-lesbian-psycho-drama," as it has been described, takes its title from Mellencamp's giganto-1982 number-one hit and little else. (The National Endowment for the Arts chose the tune as one of the "Songs of the Century," as in 20th, in 2001.) Mellencamp's song is about a teenaged boy and girl living the so-slow-it-hurts Midwestern life of sucking down chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze.  Gray's movie is about, well, two lesbians, one of whom happens to be a werewolf. more »

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REVIEW: John Mellencamp: It's About You Is a Bumpy, But Believably Human, Scrapbook of a Doc

REVIEW: John Mellencamp: It's About You Is a Bumpy, But Believably Human, Scrapbook of a Doc

John Mellencamp: It’s About You isn’t really about you, or me, or even about John Mellencamp, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who has built an enduring career with his eminently likable, real-person stage demeanor and his songs’ connection with the way regular people live. It’s About You is quite possibly mostly about the filmmaker, Kurt Markus, a commercial photographer who has shot portraits for publications including Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and GQ, as well as ad campaigns for the likes of BMW and Armani.
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