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Say Anything (1989) feat. Mike Snoonian
Raise your boombox and get your yearbook signed because we're talking Cameron Crowe's feature directorial debut, Say Anything (1989). Along for the ride is super fan Mike Snoonian of The Pod & The Pendulum and Psychoanalysis.
This is a very sweet romance and we will fight anyone who says otherwise (looking at you, contemporary revisionist takes)
Plus: Clash t-shirts, John Cusack's iconic Lloyd, bad adults, why Ione Skye never quite broke out, and more!
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> Mike: @mike_snoonian
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