Pump Up the Volume was so much more than a proto-Jock Jams house anthem by M/A/R/R/S. It was the youthful, telegenic angst of 1990, distilled and splashed against an awesome soundtrack. It was a young and (remember?) hot Christian Slater playing a high-school pirate radio DJ named Happy Harry Hard-On. It was Samantha Mathis playing a way ballsier and like, more articulate precursor to Angela Chase. And, like any teen dramedy worth its salt, it......

In an unprecedented programming feat of nostalgia and star power, the Alamo Drafthouse has announced it will screen The Wizard--the awesome/corny paean to all things Nintendo--with cast members Fred Savage, Luke Edwards (the titular wizard) and director Todd Holland live in the theatre on December 7th! Sure, The Wizard was really just a 100-minute commercial for Super Mario Brothers 3. But oh what a commercial it was. Starring a just-barely-into-The Wonder Years Fred Savage, a......

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,......

Austin's independent film distribution website B-Side is relaunching today, and as part of that, is offering the documentary "Pirate Radio USA" as a DRM-free download. The doc, which was an audience favorite at last year's Austin Film Festival, is a riotous tour of the free radio underground (no Christian Slater or Samantha Mathis, but this is way cooler, we promise). B-Side chose "Pirate Radio" solely as a result of positive audience feedback—a concept which is......

It's been awhile since we've harkened back to the 1980's. Valley girls. Psychedelia...80's style. Neon. Punky Brewster. Shudder. But Yellow Tape Construction Company has pulled the best, loudest, most obnoxious parts of our formative years into one busy, energetic romp with I Love My Dead Gay Son: The Musical!. If you haven't been paying attention, the show is YTC's take on the dark comedy Heathers, with added music, lots of retro references, and an......