Hall Of Fame shortlist announced

Who'll be given the increasingly-watered-down honour of an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame? Some of this lot:
Abba
LL Cool J
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kiss
Darlene Love
Jimmy Cliff
Donna Summer
Laura Nyro
The Chantels
The Stooges
Genesis
The Hollies

It's hard to believe that Kiss - precisely the sort of dreadful good-idea-turned-into-grim-cash-machine that the Hall Of Fame trades in - aren't already in there.

John Hughes weekend: Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

Not, perhaps, the greatest moment in Hughes' career - although it made such an impression on the bloke who steered our horse-and-cart ride round Central Park that he went out of his way to point out where in the park they filmed a scene. And it did include this sublime piece of music: Darlene Love, backed by the E Street Band, All Alone On Christmas:



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Darlene Love: So In Love anthology

[Part of John Hughes weekend]