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The mullet. Windblown mullets. Cliff Richard with a windblown mullet. People pretending to be robots. The keytar. Dream and fantasy sequences. Knockoffs of Miami Vice and The Road Warrior. Leotards. Shoulder pads. Awful blue screen work and other ropey visual effects. A TV set showing the artist in their own vid. Rampant incoherence. Spandau bloody Ballet. Kate Bush in a dunce cap on roller skates. Diana Ross flying through the air in her nightie. Cameo's bright red plastic cod piece. The mighty THOR! When it comes to eighties vids, Dave Franklin delivers the lowdown on the best, worst, most obscure and, of course, the cheesiest. Pop, rock, post-punk, new wave, synth-pop, hard rock and heavy metal acts are once again covered without the slightest nod to political correctness. What more do you want? Length: 77,000 words

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Born in Wales, Dave Franklin published his first story at sixteen in a national fishing magazine. He immigrated to Australia and made his living as a reporter, earning the distinction of being sacked twice by a Perth-based newspaper group. He then spent nearly three years teaching English in Korea, during which the mortality rate of the children under his care remained at an impressive zero. He now teaches ESL to adults in Brisbane, helping (among others) Thai Lady Boys get to grips with their past participles. The major theme of Dave's small, character-driven stories is alienation, the symptoms of which include male immaturity, misogyny, dysfunction, xenophobia, religion, violence and a childish glee in winding up the politically correct. His books lack car chases and explosions; instead he prefers outlandish, twisted sex scenes that focus on exasperated loners full of doubt. Readers who like his work tend to see its black comedy (and disdain for his own characters) whereas his harshest critics take everything at face value. Indeed, some observers would suggest the highlight of his writing career, which has produced ten novels, remains being published in a fishing magazine.

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