I've always been a total sucker for Squeezing Out Sparks, the hook-filled 1979 release from Graham Parker and the Rumour. It wasn't punk and it wasn't really New Wave (Parker being a hair older than those dudes), but it fit the times as perfectly as this record's eight-track fit the ride out to Jones Beach. Here's Local Girls, a wry commentary on man's innate (and ultimately unsuccessful) drive to remain cool and aloof, and a spiffy old school music video besides.
