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Straight No Chaser has recruited 90s idols as special guests on several of the tour dates – Lisa Loeb, whose song “Stay (I Missed You)” from the soundtrack to Reality Bites celebrates its 30th anniversary this year will join on six dates, and boy band O-Town, will join on four dates with an additional appearance by Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC).
On Tuesday's show: Early voting begins for the March primary election, and we preview what's on the ballot. Then, we discover what a sociologist learned from spending more than a thousand hours riding with police officers around the country. And we reflect on the film "Reality Bites" 30 years after its premiere and discuss what it had to say about Gen X -- and about Houston, the city where it was filmed.
Reality Bites' central idea is that selling out is no match for following your heart, and good things will come. That's all well and good, but it doesn't pay the bills.
Film critic Joe Leydon reflects on what the movie said about Generation X and the city where it was filmed.
The concept of “selling out” at the heart of the film feels like an artifact from another time. But it may be that we’ve just stopped talking about it.