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Showing posts with label mtv. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Rest in Peace, Tom Petty

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In the shadow of one of the worst shootings in American history, in between the news network full coverage, and the madness that follows ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere

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Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere ~ I stumbled across this documentary the other night on one of the MTV channels, and it brought back som...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Lost Hits of the New Wave #41

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"Blue Highway" by Billy Idol There was a time in the mid-1980s when Billy Idol, despite his look and punk origins with Gener...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Hardware

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Someone recently recommended Lost Soul to me, the recent documentary about writer/director Richard Stanley and his journey making 1996...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Lost Hits of the New Wave #37

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"Stand or Fall" by The Fixx One of my first memories of MTV was this video. I never saw the music video channel until about...
Monday, December 01, 2014

Lost Hits of the New Wave #35

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"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring One of the reasons I started this Lost Hits of the New Wave series on my blog was to rail...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Houdini on History

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The big new television event this last Labor Day weekend was the two-part Houdini mini-series on The History Channel. I love Houdini. ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

The Eye of the Tiger

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Jimi Jamison, the lead singer of Survivor, a mainstay of the eighties pop/rock scene, died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 64. ...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Sharknado 2

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You knew it was coming, how could it not be coming? From the moment Sharknado ended, we all knew that Sharknado 2: The Second One was ...
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Monday, August 26, 2013

Miley Gone Mad?

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With an impending birthday coming this week, after watching the opening number of this year's MTV VMAs, I had to ask myself two quest...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Arrow: Betrayal

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"Arrow" is at a point now where you need a score card to know what's what and who's who. I'm not sure that's a...
Friday, January 11, 2013

David Bowie - "Where Are We Now?"

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Earlier this week, on David Bowie's birthday, he released the first single and music video from his new album. We all thought he had...
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Friday, August 17, 2012

Lost Hits of the New Wave #16

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"Love Is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar Another example of an established rock act getting on the new wave bandwagon, this ex...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Lost Hits of the New Wave #14

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"Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police Back in the days before MTV, or before everyone except me had cable television and ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Forgotten Spider-Man

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Everyone knows the 1967 "Spider-Man" cartoon, you know, the one with the catchy theme song. Most folks know the 1990s series on F...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Don Kirshner 1934-2011

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One of America's greatest music producers, and a driving force in popular music for decades, Don Kirshner, passed away yesterday from he...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Lost Hits of the New Wave #4

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"Hello Again" by The Cars. The Cars were at the start of the New Wave but this entry, the fourth single from "Heartbeat...
Monday, June 07, 2010

Harry Potter Preview

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Dead

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Praised by some as one of the world's best drummers, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan of Avenged Sevenfold was found dead in his home ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Ken Ober Dead at 52

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Ken Ober, best known as the host of MTV's game-changing gameshow "Remote Control," has died at the age of 52 . The show also ...
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