Tag Archives: J.M. Blaine

Tuesday’s Gone, Ride On

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Jamie Blaine

Jamie Blaine pulls the night shift at a radio station where the red light is always on. Continue reading →

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Monday Rock City: Rick Springfield on Sex, God & the Upside to Being Mistaken for Bruce Springsteen

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Jamie Blaine

HISTORY HAS REVEALED THAT POP MUSIC experienced its most ambitious expansion—its unqualified Golden Age—in the 80s, when sharply-crafted hits from well-heeled acts like Duran Duran and Culture Club shared mainstream real estate with infectiously kitschy pap like “She Blinded Me … Continue reading →

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Rock & Roll Coffee: Kip Winger on Super-Muso Hair Metal, Scoring Ballet & Making Peace with Beavis

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Jamie Blaine

JM Blaine sits down with Kip Winger for absorbing look back at the final days of hair metal, the little-known story behind the band’s multi-platinum breakthrough and of course, Beavis and Butthead. Continue reading →

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Love, Peace & Sooooul… Train!
A Conversation with Ericka Danois on the Hippest Show in Television History

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Jamie Blaine

“I think (Don Cornelius) became trapped by the persona he created. When I met him in real life, he was brash, irreverent—sometimes in an awkward way rather than clever or witty. He seemed bitter. But he was still styling with the full leather outfit and alligator shoes.”-Ericka Danois Continue reading →

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Rock & Roll Coffee: The Tao of Karaoke with Rolling Stone Editor Rob Sheffield

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Jamie Blaine

“Journey and Bon Jovi songs work so well. They’re designed to create this sense of community amongst strangers, three in the morning, arms around each other singing: hold on to that fee-lay-hee-leh-hen….” -Rob Sheffield
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Rooms on Fire

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Jamie Blaine

J.M. Blaine launches the debut essay in a series of recollections about the dawn of MTV with his beautiful, elegiac “Rooms on Fire.” Continue reading →

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