Tag Archives: MTV

David Bowie: The Man Who Owned the World

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Sean Murphy

David Bowie didn’t merely innovate; he wrought aesthetic and stylistic changes and, like an irrepressible Pied Piper, people followed him wherever he went. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged Aladdin Sane, Christopher Nolan, David Bowie, Hunky Dory, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Mike Garson, MTV, Oh! You Pretty Things, Oscar Wilde, Queen, Ricky Gervais, Scorsese, Soul Train, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Beatles, Thin White Duke | 3 Comments

Razor Sadness, Wizened Eyes: Nirvana Unplugged, 20 Years On

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Robert Burke Warren

Nirvana’s legendary last recorded performance, 1994’s MTV Unplugged In New York, was too painful for the Weeklings’ Robert Burke Warren to watch. Until now. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, The Arts, The Weeklings | Tagged charles r cross, cobain, courtney love, dave grohl, dgc, frances bean, geffen, heavier than heaven, heroin, in utero, krist novoselic, Kurt Cobain, lead belly, MTV, mtv unplugged in new york, Nevermind, pat smear, robert burke warren, robin williams, shotgun, suicide, unplugged | 3 Comments

Rap Game Campbell’s Soup: Riff Raff, Andy Warhol, and the Art of Branding

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Sam Behrens

Sam Behrens discusses the enigma of hip hop’s mythical unicorn Riff Raff, Andy Warhol, the “Rap Game”, and how packaging — not content — is the key to success in the music industry. Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Popular Culture | Tagged Andy Warhol, art, avant garde, Kitsch, MTV, Music, Pop culture, Riff Raff | Leave a comment

Sunday Sermon – Wonder Wheel

Posted on January 19, 2014 by The Editors

“..And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the merging of image and text defining a new form of communication should be killed…” Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Sermon | Tagged bars, beer, Bike Rides, Closing Time, Devri Richmond, dusk, Hank Cherry, Jukebox, Legs, Morning Drinking, MTV, Semisonic, Smoke, Wonder Wheel | 1 Comment

The Zen of Gen X: How We Went From Jaded to Sated

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Whitney Collins

A generation jaded at birth and raised on irony grew up to be pretty darned content. Isn’t that ironic? Don’t you think? Whitney Collins breaks down the Zen of Gen X. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged acne, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, get a job, Jordache, Millennials, MTV, Nickelodeon, smoking, Star Wars, Van Halen | 16 Comments

Walking on Sunshine

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Kevin Sharp

In the halcyon days of 80s-era MTV, Katrina and the Waves provide the soundtrack to blossoming and scorched earth finale to a teenage love affair, amid sci-fi, Satanism and Chuck E. Cheese. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Shine a Light | Tagged Boys of Summer, Caracas, Don Johnson, high school sweetheart, Katrina and the Waves, Kevin Sharp, MTV, Music, Science Fiction, Valerie, videos, Walking on Sunshine, writing | 1 Comment

I Want My MTV: A Conversation with Original MTV VJ Alan Hunter

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Jamie Blaine

Author JM Blaine chats with MTV original VJ Alan Hunter about the early days at MTV, interviewing Madonna and the point when it all went off the rails. Continue reading →

Posted in I Want(ed) My MTV, Saturday Music | Tagged Alan Hunter, cocaine, J.J. Jackson, JM Blaine, Madonna, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, MTV, Music Television, Nina Blackwood, Ozzy Osbourne | 7 Comments