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Category Archives: Saturday Music
I Want My MTV: A Conversation with Original MTV VJ Alan Hunter
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
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Tagged Alan Hunter, cocaine, J.J. Jackson, JM Blaine, Madonna, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, MTV, Music Television, Nina Blackwood, Ozzy Osbourne
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Power Trio: 3 Songs About Being Young And Disenfranchised Before The Internets
Blaise Allysen Kearsley waxes nostalgic for her Gen X youth. Continue reading
Posted in Power Trio, Saturday Music
Tagged 40, Gen X, Led Zeppelin, Palomine, That's the Way, The Beach Boys
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Smelling Sex and Candy: Anatomy of a Bad Song
DJ and author Amanda Nazario takes on Marcy Playground’s “Sex and Candy,” and ends up tackling the thorny trends of unrequited love songs. We even include a playlist of great songs about crushes. Continue reading
Power Trio: 3 Songs for Ding! Thatcher Dong!
Danbert Nobacon operates as musical director for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Continue reading
Mix Tape Nation: 1993
1993 was an uncommonly colorful year for music, full of murder, masterpieces and Michael Jackson. In this installment of Mix Tape Nation, we look back at 1993 and drop a savage playlist to jump start your weekend. Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, aerosmith, Joe Daly, meatloaf, Michael JAckson, murder, Music, music saturday, whitney houston
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Power Trio: 3 Songs That Kill Their Own Good Vibe
When it comes to pop music, Art Edwards does not like bitters with his sugar. Continue reading
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Tagged Jen Trynin, The Band, The Beatles, The Refreshments
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Power Trio: 3 Songs That Inspired Me to Leave Law School
Rachel Kramer Bussel presents Exhibits A, B, and C in the case for leaving law school. Continue reading
I Want(ed) My MTV: Rooms on Fire
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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Tagged 1980's, moonman, MTV, Music videos, Prince, Purple Rain, Stevie Nicks
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