Essay
Valentines Mix Tape: 80’s Edition
In junior high and high school, I was the mix tape king. I can’t tell you how many bricks of cassette tapes I went through making mix tapes. As you can probably guess, most of CONTINUE READING…
Music
Essay
Valentines Mix Tape: My Valentine
This final mix tape entry is completely self serving. I built it for MY someone special. With one exception, all the songs are from the 80’s and 90’s. I have to admit it was hard CONTINUE READING…
80s
Top 80 Songs of the ’80s with the word ‘Love’ in the Title
If there is one theme that seems to inspire more music than any other, it has to be “love“. Love is a very powerful word and it finds its way into the title of many CONTINUE READING…
90s
Slaughter’s ‘Stick It To Ya’ Turns 30
While some sites continue to debate when the decade ends (“there wasn’t a year zero”) on this site, I need to debate when the 80’s ended. Hair metal and the decade of decadence go together CONTINUE READING…
80s
Top Songs from the ’80s with the word ‘Time’ in the Title
As the saying goes, time sure does fly by. To think, we are entering our fourth decade since our cherished ’80s began and, no matter how much I try to keep it front of mind, CONTINUE READING…
80s
‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ by Band Aid
For this issue, we revisit the ’80s holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The song was written by Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) in 1984 specifically to raise CONTINUE READING…
90s
Korn “Issues” 20th Anniversary
Let’s take a trip back to music in 1999. Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears had the biggest albums of the year. Most teenagers up to twenty-somethings were told what was popular Monday through Friday from CONTINUE READING…
80s
Motley Crue’s Dr Feelgood 30th Anniversary
It is shocking to think that this album is 30 years old this month. Even more shocking, every member of the band is still alive 30 years later. Dr. Feelgood was Motley Crue’s first album CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Thursday Threesome #3: Kenny Rogers, Vixen, NSYNC
We’re back again for the third installment of Thursday Threesome where we present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how they’re related. Ready? Let’s go! #1 Kenny CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Thursday Threesome #2: Kenny Loggins, Van Halen, and The Doobie Brothers
We’re back again for the second installment of Thursday Threesome where we present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how they’re related. Ready? Let’s go! #1 Kenny CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Thursday Threesome #1: Madonna, Heart, and Cyndi Lauper
In lieu of Music Mondays for the month of August, we have a new feature: the Thursday Threesome! We’ll present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how CONTINUE READING…
A1
Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique 30th Anniversary
Many people are aware of “Fight for Your Right to Party”. A little less went “Intergalactic”. Falling in between is an album that was seen as a failure on release. Now it’s considered one of CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Music Monday – Def Leppard Video Spotlight
Long before the album Hysteria – the hard rock version of Thriller as producer Robert “Mutt” Lange referred to it – Def Leppard was a part of the new wave of British heavy metal hailing CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Music Monday – Huey Lewis & The News Video Spotlight
Huey Lewis & The News is one of those acts that you might think had a couple of hits in the 80’s until you really start to think about it. Truth be told, they had CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Music Monday – Billy Idol Video Spotlight
We shine this week’s spotlight on Billy Idol. Idol started his solo career right as MTV was starting to take off. My absolute favorite Idol song is also the first hit he scored in the CONTINUE READING…
