(This week, I have some overlap because I wrote about the experience of getting the tickets in the journal.) The Especially For Girls book club was a mail away book program advertised on basic cable,
August 1, 1981. 12:01 AM. That’s when the world changed. “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” MTV debuts on cable TV (which at the time had only about 25 channels) with little to no fanfare.