Rock & Roll 1979, Pt. 2: the Import Bin and ‘As Seen on TV’
by More rock & roll icons than any of us realized released new albums in 1979.
Author: Gary
Mike & Dean’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll City’: The Curious Story of the Two Surf Music Icons and, Um, Radio Shack
In the early 1980s, the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean singers fully embraced the marriage of rock & roll and the corporate world.
When Beach Boy Mike Love Utterly Failed to Save the World
Instead of feeding the hungry and sprucing up the Statue of Liberty, he left a trail of lawsuits in his wake.
Where Were These Rock & Roll Pioneers during the Height of the ’50s Nostalgia Craze?
Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Phil Everly all had major label releases in 1979.
Mayor McCheese and Zorro in ‘The Treasure of Don Diablo’ (Prologue)
Perhaps the greatest buddy adventure story never told.
The Adventures of Alfred and Bruce
Recently discovered footage shows Alfred as a young man.
List Update #3: Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough?
Wherein I listen to K-pop and take in a movie at an old insane asylum.
Progressive Rock Meets Indiana Jones: Roger Dean Artwork and Asia’s ‘Don’t Cry’
The video is one of the few examples of a Roger Dean fantasyscape making the leap to the small screen.
List Update #2: The Big Sleep
A couple of crime films, a couple of cocktails, and a healthy dose of Olivia Newton-John.
Otis! My Man!
The singer from the most famous toga party in moviedom was alive and well in the eighties. Sort of.