Progressive Rock Meets Indiana Jones: Roger Dean Artwork and Asia’s ‘Don’t Cry’
by The video is one of the few examples of a Roger Dean fantasyscape making the leap to the small screen.
Author: Gary
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.
My Mr. T Mystery
How did the former bodyguard and Rocky III and A-Team star end up on stage with the Beach Boys?
The ’80s Rock & Roll Revival and How the Traveling Wilburys Took It to the Mainstream
Read about the Reagan-era successes of Carl Perkins, the Everly Brothers and so many more.
List Update #1: Rough and Rowdy Ways
I’ve started down the road toward a slightly less tedious existence.
Entertaining Myself, 2021 Edition
Here’s how I plan to keep myself busy in the coming year.
When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth … Again: Prog Rock in the ’80s
From Abacab to A Momentary Lapse of Reason, erstwhile prog artists were everywhere during the decade.
Drugs, Dictators and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I thought I had moved on from my Ninja Turtles obsession. But then this happened.
Cowabunga! When the Ninja Turtles and a Rapping Bart Simpson Stormed the Pop Charts
The cartoon stars led the early nineties tot-rock trend.