We’re just as excited as everybody else about the pending public reunion of J-Stache and John Oates, set to occur live onstage at the American Mustache Institute’s annual Stache Bash happening on October 30th in St. Louis. Presumably, Oates will be there to promote the brand new super-bad ass Hall & Oates box set Do […]
Category: It Came From The 80s
Good Listening: Hall and Oates – Live in Chicago (1983)
This is what we call an encore performance. Longtime readers of the site will recall that we’ve featured some Hall and Oates shows here in the past that were pretty awesome. Because Hall and Oates were/still are pretty awesome. But in 1983, they were kings of the pop music world.
Remembering John Hughes
I’ll offer apologies in advance for the tardiness of this particular item, with a slight bit of reasoning and explanation for the lateness to follow later in this piece. As a child of the 80s, I’ve spent quite a few moments deep in thought since John Hughes passed away. When Hughes passed, I had plenty […]
Cage Match: Heart vs. The Bangles
On Saturday morning, we’re packing up the ATV concert mobile for what might end up being the final road trip of the summer. Destination: The Illinois State Fair in Springfield, IL Possible Food & Grub While We’re There: D & J Cafe, which captured the hearts of many in Springfield as the “best place to […]
Favor: Need a scan of The Breakfast Club LP cover
Alright kids, The subject line pretty much covers it, but here’s the deal – I’ve got a buddy that needs a hi-res scan of The Breakfast Club soundtrack artwork, from the original LP version. Anyone out there with a vinyl copy of this one? Looking for a scan at 300 DPI or better. Email me […]
New Music: Attractive Eighties Women
C’mon, with a name like that, you know I had to put up a quick post about these guys, er, I mean, girls. Was there anything hotter than 80s chicks? Looking at this picture, I’m starting to think that the answer might be yes. AEW are a group of well known celebrity hotties from the […]
Stuff People Buy: Olivia Newton-John
It’s dirty secret reveal time here at ATV: Actually, we might have talked about this before, but my brain is currently frozen from the lemon ice I just ate towards the end of the work day. We’re about to say goodbye to our summer interns (hooray!) as we approach the end of summer, and our […]
Setlist: Dennis DeYoung/Survivor – Clay’s Park – 7/17/09
The classic rock themed Rock N Resort festival, located at Clay’s Park in nearby North Lawrence, OH, has been on my list for a few years now to check out with at least one band of interest on the bill each year. Now in its sixth year, this year’s festival had quite a few names […]
You can call me Rob Gordon…
For a few years in the mid to late 80s I was part of the record store culture. And, if you ever worked music retail you know that High Fidelity wasn’t too far off the mark when it came to pegging us music geeks. From early 1986 to late 1987, I worked at a rather […]
Radio Ga Ga Saved My Life Tonight
When I was a kid, up until about the age of eleven, we moved around a lot. My father’s engineering job took us to such exotic locales as Port Huron, Michigan and Norcross, Georgia. It also dumped us in Wiesbaden, Germany for about 8 months in 1976/1977. Seeing as how I didn’t really speak the […]