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[Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, Gavin Edwards] ✓ VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave ↠ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave I want my MTV! ReaganGirl80 If, like me, you were a teenager in the early 80s and were fortunate enough to have cable, MTV was probably a pretty big part of your life. And if, like me, you love a good nostalgic stroll down 80s lane now and again, this is a fun way to accomplish it.There are no big gasp-worthy surprises here (Some of my fa. Fabulous and revealing read!!! I was as glued to MTV in the early 80' as most of my teenage cohorts. Every day before school I watched the morning lineup of v
| Title | : | VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.57 (666 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451678126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
The original MTV VJs offer a behind-the-scenes oral history of the early years of MTV, circa 1981 to 1985, when it was exploding, reshaping the culture, and forming “the MTV generation.”MTV’s original VJs offer a behind-the-scenes oral history of the early years of MTV, 1981 to 1987, when it was exploding, reshaping the culture, and creating “the MTV generation.”Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn (along with the late J. They tell the story of the ’80s, from the neon-colored drawstring pants to the Reagan administration, and offer a deeper understanding of how MTV changed our culture. J. Mark partied with David Lee Roth, who offered him cocaine and groupies. Their worlds collided, of course: John Cougar invited Nina to a late-night “party” that proved to be a seduction attempt. Bob Dylan whisked Martha off to Ireland in his private jet.But while VJ has plenty of dish—secret romances, nude photographs, incoherent celebrities&m
Fun and gossipy. From Booklist MTV, the American cable-television music channel, started in New York in August 1981. Behind-the-scenes stories are here, too, such as the time that Bob Dylan invited Quinn to accompany him to Ireland on his private jet and tales about Madonna, John Mellencamp (or John Cougar as he was then known), Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, and many others. In this oral history, these first-wave VJs, celebrities in their own right at the time, tell their personal stories and describe the early days of the channel, including numerous on-air highlights, such as, most famously, Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean video, prior to which MTV played the videos of very few black artists unless, like Joan Armatrading or Garland Jeffreys, they sang in the rock genre. Among the original VJs, or video jockeys, as they were called, were Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and
I want my MTV! ReaganGirl80 If, like me, you were a teenager in the early 80s and were fortunate enough to have cable, MTV was probably a pretty big part of your life. And if, like me, you love a good nostalgic stroll down 80s lane now and again, this is a fun way to accomplish it.There are no big gasp-worthy surprises here (Some of my fa. Fabulous and revealing read!!! I was as glued to MTV in the early 80' as most of my teenage cohorts. Every day before school I watched the morning lineup of vids before reluctantly taking the bus. Then I rushed home for the afternoon gig and stayed up too late watching the newest music and not caring that I'd seen all the same stuff the day . A great flashback Like lots of people, I grew up watching MTV. But reading this book about the start of the network, with the original VJs telling their stories is fun. It's amazing MTV became what it did with such a rocky start. The VJs didn't even get a chance to see the videos in the beginning! All of them have left their mar
A contributing editor at Rolling Stone, he has written for The New York Times Magazine, Details, and Wired. Nina Blackwood was one of the first MTV VJs and is a radio host on SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s Big 80s channel and host of two radio shows nationally syndicated by the United Stations Ra
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