The arrival of MTV and the growing popularity of music videos in the early 1980s coincided with a second “British Invasion”. These artists grew out of the punk-rock movement and were generally […]
This series, based on the characters in the original Lonesome Dove book and mini-series, tells the story of Newt Call as he’s looking back on his life through a book he’s written. […]
Written by John Jakes, Douglas Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, Patricia Green, and Kathleen A. ShelleyDirected by Richard T. Heffron North and South is a mini-series first aired in 1985, 1986, and 1994 […]
I was a child of the 1980s and the era when MTV actually played music videos. I know that seems alien to my kids now, and they groan every time I switch […]
Back in 2003, Rhino Flashback released a series of short DVDs ostensibly to create a library of top videos in various music categories. They called the series Essential Music Videos. Most of […]
The second season of All Creatures Great and Small, the British series set in Yorkshire Dales, England during the 1940s picks up just as it was left at the end of the […]
Written by Charles M. SchulzDirected by Bill Melendez The Peanuts gang is back in this 1972 television production centering around elections. The characters I grew up with are all represented here, and […]
Van Halen was one of those bands in the eighties that seemed to cross all lines. They were definitely hard rock but made an appearance on the pop charts as well. With […]
Although the rock band Genesis’ “official” formation date is 1967, it wasn’t until the early to mid 1980s that the band hit it big. For some longtime fans, it’s the time the […]
Written by Helen WhitneyDirected by Helen Whitney As we approach the twenty-first anniversary of what had to be one of the pivotal moments in the history of these United States, we are […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 
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