Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill during a promotion tour for Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back visiting the BBC children’s program Blue Peter in 1980.
https://youtu.be/ygjiiWxB7G8
Gary Numan Talks Synths With Yo Gabba Gabba’s DJ Lance Rock
Late last year, Gary Numan was honoured with a Moog Innovation award at the 2016 Moogfest in Durham, NC, and had a few moments for a live stream and not-for-kids interview with DJ Lance Rock, known for hosting Yo Gabba Gabba.
Watch Morrissey And George Michael Discuss Joy Division On ’80s Music Talk Show
The ’80s music panel show, Eight Days A Week, sounds like a great idea now – have the hot music artists of the day speak seriously about the artists of the day for critical dissection. The topic at hand for the video below? Joy Division. While Morrissey praised the band’s legacy and George Michael had a surprising revelation that, yes, he was indeed a Joy Division fan.
Watch the full Eight Days A Week episode below – the Joy Division discussion begins at 13:21.
https://youtu.be/H1ZMi3cPzUg
Nina Simone Sings “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” on Sesame Street in 1972
“To Be Young, Gifted and Black” is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. It was written in memory of Simone’s late friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play A Raisin in the Sun, who had died in 1965 aged 34. The song was originally recorded and released by Simone in 1969, also featuring on her 1970 album Black Gold, and was a Civil Rights Movement anthem. Released as a single, it peaked at number eight on the R&B chart and number 76 on the Hot 100.
XTC’s Andy Partridge On His Love Of Bubblegum Music
In 1997, XTC’s Andy Partridge enthused to Joe Silva of Consumable Online about his love of bubblegum pop:
Partridge: I think everybody in whatever chosen artform-musician or a writer or a film maker, everyone has at least two faces. Why not get joy out of at least a dozen? So those are all musical styles I feel completely at ease working with. There are a lot that I haven’t got into that I would feel completely at ease working with. Bubblegum music, I think I have a huge debt to bubblegum music.
Silva: Could you name an artist, like just off the top of your head?
Partridge: Oh. just all things like a band named the Equals in England. I don’t know if you ever got to hear them. They were originally two white guys and three black guys and the one black fellow that stood in the middle painted half his body white so there were two and a half of each color in the band. They played these really banal, kind of giddy and exciting youth club kind of things. They had some really huge hits in England but I guess they didn’t come over the Atlantic. They were like bubblegum ska. They were very direct. As soon as you put an Equals record, there was an instant party. People like the Equals.. Oh, who was who did that “Yummy Yummy”? The Ohio Express? Lemon Pipers, although they were sort of at the psychedelic end of bubble gum. “Mellow Yellow” meets a Quick Joey Small or “Mony Mony” meets almost anything by the early Troggs. You know, it transcends or descends below all expectations and thus it comes out in another dimension somewhere. It goes faster than the speed of light ale and bursts through into the banal zone. I have a huge debt to bubblegum music. I love it.
Best #TBT EVER! Sesame Street is proud to present, THE 80s!
#SesameSingsThe80s is worthy of your 5 minutes today, if not just for them doing a parody of Super Freak.
Rebel in the Rye Trailer But Doesn’t Reveal Where Ducks Go In The Wintertime
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye is seen in the new docudrama, Rebel In The Rye. Nicholas Hoult plays the controversial writer, with the film being released on September 15.
An homage to David Bowie in Sound and Vision
Catalan director collective CANADA’s film Sound and Vision a colorful homage to late pop icon David Bowie.
Buy RUSH’s Geddy Lee Print, Help The Animals
The Canadian Wildlife Federation is making available 150 limited edition numbered and autographed prints of wildlife photography taken and donated by Rush bassist Geddy Lee.
CWF’s “RUSH of Nature” initiative gives RUSH fans an opportunity to share in Lee’s love of wildlife photography while helping support CWF’s wildlife conservation programs across the country. The 150 prints will each sell for $150 as part of CWF’s Canada 150 celebration designed to encourage Canadians to #ConserveTheWonder.
“We are extremely thankful that Geddy is as adept with a camera as he is with his bass,” said Shauna Pichosky, CWF Director of Marketing. “A print Geddy offered us in 2016 sold out in three hours. RUSH fans are loyal and when a member of the band aligns with a cause fans know it’s a worthy one. This initiative gives fans an opportunity to get Geddy’s autograph on a unique creation from the artist.”
The new photograph was taken during Lee’s trip to South Africa earlier this year and the stunning numbered prints are expected to sell just as quickly.
“I spent the month of February exploring different parts of the Western Cape,” said Lee. “While waiting under a tree in between rain showers we were able to follow and capture this fantastic Orange Breasted Sunbird who was resting amongst the beautiful and endemic Fynbos growths.”
The prints go on sale July 29th at midnight eastern time through the CWF their online store ShopCWF which is also Geddy’s birthday.