Peter Wolf drops by to chat with Paul Westerberg to discuss The I Don’t Cares’ debut album, “Wild Stab”, the group collaboration between Westerberg and Juliana Hatfield.
https://youtu.be/hkNb8kY_DdI
What Online Shopping Looked Like In 1984
Thames Televisions computer show ‘Database’ looks at the idea of shopping and paying your bills from the comfort of your own home…via your computer and television. It’ll never happen!
Mozart + heavy metal drums = wait…what?
Mozart was not originally composed with heavy metal drums in mind. At least I don’t think so. I wasn’t really around that time but here’s not-actual-footage of a great drumming competition ensuing before appearing to reach a stalemate of accenting brilliance from both drummers.
Watch David Bowie’s Japanese TV Commercial for Sake from 1980
Bowie’s 1980 sake ads for Crystal Jun Rock were the first TV commercials he ever appeared in, and before you call him a sell-out (I mean, really), Bowie gave an interview explaining why he did the ads:
There are three reasons. The first one being that no one has ever asked me to do it before. And the money is a very useful thing. And the third, I think it’s very effective that my music is on television twenty times a day. I think my music isn’t for radio.
Gary Numan ad for Japan’s Parco from 1981
“I am an android; I look like a human.”
Parco is/was a Japanese clothing store. Mr. Gary Numan, he of “Cars” fame, the toast of Japan at that time, uses his influence to advertize their wares. Kazumi Kurigami is one of Japan’s leading commercial photographers and TV commercial directors. Put all these together, and you have staying power.
