I came across this fascinating cultural artifact recently on YouTube: It’s an interview with Simon and Nick from October 1984 for a music news show called Kulture Shock, which apparently aired […]
Anime
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Sailor Moon: Top Ten Episodes
I first fell in love with the 1992 anime series Sailor Moon in 1996 when I was working at a soul-killing temp job and living for my nightly dose of the […]
Duran Duran
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Duranalysis: Do You Believe in Shame?
Just that lately I’ve been so damn lonely when I think of you… At long last! More Duranalysis! My original plan was to start tackling the Notorious videos—“Skin Trade” and […]
Eighties
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G.I. Joe: Skeletons in the Closet
Let’s take a look at another fabulous episode of the classic mid-eighties G.I. Joe cartoon, shall we? Here we have “Skeletons in the Closet,” a thrilling saga of retribution, espionage, ghosts, […]
Eighties
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G.I. Joe: The Gamemaster
Just in case anyone’s trying to make sense of all the pieces I’ve been posting, there’s no cohesive theme, unless it’s all under a nebulous umbrella of “Random […]
Eighties
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The A-Team: Cowboy George
So in 1986, Boy George appeared on an A-Team episode, and it was glorious. For anyone who missed out on The A-Team’s contribution to the pop-culture zeitgeist of the eighties, it was a […]
Duran Duran
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Duranalysis: Falling Down
For something new and different, we’re moving out of Duran Duran’s golden era and heading all the way up to 2007 with a look at the video for […]
Duran Duran
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Duranalysis: Neil Gaiman’s Duran Duran
Back in 1984, at the start of his career, Neil Gaiman—the best-selling, award-winning, widely-acclaimed author of Coraline, Stardust, the Sandman comics, etcetera—wrote a book titled Duran Duran: The First Four Years of the […]
Eighties
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Video Analysis: Elton John’s I’m Still Standing
Let’s shake things up a bit here and move slightly away from Duran Duran for a second to examine one of the most cheerful, colorful, glorious videos of the 1980s. […]
Duran Duran
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Duranalysis: Three to Get Ready
Three To Get Ready is a David Gasperik-directed documentary shot in early 1987 as Duran Duran was promoting their funk-infused Notorious album and gearing up for their Strange Behaviour tour. The […]