Wang Chung Abducted by the 80s by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 6. 2012. From The Urban Dictionary: “wang chung Going out and having fun, in a vague, undefined kind of way (since no one ever knew what Everybody Wang Chung Tonight meant, exactly).” There you have it. Plenty of … Continue reading
Susanna Hoffs Someday, Someway by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not often that over 30 years into your career, you get to do some of your most interesting, acclaimed work. However, that is exactly where Susanna Hoffs finds herself. That may seem a weird thing to say, because back in the 1980s, Hoffs was a star. … Continue reading
Wayne White’s Playhouse by Ronald Sklar http://www.popentertainment.com/waynewhite.htm The brilliant creative mind behind Pee Wee’s Playhouse and other cultural landmarks continues to pop our eyes. You may not know him by name, but you know him as that guy behind the scenes responsible for blowing your mind. Wayne White is an artist, art director and puppeteer … Continue reading
Craig Marks Wants His MTV! by Jay S. Jacobs Legend tells us the MTV blasted off on television on August 1, 1981 with the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” – a song that was like a shot off the bow of the staid music world and became the channel’s own personal mission statement. However, … Continue reading
Led Zeppelin Just Want To Celebrate by Jay S. Jacobs There are very few opportunities that a music journalist will jump at quicker than the opportunity to see the three surviving members of the legendary (and legendarily squabbling) rock group Led Zeppelin together on the same stage. Even if you are not the band’s biggest … Continue reading
LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY (2012) Starring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham. Directed by Dick Carruthers. Distributed by Cineplex Entertainment. 124 minutes. Not Rated. As someone who was a bit too young to catch Led Zeppelin in their first go-round, Celebration Day is glorious proof of what a stunning live act that … Continue reading
Smash Mouth Return of the All Stars by Jay S. Jacobs Smash Mouth was one of the huge bands of the late Nineties, knocking hits out of the park with “Walking on the Sun,” “All Star” and their cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” They originally formed in San Jose, CA, in 1994, when … Continue reading
Rumer A Change of Seasons by Jay S. Jacobs The crazy thing about overnight success is that it always takes a hell of a long time to achieve. When retro-vibed and striking British singer Rumer released her debut album Seasons of My Soul in late 2010 in Europe, most of the stories pointed out that the singer … Continue reading
TALKING HEADS CHRONOLOGY (2011) Featuring David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. Directed by Talking Heads. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 109 minutes. Not Rated. In the Seventies and Eighties, there was no other group like Talking Heads. A group of art-school funk-punksters that set CBGBs and eventually the world on fire with … Continue reading
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS (1997) Featuring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Haley Joel Osment, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Kath Soucie, Paul Reubens and Angela Lansbury. Screenplay by Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus and Bill Motz & Bob Roth. Directed … Continue reading
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