1986

The evolution of Talk Talk was probably the greatest New Wave story every told. That journey, from their beginnings as purveyors of slightly more sophisticated…

I was re-watching And Everything Is Going Fine the other day, Steven Soderbergh’s touching tribute to Spalding Gray, and it made me happy and sad…

The Clash busking in York, 1985 In its official version, the story of The Clash ends with the firing of lead guitarist Mick Jones in…

You know, I watched that whole movie about Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher a few weeks ago, and not once did the movie address Apple’s…

Like most suburban ’80s kids, I found out about The Cult via MTVs saturation-play of “She Sells Sanctuary,” which managed to break out of the…

Night Flight was an all-night, only on the weekends “underground” and “cult” TV programming block show that began airing on the USA Network in the…

Thin Lizzy frontman, Phil Lynott died today, 4th of January in 1986. He was just 36 years old. Lynott had collapsed at his home after…

Watching this debate between Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin from 1986, I was struck by how little has really changed since the late 80s despite…

I’m of the opinion that The Jesus and Mary Chain created some of the most beautiful, lulling, sometimes jarring sounds in all of rock ‘n’…

I am 99% sure that I was in attendance at this Big Black show at CBGB’s on July 13, 1986. I saw them play around…