‘Storytelling Giant,’ offbeat Talking Heads video compilation from the 1980s
When MTV ran the world in the 1980s and a few years after, it was de rigueur for bands to release VHS video compilations. The…
Television Archives: 02/2017
The Melvins mind-melting first ever television appearance from 1995
An early shot of Washington State fuzz kings, Melvins. Sound FX was a short-lived show on the FX Network back in the mid-90s. Its greatest…
The Andy Warhol episode of ‘The Love Boat’
Jack Jones sang the theme song to The Love Boat from 1977 until 1985. Love was life’s sweetest reward; all was right with the world.…
Bizarre video of the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ from Soviet TV of the 1970s
The Beatles were big enough that even the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had to deal with it, somehow. In 1976 Soviet-controlled TV–the only available…