October saw the televised debut of BBC Four‘s Synth Britannia, an enthralling and ruminative documentary on the advent of synthesizers in electronic music and their ascent into the pop lexicon of the 1980s. Narrowing its lens upon electronic pioneers such as Wolfgang Flür (Kraftwerk), Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), and Gary Numan, [...]
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With Your Feet in the Air and Your Head on The Ground
September 27, 2009 – 1:57 pm
You know those defining moments in your life? I remember very clearly the day I first saw the Whitesnake video with Tawny Kitaen doing cartwheels and splits on the hood of two closely parked Jaguars. Looking back, I think this video might sum up the entire feeling of the 80′s for me. Tawny was arrested yesterday [...]
