Posts tagged "Thriller"
Blerd Radio Presents: The Jheri Curl Chronicles (Episode 5)

Blerd Radio Presents: The Jheri Curl Chronicles (Episode 5)

The Original Slick Rick (sans his Mary Jane Girls) is one of the artists spotlighted in the latest episode of the Jheri Curl Chronicles podcast. It’s a celebration!

40 (Or So) Playlists For 40 Years: 1983

40 (Or So) Playlists For 40 Years: 1983

“If 1983 wasn’t the year of Michael Jackson, it wasn’t the year of anybody.”

Blerd Radio 2016 | Episode 1; Son Of Chart Attack (1/1/83)

Blerd Radio 2016 | Episode 1; Son Of Chart Attack (1/1/83)

New Blerd Radio podcast, and we’re headed back to 1983 to sample some Toto-licious chart delights! Does that sound gross?

Guest Column: Michael Jackson Fans Unite To Thrill The World

Guest Column: Michael Jackson Fans Unite To Thrill The World

Honor the funk of 40,000 years and be charitable at the same time!-That’s the concept of Thrill the World.

Jheri Curl Special: Ranking Every #1 R&B Hit Of The ’80s From Worst To First (20-11)

Jheri Curl Special: Ranking Every #1 R&B Hit Of The ’80s From Worst To First (20-11)

We give it up for DeBarge in the next-to-last installment of our ranking of each #1 R&B hit of the ’80s.

The Purge: Movie Review

The Purge: Movie Review

It’s the #1 movie in America, and we have the review (and no, it’s not about bulimia…)

Spin Cycle: Easy Star All-Stars, Easy Star's Thrillah

Spin Cycle: Easy Star All-Stars, Easy Star’s Thrillah

After tackling Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and Beatles records, Easy Star All-Stars give the King of Pop the reggae royalty treatment with Easy Star’s Thrillah. Read our review!

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties (10-1)

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties (10-1)

It’s a Purple Top 10, as the Kid from Minneapolis finishes near the top of our list…but he’s not #1. Find out who was in the final installment of the ’80s best albums!

Pass The Popcorn: "The Poseidon Adventure"

Pass The Popcorn: “The Poseidon Adventure”

I remember watching and loving The Poseidon Adventure as a child. Even though I was a total baby and never had a very strong stomach for movies that threatened my sense of security, I remember being drawn to the characters enough to brave their disastrous circumstances with them. I was interested to see how the film would hold up years later–would it still be effective, or would it fall victim to that classic sentence, “It hasn’t aged well”? Well, having […]

The Viewfinder: PT Walkley’s “The Way That You Are”

Sometimes a song and a video just makes you smile. I’d been procrastinating on covering singer/songwriter PT Walkley, whose album Thriller (yeah) came out about two months ago. However, in the midst of doing some research, I came across his video for “The Way That You Are,” and I had to post it. The song has a springlike, etheral vibe, and the video is pure silliness. Goofy grins, vaguely creepy “O” face-type expressions, and showers of everything from silly spring […]

We Saw It! "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour"

We Saw It! “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour”

Even if you’re a die-hard Michael Jackson fan – the kind that’s owned five copies of Thriller to replace worn-out ones or collect the bonus material on every repackaging – it can sometimes be easy to forget, even if just for a second, what it means to recognize the artistry of Jackson as a composer, arranger, singer, dancer and all-around showman par excellence of the 20th century. Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour , which played Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Saturday, was a reminder of […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Best Videos of the ’80s (Top Ten)

10. “Money for Nothing” Dire Straits (1985) “Money for Nothing” is probably the video most synonymous with MTV that wasn’t by Michael Jackson. Spotlighting very early computer animation, the clip combines live footage of the band performing with a loosely defined narrative in computer world (cue Kraftwerk). To folks who weren’t around in MTV’s first decade, watching this video today might be like the same person trying to play Calicovision. But again, in the context of the time, the video […]