December 28, 2012
I remember it being the last day of school before the summer holidays kicked off and a girl in my year brought in a pirate copy of House Party when it was first released in US cinemas in 1990. Films like this were not seeing release dates in British cinemas (this still hasn’t really changed) so we had to make do with pirate video. There was a VHS video recorder and a television in the classroom that we were in and because it was the last day of school my history […]
October 27, 2010
YouTube is a BEAST! I couldn’t believe my luck when I found footage of the classic early 90s (circa 1990/1991) BBC 2 music show Dance Energy, hosted by Normski. If my memory serves me correctly Dance Energy used to air after the Fresh Prince Of Bell Air on a Monday/Tuesday nights at 6.30pm. I made sure I never missed this show. I just loved sitting and watching the audience dance. This brings back memories. Check out the footage below. Awwww those were […]
February 5, 2010
Via Digital Spy Fabrice Morvan, one half of the duo who sparked outrage in 1990 when it emerged that they had used session vocalists to sing their tracks, insisted that modern acts are similarly fraudulent with their music. The star pointed to lip-synching during live concerts and studio technology such as vocal auto-tuners as examples to back up his point. He told USA Today: “It’s not about being authentic anymore, it’s about [being] entertaining.” Milli Vanilli were forced to return the Grammy […]
June 7, 2009
[Thanks Nessa] Hilarious!