Self-help music: Will Powers, “Adventures in Success” (1983)

(Above: What a Friday night at home looked like, 1984.) If you lived in a place without cable television in the early 80s, you weren't a part of the revolution that MTV was bringing to music distribution, at least not directly.  The success of music video led other networks and even local stations to offer … Continue reading Self-help music: Will Powers, “Adventures in Success” (1983)

College Radio Redux: U2 – “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)

(Above: Me in the WLRA studios, sometime in the Miami Vice era.) In yesterday's post I waxed poetic (wax on, wax off...) about college radio and my time at Lewis University's WLRA.  My time in college was far from traditional. In my fourth semester at Lewis, I decided to forego my college eligibility and turn … Continue reading College Radio Redux: U2 – “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)