This year has been a brutal, soul-sucking slog. And we have at least 3 more brutal and soul-sucking years left of this administration to go — if they don’t kill us all, first. So let’s get to it.
MTV was launched 44 years ago today. As a child of the 80s, who spent countless hours watching the channel, its first two decades or so were a cultural phenomenon that hasn’t been seen since. Now, if you truly know your music history and trivia, you might recall that in the States, the first video that MTV aired was The Buggles “Video Killed The Radio Star.”
Happy birthday, MTV! My early music loving life would have been impossible without you.
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