Redartz: Good day, and welcome to another excursion back into our collective past. Today we depart our time-travelling public transport and find ourselves at Wednesday, December 9, 1981. As we look around and get oriented, let us see what's going on:
Blaring from radios everywhere is the current number 1 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100: Olivia Newton John with "Physical":
Olivia is in the middle of what will be a 10 week run at the top of the chart. "Physical" will be named Billboard's number 1 single for 1982. The video is pretty popular as well; music videos are getting a lot of attention these days. There is a club that my art school friends and I frequent that shows videos of the new bands from the UK on Friday nights. One memorable example was "Girls on Film" by a group called Duran Duran.
Rounding out the top five hits:
2. Foreigner- "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
3. The Police- "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
4. The Commodores- "Oh No"
5. Earth, Wind and Fire- "Let's Groove"
I'm in college now, and my tv viewing has decreased a bit (I'm spending a lot of evenings in the photolab), but I still like some entertainment to unwind. On schedule for this evening:
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| "The Greatest American Hero" |
CBS: "Mr. Merlin", then "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Nurse" and "Shannon"
NBC: "Real People", "The Facts of Life", "Love, Sidney" and "Quincy, M.E."
BBC2: Showing "Life on Earth", "M*A*S*H*", and "The Borgias"
Personally, I often catch "Greatest American Hero"- it is, after all, right up any comic book fan's alley. Still love WKRP, and must admit to watching "Real People" from time to time.
And a big thumbs up to PBS for showing David Attenborough's excellent "Life on Earth" on this side of the Atlantic. You'll never catch me watching "Dynasty", though- not a fan of the soaps. What are you going to be watching ?
Hey, tomorrow is new comic day! I'm pretty excited, as this is shaping up to be a great month for comics. On the racks today:
That JLA Anniversary issue is bound to be a classic. That wraparound cover is beautiful, and what an array of talent inside! I've also been loving Roger Stern's work on Amazing Spider-Man, here we have the Black Cat returning. On the down side, this month's Avengers is helping convince me to drop the title. However, I'll be replacing it with Marvel Fanfare. Also noticing now the increasing variety of independent comics available at our local comic shop, such as Kirby's "Captain Victory". Hard to afford many on an art student's budget, but I try...
Well, as we see, pop culture has a lot to offer in 1981. Pretty good time to be out and about. Thanks for joining the tour, come back again for our next trip back!
