February 22 09
An amazing thing has happened in the entertainment business—specifically in films, radio and records, which constitute a large chunk of it—something that, by all the odds, all the predictions of the wiseacres, shouldn’t have happened at all! A star who was the toast of yesterday’s generation has swept today’s generation just as completely off its feet.
February 15 09
Break dancing is the combination of gymnastics and free-style street dancing—the marriage of athletics and cool. The kids who break are old enough to have the power and strength necessary but young enough to take it. From Old Style to 1990 action, breaking sets the body up for moves from ballet smooth to high-stress acrobatics. And with the New York City Breakers, you know that the moves will be on and most definitely in check.
By Michael Hanscom
Posted in 1980s, instructional, music
Tagged 10-speed, 1980s, 1984, alex and the city crew, b.t. and the city clickers, breakdancing, dance, dazz band, freez, grandmaster flash and the furious five, instructional, michael holman, music, twilight 22
February 8 09
…a collection of the favorite songs of Sun Valley guests as played by Hap Miller and his Orchestra.
February 1 09
It was bound to happen. Here it is only a season or two A.D. (After Discotheques) and youngsters are discovering that the older generations know how to enjoy themselves. As a matter of moment, teen-agers are beginning to wallow in that way to wall-to-wall fun—the Polka.