Before he became Batman, Michael Keaton was one of the most versatile and entertaining actors of the 1980s. And his journey from lovable suburban dad to the Dark Knight was anything but predictable. This week, we're reaching into the Stuck…
Before vampires sparkled in the sunlight, they wore leather jackets, rode motorcycles and apparently had unlimited access to industrial-strength hairspray. Welcome back to The Lost Boys, the 1987 horror-comedy that made being a vampire look like the coolest job in…
On Aug. 1, 1981, MTV launched with a music video that seemed almost too perfect for the occasion: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. It was a clever choice, an announcement that music television had arrived and the…
Twenty years ago, Stuck in the ’80s was barely a year old, podcasting itself was still something you had to explain to people, and somehow we found ourselves backstage at a concert with some of the biggest names of the…
Few songs from the late ’80s have enjoyed an afterlife quite like When in Rome’s “The Promise.” Released in 1988, “The Promise” became the British synth-pop band’s signature song, reaching the U.S. Top 20 and earning a permanent home on…
There are some episodes of Stuck in the ’80s that I look forward to recording. And then there are episodes I wish I never had to make. This week, we're remembering Pete Byrne, the unmistakable voice of Naked Eyes, who…
For anyone who remembers July 13, 1985, Live Aid wasn’t simply a concert. It was an event. For one extraordinary day, televisions around the world carried performances from London and Philadelphia featuring Queen, U2, David Bowie, Madonna, The Who, Duran…
There are celebrities, there are superstars, and then there was Dolly Parton. In this special episode of Stuck in the ’80s, we pay tribute to one of the most beloved entertainers of our lifetime — a songwriter, singer, actress, businesswoman…
Labor Day has come and gone, which means summer is officially over. I have one question: Did anybody notice? I don't mean the temperature. Here in Florida, summer will continue until approximately Thanksgiving, followed by six pleasant afternoons in January…
There are the ’80s bands everybody remembers. And then there are the bands that somehow found you. For a lot of us, Book of Love was one of those bands. This week on Stuck in the ’80s, we sit down…