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  1. Imagine a Different 1980s - A Collaborative Pop Culture TL

    April 30, 1982: Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi - now clean and sober - have a lengthy meeting today with executives at Paramount Pictures. The studio likes - very much - the treatments for Ghostbusters and Spies Like Us the two stars present. They are eager to make both movies; however, they are...

  2. Imagine a Different 1980s - A Collaborative Pop Culture TL

    March 1, 1982: One day after checking into the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood, John Belushi makes a phone call to his best friend, Dan Aykroyd. "He sounded both psychotic and depressed," Akyroyd later tells Rolling Stone. "I knew that John loved cocaine but he never sounded like this...

  3. Imagine a Different 1980s - A Collaborative Pop Culture TL

    July 3, 1981: Robert Casey, the widely-respected former state auditor general, announces his candidacy for the 1982 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election.

  4. Imagine a Different 1980s - A Collaborative Pop Culture TL

    Spring 1981: With the startup of Warner Cable's new Music Television (MTV) rock-music video channel scheduled for August 1, some dissension has begun to develop among the staff regarding the channel's programming. Robert Pittman, the head of programming for the new channel, is intending to...

  5. Imagine a Different 1980s - A Collaborative Pop Culture TL

    February 21, 1981: The sixth season of NBC's popular hit show Saturday Night Live has been an unmitigated disaster. When producer Lorne Michaels quit at the end of season five, the original cast and most of the original writers left with him. Jean Doumanian was hired as his replacement, and...

  6. Alternate Billboard Number 1's

    See, I tend to lose interest after 1990 or so. So this is mostly for fun.

  7. Alternate Billboard Number 1's

    May 16, 1998 - Eagle Flute Song - R, Carlos Nakai May 23, 1998 - Eagle Flute Song - R. Carlos Nakai

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    January 6, 1990 - Love Shack - The B-52's January 13, 1990 - Love Shack - The B-52's

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    August 26, 1989 - I'll Be You - The Replacements

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    May 27, 1989 - Wicked Game - Chris Isaak June 3, 1989 - Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry

  11. Alternate Billboard Number 1's

    April 1, 1989 - Love Addict - George Wesley and the Irietations April 8, 1989 - Love Addict - George Wesley and the Irietations Apologies for the poor sound quality - the bootleg of a live performance was the only recording I could find online. RIP George. You should have been a superstar...

  12. Alternate Billboard Number 1's

    January 28, 1989 - Tell It to My Heart - Taylor Dayne

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    October 22, 1988 - Slow Turning - John Hiatt October 29, 1988 - Handle With Care - The Traveling Wilburys

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    September 24, 1988 - Lovesong - The Cure October 1, 1988 - Lovesong - The Cure

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    July 30, 1988 - Love and Mercy - The Beach Boys August 6, 1988 - Love and Mercy - The Beach Boys

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    June 18, 1988 - Sign Your Name - Terence Trent d'Arby June 25, 1988 - Together Forever - Rick Astley

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    May 7, 1988 - Under the Milky Way - The Church May 14, 1988 - Under the Milky Way - The Church

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    March 12, 1988 - Hopes on Hold - Ruben Blades March 19, 1988 - Hopes on Hold - Ruben Blades

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    November 28, 1987 - Heart and Soul - The Monkees December 5, 1987 - Heart and Soul - The Monkees (We got off by two days somewhere)
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