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by Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn
Published by Atria Books
318p, b&w, hardcover, 6.25"x9.5"
$25.00
"MTV’s original VJs offer a behind-the-scenes oral history of the early
years of MTV, 1981 to 1987, when it was exploding, reshaping the
culture, and creating “the MTV generation.”
Nina Blackwood,
Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn (along with the late J. J.
Jackson) had front-row seats to a cultural revolution-and the hijinks
of music stars like Adam Ant, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, and Duran Duran.
Their worlds collided, of course: John Cougar invited Nina to a
late-night “party” that proved to be a seduction attempt. Mark partied
with David Lee Roth, who offered him cocaine and groupies. Aretha
Franklin made chili for Alan. Bob Dylan whisked Martha off to Ireland
in his private jet.
But while VJ has plenty of
dish - secret romances, nude photographs, incoherent celebrities- it also
reveals how four VJs grew up alongside MTV’s devoted viewers and became
that generation’s trusted narrators. They tell the story of the ’80s,
from the neon-colored drawstring pants to the Reagan administration,
and offer a deeper understanding of how MTV changed our culture. Or as
the VJs put it: “We’re the reason you have no attention span.”