Have to repost for the fellow Illini alums #UIUC

Trëy@quiksnowboard7.bsky.social · 14m ago

#MovieHistory On this day, 1983, the pop-culture landmark Risky Business was released. Directed by Paul Brickman, the film transformed 21-year-old Tom Cruise from a promising young actor into a major Hollywood star. Oscar-winning actor Timothy Hutton turned down the role of Joel Goodson.

#MovieHistory On this day, 1983, the pop-culture landmark Risky Business was released. Directed by Paul Brickman, the film transformed 21-year-old Tom Cruise from a promising young actor into a major Hollywood star. Oscar-winning actor Timothy Hutton turned down the role of Joel Goodson.

So in elementary school I was very good friends with Klaus Voormann’s son (had no idea that his dad was this guy at the time) but if anyone knows Otto Voormann and can get me back in touch…would appreciate it

Trëy@quiksnowboard7.bsky.social · 38m ago

#MusicHistory On this day 1966, The Beatles released their groundbreaking 7th album, Revolver, one of the most inventive, influential & endlessly fascinating albums ever recorded. The unforgettable cover was created by Klaus Voormann, who combined line drawings with photographic images of the band.

#MusicHistory On this day 1969, The Stooges released their groundbreaking self-titled debut album. The original lineup featured Iggy Pop, then known as Iggy Stooge, Ron Asheton, Dave Alexander & Scott Asheton. Its raw, minimalist aggression became a blueprint for generations of bands that followed.

#MusicHistory On this day 1966, The Beatles released their groundbreaking 7th album, Revolver, one of the most inventive, influential & endlessly fascinating albums ever recorded. The unforgettable cover was created by Klaus Voormann, who combined line drawings with photographic images of the band.

#MusicHistory On this day, 1985, The Pogues released their brilliant 2nd album Rum Sodomy & the Lash. The cover art is a re-working by Peter Mennim of The Raft of the Medusa by the French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault, completed in 1819. The original painting hangs in The Louvre in Paris.

#MusicHistory On this day 1967, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright & Nick Mason, aka Pink Floyd, released their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Title was taken from chapter 7 of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 book, The Wind in the Willows, containing a visionary encounter with the god Pan.

#MusicHistory On this day, 1987, Def Leppard released their phenomenal 4th album Hysteria. Hysteria sold over 20-million copies worldwide, including over 12 million in the US, and currently sits as the one of the best selling albums of all time in the US. Seven singles were released in the US.

#MusicHistory On this day, 1979, Talking Heads released their brilliant 3rd album, Fear Of Music on the Sire Records label. This new wave/post punk classic reached #21 on the Billboard 200 and #33 on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned the singles "Life During Wartime", "I Zimbra", and "Cities".

#MusicHistory On this day, 1987, the British music collective, formed by the groups A.R. Kane & Colourbox, known as M|A|R|R|S, released their one & only single, "Pump Up the Volume" on the 4AD record label. 24 songs were sampled on this UK #1 hit single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gO...

M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (Official Video)

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#MusicHistory On this day 1964, The Kinks released “You Really Got Me,” the explosive single that transformed the struggling North London band into international stars. The song’s revolutionary distorted sound came from Dave Davies' small green Elpico amplifier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTs...

The Kinks - You Really Got Me (Official Audio)

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#MusicHistory On this day 1971, The Who released their landmark 5th album, Who’s Next, in the US through Decca Records. The album produced three internationally released singles: “Baba O’Riley”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” & “Behind Blue Eyes." It's the only album by The Who to hit #1 in the UK.

Glad you dig it 😁 Been making mixes since the days of vinyl on Maxell cassettes (1980s). Worked in two record stores and two years in FM doing my own show, top-to-bottom. No format rules. Sinatra and Slayer back-to-back. No two shows were ever the same. The 90s were a blast. 📻 🎧 📻 Part 2:

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#MusicHistory On this day, 1987, Midnight Oil released one of the greatest albums of the 1980s: Diesel and Dust, the Australian band’s 6th album & undisputed masterpiece. The album was a powerful statement about Indigenous land rights, dispossession, reconciliation and environmental destruction.

#MusicHistory On this day 1978, Boston released “Don’t Look Back,” the 1st single & title track from their 2nd album. Written by Boston founder, guitarist & creative mastermind Tom Scholz, the song hit #4 on the Billboard becoming one of the band’s biggest hits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmU4...

Boston - Don't Look Back (HQ)

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I lived in the Southwest (Tempe/Scottsdale) for 11 years, hence the title. Made this @ 2017 when things really started going off the rails nationally. Anger therapy. open.spotify.com/playlist/4OB...

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But still cheaper than a tour. The Thatcher economy led to the spike in music videos for British bands to sell records. Hence the second British Invasion via MTV, when the station was desperate for content.

#MusicHistory On this day 45 years ago, at 12:01 AM EST, 1981, Music Television, better known as MTV, launched with the words: “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” MTV’s 5 original VJ's were, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson & Martha Quinn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvGi...

Original Introduction to MTV in 1981

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#MusicHistory On this day 1994, Green Day released their pop-punk classic “Basket Case,” the 2nd single from the band’s breakthrough 3rd album, Dookie. The video was shot in black and white and colorized afterward, creating its surreal, almost cartoon-like appearance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTG...

Green Day - Basket Case [Official Music Video] (4K Upgrade)

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#MusicHistory On this day 1987, Echo & the Bunnymen released one of their most enduring songs, “Lips Like Sugar", the 2nd single from the band’s self-titled 5th album. Anton Corbijn’s unmistakable B&W music video, received regular airplay on MTV’s 120 Minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hGc...

Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (Official Music Video)

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#MusicHistory On this day 1980, David Bowie released "Ashes To Ashes", the lead single from Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). The music video, co-directed by Bowie & David Mallet, was at the time the most expensive music video ever made, at a cost of £250,000. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMm...

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Official Video) [4K]

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Literally one of if not the greatest performance in the entire unplugged series. Nirvana is close second. But this showed the pain and hurt Layne was holding whereas nirvana's was fun and joyous

Trëy@quiksnowboard7.bsky.social · 6d ago

#MusicHistory On this day 1996, Alice in Chains released their brilliant live album, Unplugged. The performance was recorded on April 10, 1996, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Majestic Theatre for the TV series MTV Unplugged. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 & sold 2-million copies.

"You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity." - Christopher Nolan On this day 1970, the remarkable British-American writer, director & producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London. One of the defining filmmakers of the 21st century.

“Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking.” - Jimmy Cliff The legendary Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, was born on this day, 1944. He passed in 2025 at 81.

"If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living." - Buddy Guy George "Buddy" Guy, American blues guitarist, singer-songwriter & living legend, was born on this day, 1936. One of the greatest of all time, Guy has influenced generations of guitarists. Happy 90th Buddy!

#MusicHistory On this day 1996, Alice in Chains released their brilliant live album, Unplugged. The performance was recorded on April 10, 1996, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Majestic Theatre for the TV series MTV Unplugged. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 & sold 2-million copies.

#MusicHistory On this day 1996, American ska-punk band Sublime released their tremendous self-titled 3rd album. Bolstered by numerous hit singles, among them "What I Got", "Santeria", & "Wrong Way", the record proved to be enormously successful & ultimately selling over 5 million copies worldwide.

“If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.” - Glen Hansard The incredibly talented Irish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, Glen James Hansard, passed today at age 56.

#FilmHistory On this day, 1994, the wildly inventive superhero comedy THE MASK, starring Jim Carrey & introducing Cameron Diaz in her feature-film debut, was released. Made for $18 million, The Mask earned $120 domestically, $351 million worldwide & was the 4th highest grossing film of 1994.

Tributes pour in for Glen Hansard following fatal motorcycle crash

Tributes pour in for Glen Hansard following fatal motorcycle crash

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