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The Totally ’80s podcast: The Cure with Jennie Vee! By

Join host me, John Hughes, and our special guest, musician Jennie Vee (Eagles of Death Metal, Courtney Love band) and the winner of Sassy magazine’s “Biggest Cure Fan” contest (true!)....

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‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ at 25: Coolio talks ‘great white hope’ movie clichés, Weird Al feud, and performing with Michelle Pfeiffer, Stevie Wonder and Howard Stern By

Twenty-five years ago, the Michelle Pfeiffer movie Dangerous Minds was released — and while it was a hit at the box office, the real success story was its theme song,...

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The Go-Go’s talk partying past, Hall of Fame snub, and ‘emotional’ documentary: ‘You can’t deny what we’ve done’ By

The Go-Go’s Belinda Carlisle and Charlotte Caffey chat with me about their band’s new career-spanning Showtime documentary and their personal and professional highs and lows....

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‘The Office’ star Creed Bratton talks pants-dropping acid trip, spinoff series idea and new album By

The actor and musciian reflects on how he pulled off one of the greatest career second acts in Hollywood history. Long before he was a TV star on The Office,...

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Ellie Goulding opens up about mental health crusade, career challenges, and comeback album ‘Brightest Blue’ By

A decade ago, Ellie Goulding was suddenly thrust into the spotlight with her massive worldwide hit “Lights,” and it was a tricky transition for the shy singer-songwriter, who has since...

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The Totally ’80s podcast: Musicians’ TV cameos! By

Devo on Square Pegs! Boy George on The A-Team! The B-52′s on Guiding Light! Stacey Q on The Facts of Life! The Power Station on Miami Vice! Join me and John Hughes...

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The Totally ’80s podcast: Fake bands! By

Even better than the real thing? Join me and John Hughes as we get real about our favorite fake bands of the 1980s, including Spinal Tap, Bad News, the infamous...

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The Who’s Roger Daltrey talks ‘Tommy’ anniversary and the ‘terrible loneliness’ of his teen years By

Teenage isolation is a subject Daltrey knows all too well. Before forming the Detours (the band that would later become the Who) when he was 15 years old, he was...

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GWAR drummer on petition to replace Robert E. Lee statue with the late Oderus Urungus: ‘He would probably be right there on the frontlines’ By

Last week, a mystery fan named “GWAR Scumdog” started a grassroots petition calling for a statue of GWAR’s late leader, Oderus Urungus, to replace a controversial statue of Confederate leader Robert E....

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The Totally ’80s podcast: Music on TV By

Night Flight! Friday Night Videos! Puttin’ on the Hits! Solid Gold! MV3! Fridays! Join me, John Hughes, and guest Rachel Lichtman (“Network 77″) for a two-part retrospective about all the music television shows of the...

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