J. Geils, the guitarist and leader of the J. Geils Band, has died according to reports from WCVB TV Boston. John Warren Geils, Jr. was reportedly found dead at his home in Groton, Massachusetts. The local police department advise that foul play is not suspected at this time. Geils formed the J. Geils Band in […]

Computing power was not cheap in the 1980’s. And this was also the time where things started to shrink in size. The PB100 was a one of those computers that had awesome power  – read on to see how much! Released in 1982, I bought my PB100 in 1983 and immediately started to program it […]

If you grew up in the 80s, you know exactly what this post is about. 867-5309/Jenny” was a song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Tommy Tutone. Released in 1981, it did reach #1 on the US billboard charts in 1982, I think due to it’s very catchy chorus. This song […]

Boy George has confirmed that Culture Club will reunite in 2012, and will do so with a world wide tour. This is great news for fans of this ‘new wave’ (?) group of the 80s. Why next year? A couple of reasons – George is touring solo this year on his ‘Here and Now’ tour […]

Safety Dance was one of those one hit wonders that did go quite well in the charts worldwide. Released in 1982, the song is a protest against bouncers stopping dancers pogoing to 1980s New Wave music in clubs when Disco was dying and New Wave was up and coming. If you recall, there was a […]