Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, & Mark Goodman, original MTV Vjs, will be making multiple appearances to sign copies of VJ.
Book Signing Details
Date: 5/8/13
Time: 6:00 PM
Location:
Barnes & Noble
97 Warren St, New York, NY 10007
Date: 5/9/13
Time: 7:00 PM
Location:
Apple Store
103 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
Date: 5/10/13
Time: 7:00 PM
Location:
Barnes & Noble Paramus
765 Route 17S
Paramus NJ 07652
201.445.4589
About the book
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.”
