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VJ The Unplugged Adventures of MTV First Wave Nina Blackwood Mark Goodman Alan Hunter Martha Quinn Gavin Edwards 9781451678123 Books

I was as glued to MTV in the early 80' as most of my teenage cohorts. Every day before school I watched the morning lineup of vids before reluctantly taking the bus. Then I rushed home for the afternoon gig and stayed up too late watching the newest music and not caring that I'd seen all the same stuff the day before. Because not only were the tunes and visuals intriguing to my young mind, but the VJ's who travelled with me through the journey, were like great distant friends who cared about the new medium as I did. It was a restless crazy time, full of color and fun times. I could NOT get enough! This book was so insightful and interesting.
I adored J.J., and I thought Martha was as adorable and excited as I was about life and videos. Nina was the "cool chick" who seemed a little too straight for the role, but sweet non the less. There was Mark who's pompous attitude always rubbed me the wrong way, but hey, he was part of the unique group of friends. And of course Alan. He was both hilarious and surfer cute, leaving us girls (and some boys) giggling endlessly and thinking he was so down to earth.
I miss those youthful days so full of promise and discovery. I was devastated to learn of J.J.'s death back in the day. It hurt as if I'd known him personally. Because those VJ's really were our proverbial friends, even if they weren't aware of it. They got me through the angst that is growing up.
MTV was cool. Not anymore. It's a pointless piece of corporate trash on the air, so like everything else offered up on the tube these days. I was astonished to learn how crappy the Vjs were treated at times and how absolutely unappreciated they were. Pity.
I'm glad to see that my old pals from the original station have grown into interesting adults who have fond memories and friendships that will last a lifetime, even if MTV didn't.


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VJ The Unplugged Adventures of MTV First Wave Nina Blackwood Mark Goodman Alan Hunter Martha Quinn Gavin Edwards 9781451678123 Books Reviews

Like most other reviewers, I'm a card-carrying child of the 80s and yes, I watched so much MTV it's amazing I got into college at all. (Hey, I only missed two of the song lines that intoduce the chapters!) I was looking forward to this book for so long, ever since I read about it in I Want My MTV. And part of the allure of this book is because they didn't really participate in that book (pretty much an oral history of MTVs earl years)because of this one. That said, this one wasn't nearly as funny or as juicy to me. Yes, there are a few laugh out loud moments (mainly involving Nina Blackwood and unicorns) but the main thing this book did was affirm all I remember about watching MTV-the runaway camera, Martha & Alan flirting (and then not), that ochre color that JJ took on sometimes that I (mistakenly) thought was my tv, Mark Goodman being so cocky, the spotaneous, inane New Years Eve banter. And that's funny to me because I'm almost astonished that as a teen I picked up on so much.

The book is narrated by each of the original vj's, minus JJ who passed away in 2004, and each chapter features the 4 narrating about a specific time or event. Sometimes, but not enough in my opinion, they include a letter, memo, or publish the dialogue of an interview as well. In the end, if you're a child of early MTV you'll enjoy this book and it's a fun, quick, read full of likable characters and you get details of life at MTV behind the scenes. If you want more juicy gossip and heresay, try I Want My MTV. VJs is more more autobiographical, I Want... is more the story of an era.
I enjoyed this book. It doesn't reveal much deep seeded info but that's okay because it felt like sitting as an invited guest in one of the original VJ's homes with the other VJs there too talking about the good 'ol days. As a result they sometimes remember things a little favorably but on the other hand they sometimes do admit to some character flaws. It's certainly not a 60 Minutes piece and that's fine too. The first chapter's fantastic. It sucks you in immediately and makes you smile. It made me feel like I was 14 again and makes David Lee Roth sound like the coolest guy in the world. (His supportive words to Martha Quinn imagined being delivered in a "Diamond Dave" - 'Don't worry about it!!' fashion will make you grin if you're of an age when MTv was new and exciting.) It's an easy fun read. You'll zip through it quickly and it's a great "History book" gift for any younger music fan who only knows videos from the internet.
This book was very interesting, especially If you were going along for the ride with the original VJ's. If you've never heard of them this book is still interesting. I learned a lot. It was pretty cool to read the backstage stuff that you never heard back when it was happening. The only thing that sucked was J.J. not being able to provide his current thoughts about being one of the original 5. But it's an unavoidable part of the story being he died in 04. I bought this for 4 years ago. I don't know why it took that long for me to read it. It was hard to put it down once I started reading.
I was as glued to MTV in the early 80' as most of my teenage cohorts. Every day before school I watched the morning lineup of vids before reluctantly taking the bus. Then I rushed home for the afternoon gig and stayed up too late watching the newest music and not caring that I'd seen all the same stuff the day before. Because not only were the tunes and visuals intriguing to my young mind, but the VJ's who travelled with me through the journey, were like great distant friends who cared about the new medium as I did. It was a restless crazy time, full of color and fun times. I could NOT get enough! This book was so insightful and interesting.
I adored J.J., and I thought Martha was as adorable and excited as I was about life and videos. Nina was the "cool chick" who seemed a little too straight for the role, but sweet non the less. There was Mark who's pompous attitude always rubbed me the wrong way, but hey, he was part of the unique group of friends. And of course Alan. He was both hilarious and surfer cute, leaving us girls (and some boys) giggling endlessly and thinking he was so down to earth.
I miss those youthful days so full of promise and discovery. I was devastated to learn of J.J.'s death back in the day. It hurt as if I'd known him personally. Because those VJ's really were our proverbial friends, even if they weren't aware of it. They got me through the angst that is growing up.
MTV was cool. Not anymore. It's a pointless piece of corporate trash on the air, so like everything else offered up on the tube these days. I was astonished to learn how crappy the Vjs were treated at times and how absolutely unappreciated they were. Pity.
I'm glad to see that my old pals from the original station have grown into interesting adults who have fond memories and friendships that will last a lifetime, even if MTV didn't.