Archive for July, 2010

July 23rd, 2010

Punk Bands on Late Night Talk Shows

With the exception of PBS faves like “Austin City Limits” and “Artist’s Den,” there’s virtually no outlet on primetime broadcast television for live music anymore. There’s no “American Bandstand,” no “ABC In Concert” — hell, there isn’t even “TLR” to check out all those kooky tween bands the kids love. If you look hard enough…

July 10th, 2010

10 Awesomest Talk Show Screenshots on the Internets

Flashback: 1993. Sally Jesse Raphael is duking it out on daytime TV alongside Jerry Springer, Montel Williams, Maury Povich and a handful of also-rans. The more outrageous the topic, the more viewers you were likely to attract. And though few of the hosts from daytime’s heyday have survived (cheers Maury!), outrageous is still the name [...]