screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Monday, August 03, 2020

The Go-Go's

Unfolds like a lot of rock and roll documentaries. The scrappy beginnings, the rise to fame, the decent into booze and pills, the infighting, and the triumphant reunion. A lot of this material was covered in the VH1: Behind the Music episode, which maybe didn’t have as much of the sex and the drugs. It’s an important point, though, to cover all the “firsts” they achieved, and they fact that there hasn’t really been any rock band like it since. And a final thought: why the apostrophe?

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