MTV , Music Television , is shutting down music operations .  Specifically in England.  Likely soon to be the rest of Europe.  I assume th...

Watched:  09/28/2025 Format:  Hulu Viewing:  First Director:  Ally Pankiw First - it's remarkable how messed up the music industry was i...

Watched:  09/01/2025 Format:  Criterion Channel Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Allan Moyle Well.  It turns out I'm old.   Pump Up the Volu...

Actor, model and 90's cult icon Cindyana Santangelo passed earlier this year, but I just found out about it via user Flabbergast. She n...

Happy 84th birthday to Ms. Darlene Love - one of the greatest vocalists of the past 84 years. Ms. Love was maybe *the* voice that came out o...

Ozzy Osbourne, musician, occasional provocateur and Gen-X's metal-dad, has passed at 76 . Osbourne has been ailing for years, and only a...

Watched:  07/06/2025 Format:  Alamo Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Rob Reiner/ Marti DiBergi SimonUK and I took in the re-release of This is S...

Today marks the 80th birthday of music and arts icon, Deborah Harry. We're big fans here at The Signal Watch, and have seen Blondie twic...

Watched:  06/26/2025 Format:  Peacock Viewing:  First Director:  Jon M. Chu I am a huge fan of the OG  Wizard of Oz .  My second biggest reg...

Singer and performer Rebekah Del Rio has passed .

Watched:  06/22/2025 Format:  Prime Viewing:  Second all the way through Director:  Adrian Lyne If you want an idea of what a different worl...

Musician and legend, Brian Wilson, has passed. I still remember my brother getting a Beach Boys record for his birthday when I was probably ...

Kylie's war room for when she plays "Risk" Over COVID, my passing interest in the music of Kylie Minogue turned into a whole t...

  Best wishes to Siouxsie Sioux on her birthday.  With any luck, she's pondering new music.

Watched:  05/14/2025 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  First Director:  Vincent Minnelli A couple of months ago, I rewatched It's Always Fair W...

Watched:  05/07/2025 Format:   Peacock Viewing:  First Director:  Demetrius Navarro This journey through the career of Lacey Chabert (just l...

And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff It ain't alright, the hardness of my head Now, close your eyes and spin around Say, hard t...

Blondie's social media has alerted folks to the passing of Clem Burke. Longtime readers will know Jamie and I are Blondie fans and have...

Watched:  04/01/2025 Format:  TCM Viewing:  First Directors:  Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley Increasingly lost to time is the impact Flor...

Watched:  03/27/2025 Format:  TCM on DVR Viewing:  Second Director:  Stanley Donen/ Gene Kelly It's Always Fair Weather (1955) is a wei...