35 Years Ago Today, MTV Debuted

[Esaias]

I remember when it came out. I guess I would have been in between 3rd and 4th grade? That was the year I discovered Ozzy used to sing for Black Sabbath (thus uniting in my mind my two favorite bands). I was stunned lol.

I think that was also when Thundarr the Barbarian was on TV.

Also the year my mom accidentally burnt half the house down heating some grease in a skillet while watching General Hospital in the living room.

That was also the year one of my favorite movies (at the time) came out: Cujo. Maybe later that year or early next year?

Thanks to MTV I discovered Gary Numan, Flock of Seagulls, Devo, Adam Ant, and Van Halen, Joan Jett (I fell in love), an awesome one hit wonder band called Heaven, and some horrible freak show called Culture Club.

I got my first electric guitar that year as well. Had it well into high school until a "friend" pawned it for party money...

That was a formative summer for me, too. By the next year I was doing numerology, geomancy, card reading, the Llewellyn series on practical psionics, jnana yoga, astral projection/OBE, bringing step dad's weed to class, huffing acetone, forging my mom's signature on all my progress reports, began praying to The Devil (tm), communicating with spirit guides, started fighting, and generally became someone my teachers did NOT like.

I think I also discovered Dr Who that year, maybe?