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  Welcome to my Halloween edition of the very popular retro music feature named after the 80s late night program 'Friday Night Videos.' Since it is the spookiest night night of the year (okay, I know that's actually tomorrow night) I have chosen a scary video for you, Captain & Tennille's 'Love Will Keep Us Together'. Please exercise caution because this clip is a masterwork in terror ... what? ... is that right?  I'm being told that we can't actually show that one because of the possibility of mass panic. Well that's okay because I have a second video lined up. Naturally you would assume that I would choose Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', but I felt that would be to obvious. Instead I'm going with Frankenstein presented new wave style in Yazoo's "Don't Go." History: Released in the UK in July 1982, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Yazoo's second top 5 hit. In the US, where th...

Good evening wavers! It's time once again for our retro 80s music video showcase named after the popular Friday Night Videos program that had us all up late, mostly without our parents permission. Let's soak up some early 80s rock and roll philosophy: Life is so strange when you don't know How can you tell where you're going to You can't be sure of any situation Something could change and then you won't know Ask yourself Where do we go from here It seems so all to near Just as far beyond as I can see I still don't know what this all means to me Tell yourself I have nowhere to go I don't know what to do And I don't even know the time of day I guess it doesn't matter any way All so true. Even though a lot of people never showed it, we were all scared idiots during our teenage years. I myself was an awkward geeky kind of guy who could have used a ample dose of self confidence. I guess that's why I latched on to Missing Person's album Spring ...