1985 WWF World Wrestling w/ Hulk Hogan...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 19, 1985



* WWF - World Wrestling Federation 

* Pre WrestleMania - gaining popularity 

* Hulk Hogan, The Iron Shiek - Cyndi Lauper



This issue has a great lengthy editorial on the surge in mainstream popularity for WWF Wrestling with a front pahe headline : "YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD N ME" with a phot... See More  

The Grateful Dead in 1985....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 26, 1985



* Grateful Dead concert at Nassau Coliseum

* Psychedelic rock blues music band - deadheads

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan



Page 68 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming: "GRATEFUL DEAD" concerts at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. (see images)

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1985 U2 Madison Square Garden concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 29, 1985



* U2 - Irish rock band - Bono - The Edge

* First Madison Square Garden performance

* "The Unforgettable Fire" tour advertisement 



Page 69 has a terrific full page advertisement for "U2" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images) This was there inaugural performance at the iconic venue.&... See More  

1984 beginning of hip hop rap music... GrandMixer DXT...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 25 1984



* GrandMixer DXT - D.ST. editorial with photo

* 1st Musician to use the turntable as a instrument

* First of the turntablists - turntablism pioneer

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music

* DJ Scratching - vinyl record turntable moving

* LAST ONE IN INVENTORY ***



Page 93 is an editorial with one column he... See More  

Review & premiere of "Beverly Hills Cop", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 5, 1984



* Best "Beverly Hills Cop" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Action comedy film - Eddie Murphy



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Beverly Hills Cop" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood ar... See More  

1984 Beverly Hills Cop & U2 concert advertisements...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 27, 1984



* "Beverly Hills Cop" action comedy film

* Opening day movie premiere advertisement

* Actors Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold

* U2 - Irish rock band - Bono - The Edge

* "The Unforgettable Fire" album tour

* Radio City Music Hall concert ad (sold out)



Page 57 has a full page advertisement for t... See More  

Early days of the AIDS virus in 1984...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 9, 1984



* AIDS - Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

* HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus - pathogen

* Robert Gallo - American biomedical researcher

* Study to determine if saliva is a infectious agent ?



The front page has a heading: "AIDS: A Kiss Is Still a Kiss?" the top of page 11 has the same heading with subh... See More  

1984 Amadeus film opening & "RUSH" MSG concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 18, 1984



* "Amadeus" opening day movie premiere ad

* American period biographical drama film

* RUSH - Canadian progressive rock band

* Geddy Lee - Neil Peart - Alex Lifeson

* "Grace Under Pressure" album tour

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement



Page 64 has a 11 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement fo... See More  

Death of James Mason in a L.A. paper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 28, 1984



* James Mason death (1st report)

* English - Hollywood actor

* Best title to be had ?



The front page has a small photo of Mason with tiny heading: "James Mason Dies" Page 4 of section II has a two column heading: "Versatile Movie Star James Mason, 75, Dies" with related pictorial. (see) Nice to have this death report in a newspaper from ... See More  

1984 Revenge of the Nerds & R.E.M. advertisements...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 24 1984



* "Revenge of the Nerds" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* American college comedy film

* R.E.M. - American alternative rock band

* Beacon Theatre concert ad - Michael Snipe



Page 54 has a 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch (not counting the locations underneath) advertisement for the opening day of the ... See More  

Early Metallica gig 1984 NYC ad....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 17, 1984



* Metallica - Anthrax - Raven heavy metal bands

* Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan performances advertisement

* "R.E.M. - American alternative rock band

* University of Georgia students - Michael Stipe

* Beacon Theatre Manhattan concert advertisement

* Late 80's - early 90's college campuses cult music

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"The Order" white supremacist kills Alan Berg...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 1984



* Jewish radio talk show host assassination

* Murdered by gunman Bruce Pierce

* Racist leader Robert Jay Mathews

* The Order - white supremacist group

* Neo-Nazi terrorist organization



The top of page 13 has a two column heading: "Talk-Show Hosts View Role in Light of Slaying" with photo of Larry King. (see images)

Complete with all 32 pages, ... See More  

1984 Ghostbusters & Gremlins opening day movie ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 12, 1984



* "Ghostbusters" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere w/ review

* Supernatural comedy - Bill Murray

* Gremlins opening day as well



Page 46 has a 9 x 6 1/2 inch (not counting the locations underneath) advertisement for the opening day of the movie "GHOSTBUSTERS"

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1984 Judas Priest & Scorpions w/ a early Bon Jovi...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 5, 1984



* Judas Priest - Scorpions w/ Bon Jovi (early)

* English heavy metal & German hard rock bands

* Madison Square Garden music concert advertisement

* Banned for life at the famous Manhattan venue 

* Rob Halford - Ian Hill - Klaus Meine



Page 72 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming "Scorpions ... See More  

1988 "Willow" opening day film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 24, 1988



* "Willow" American film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* Epic dark fantasy adventure film - Val Kilmer

* Directed by Ron Howard - George Lucas (producer)



Page 71 has a nice advertisement for the opening day of the film "Willow" (see images)

I suspect this to be an extremely r... See More  

1984 Run-DMC... beginning of hip hop music...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 15, 1984



* Early Run-DMC D.M.C. editorial w/ photo

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music

* The Pretenders - rock band concert advertisement



Beginning on page 67 is an editorial with one column heading: "Run-D.M.C. See" with a photo of the group on the following page. (see images)

Page 69 has a nice full p... See More  

1984 Run-DMC ad... beginning of new-school hip hop music...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 1, 1984



* Early & rare Run-DMC D.M.C. performance ad

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music



Page 115 has a full page advertisement for upcoming performances at the Ritz in Manhattan including a Wednesday, May 2nd appearance of "RUN DMC w/ Davy dmx" (see image) This group is credited as being the pioneers... See More  

1984 Cyndi Lauper, Simple Minds & more advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 10, 1984



* Cyndi Lauper - singer - songwriter

* "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" song fame

* Midnight Oil - Australian rock band

* Thompson Twins - British pop band

* Simple Minds - Scottish rock band

* "Breakfast Club" movie theme song fame



Page 91 has a nice full page ad for various upcoming performa... See More  

Death of Marvin Gaye in a Los Angeles newspaper... Jerusalem attacked...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 2, 1984 



* Marvin Gaye's death report

* Soul and R&B singer & songwriter

* "Prince of Motown"

* His father held as killer

* Jerusalem is attacked by terrorists



The middle of the front page has a two column head announcing the death of Marvin Gaye, one of the greats of music who helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960's: "... See More  

1984 "Splash" opening day film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 13, 1984



* "Splash" Ron Howard film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* American romantic fantasy comedy

* Actor Tom Hanks & actress Daryl Hannah

* 1st Touchstone Pictures film - Walt Disney



Page 47 has a 8 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day... See More  

Uncle Fester death... Jackie Coogan...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 2, 1984



* Jackie Coogan death (1st report)

* American actor - sitcoms & movies

* Uncle Fester - The Addams Family

* Charlie Chaplin film "The Kid"



Page 3 has a three column heading: "'The Kid,' Jackie Coogan, 69, Dies" with lead-in: "Roles Spanned Ragamuffin to Uncle Fester" and 2 related photos. Great to have this report ... See More  

1984 Kathy Boudin editorial... radical leftist...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 14, 1984



* Kathy Boudin - American radical leftist

* Weather Underground militant organization

* 1981 Brink's robbery suspect & murder convict

* Eventual Columbia University professor

* Extremely lengthy editorial with a few photos

* LAST ONE IN INVENTORY ***



The front front page has a heading: "Conversation... See More  

1984 Ozzy Osbourne w/ Motley Crue...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 24, 1984



* Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal concert advertisements

* Performance at Madison Square Garden & more

* "Bark at the Moon" album tour w/ Motley Crue



Page 72 has a 5 x 3 inch advertisement for "OZZY OSBOURNE w/ Motley Crue" concert at Madison Square Garden. Page 74 has another ad for the same performer... See More  

1983 "Scarface" film premiere review w/ ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 20, 1983



* "Scarface" film advertisement - Al Pacino

* Grand opening movie premiere review

* American crime drama by Oliver Stone



The top of page 77 has a banner heading: "Pacino's Cuban Capone Comes a Cropper" with related photo. (see images)

Page 84 has an advertisement for the film in it's 2n... See More  

Day 2 of "Scarface", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 10, 1983



* Best "Scarface" film advertisement

* 2nd day after premiere opening

* Crime drama movie - Al Pacino



An issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Scarface" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publication.

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