Subject:

Kurt Loder

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    MTV's "Remote Control" Host Ken Ober Passes Away at 52

    ​If you watched MTV between 1987 and 1992, chances are you were a big fan of Remote Control, the zany game-show hosted by Ken Ober, who passed away at 52 in Santa Monica this past weekend. There's a nice Kurt Loder tribute at the MTV site, reminding us how cool and innovative Remote Control w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Spinal Tap: Unwigged and Unplugged at its House of Blues Press Conference

    Shannon Cottrell Spinal Tarp, er, Tap, are the Cher of semi-fictional rock bands. Or in the semi-fictional words of bassist Derek Smalls himself: "If you let the worm grow long enough, it's going to turn. That's what's happened to us." Spinal Tap formed the '60s, dwindled in the '80s, reunited in 19 ... More >>

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Savage TV

    From freak shows to freak accidents to freakin’ mayhem. Reality goes wild

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    grammy diary

    Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

  • Art+Books

    October 21, 2004
  • Music

    August 17, 2000
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