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Austin City Limits is an American live music television program recorded and produced by Austin PBS.The show helped Austin become widely known in the United States as the "Live Music Capital of the World", [1] and is the only television show to receive the National Medal of Arts, which it was awarded in 2003. [2]
In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980 ...
This list of Austin City Limits performers is a list of musicians who have appeared on the American PBS television music program Austin City Limits. [1] Also listed are years in which they appeared. This list does not include performers who otherwise may have appeared at the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival , but who did not appear on ...
By 1980, the disco production of the 1970s, largely dependent on orchestras, is replaced by a lighter synthpop production. In the second half of the 1980s teen pop has its first wave. Bands and artists include New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, New Edition, Stacey Q, The Bangles, Madonna and others.
The eventual backlash against the repetition of rock videos inspired Night Flight to program even more public domain animation (especially those from the Fleischer Studios, Ub Iwerks, etc.), [9] [10] cult and camp films in the mid- to late 1980s into the early 1990s. The show was thus instrumental in the distribution of cult, midnight movie and ...
Artists that covered his music included Tom Jones, who brought his version of the song "Kiss" into the top 40 for the second time in the decade. Melissa Morgan brought her cover of "Do Me, Baby" to the top of the R&B charts in 1986. Other notable artists that covered Prince during the 1980s were The Pointer Sisters and Cyndi Lauper. [21]
"The Scene That Celebrates Itself" was a loose label given to shoegaze bands and other affiliated bands in London in the early 1990s. Most shoegaze artists followed in the footsteps of My Bloody Valentine and bands like Dinosaur Jr., the Jesus and Mary Chain, and Cocteau Twins on their late 1980s recordings. [61]
According to the National Institutes of Health, at least 91 countries have adopted the .05% BAC limit for driving, with 54 other nations using a standard ranging from .06% to .12%.