Special Live Taping of Spot Lyte On…

When: Friday, January 15, 2021, 10:00 AM 11:30 AM

Where: https://lyte.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAod–tqzssHtFL3OwuOhnOLYLVa5c74VPa

Everybody knows the hits of 1984—pop music’s greatest year. From “Thriller” to “Purple Rain,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” to “Like a Virgin,” “Hello” to “Against All Odds,” “What’s Love Got to Do with It” to “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” they continue to dominate advertising, karaoke nights, and the soundtracks for film classics (Boogie Nights) and TV hits (Stranger Things). But the story of that thrilling, turbulent time, an era when Top 40 radio was both the leading edge of popular culture and a moral battleground, has never been told with the full detail it deserves—until now.

CAN‘T SLOW DOWN: How 1984 Became Pop‘s Blockbuster Year is the definitive portrait of the exploding world of mid-eighties pop and the time it defined, from Cold War anxiety to the home-computer revolution. Big acts like Michael Jackson (Thriller), Prince (Purple Rain), Madonna (Like a Virgin), Bruce Springsteen (Born in the U.S.A.), and George Michael (Wham!’s Make It Big) rubbed shoulders with the fermenting scenes of hip-hop, indie rock, and club music.

Join us for a special live interview recording with CAN’T SLOW DOWN author Michaelangelo Matos, followed by a Q&A with our Zoom audience. We will explore the music and cultural trends of that special year in pop music, the events that led up to it and the repercussions that are still with us today.

CAN’T SLOW DOWN: How 1984 Became Pop‘s Blockbuster Year is available now in stores everywhere.

About our Guest: Michaelangelo Matos is the author of The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America (Dey Street, 2015) and Sign ‘O’ the Times (Bloomsbury, 2004). He contributes regularly to Mixmag and The New Yorker and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.