Last Wednesday, March 20, marked the 42nd anniversary of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts having their first and only number one hit record with their song, “I Love Rock ’n Roll.”
In honor of this, we’ve got six links to Joan Jett online articles and a video from an appearance on Late Night With David Letterman.
And then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions as to what’s happening on the blog this week!
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SUNDAY LINKS
Joan Jett: Biography - This is a nice, concise biography of Joan Jett and I learned that The Who helped her make her first album, which I didn’t know.
Joan Jett Reflects on The Runaways, Breakup Was 'Devastating' - I love how she’s still really angry about being treated like a second-class person in the world of rock ‘n roll just because she’s a woman. I wouldn’t want to piss her off!
Album Histories Monthly: Joan Jett – ‘I Love Rock ‘n Roll’ - A feature article on Joan Jett’s career-making hit, “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” and there’s also links at the end of the article to other features on Joan Jett.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Smash Genre (And Gender) Boundaries - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts got inducted into The Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. This is their biography from the website and a video of them performing “Bad Reputation” at the ceremony.
Joan Jett’s Life in Photos - My favorite is the one with Debbie Harry, Joey Ramone and David Johansen, posing with Joan.
Behind The Song “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” Made Famous By Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - A nice in-depth article about the song’s beginnings, Joan Jett’s cover version and parodies of the song.
Joan Jett on Letterman in 1987 - I like this video because in addition to the great song, there’s a fun interview at the end of it.
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MBIP COMING ATTRACTIONS
Monday: I went out for another cheeseburger on our new quest to eat 52 cheeseburgers in 52 weeks at The Blue Duck Barbecue Tavern with my friends Amber and Joe and it was a delicious and fun Saturday night out on the town.
Tuesday: It’s the fourth week of the MBIP Macaroni and Cheese tour and I met a friend from Twitter in real life at Hearth for this week’s cheesy episode.
Wednesday: We’re going into Spinal Tap mode as we hit number 11 on our Baker’s Dozen monthly cookie eating tour. This month I got a cookie at Peoria’s newest coffee house, Intuition.
Thursday: Black Band has a Vinyl Night every Monday with food and drink specials. This Monday DJ juanGoblin is spinning tunes and I’m going to get my groove going there! I’ll have photos up on Thursday!
Friday: Another bar will be spotlit for the MBIPTGIF Happy Hour post!
Saturday: We’ll be looking back at the past for another Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past post next Saturday.
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SUNDAY COMIC
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