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    Original MTV veejays have book deal

    NEW YORK (AP) — MTV's surviving original veejays have some wild times to share.

    Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Thursday that it had signed with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn for an "uncensored" oral history of the music channel launched in 1981. The book is currently untitled and no release date had been set. A fifth veejay, J.J. Jackson, died in 2004.

    According to Atria, the veejays will talk about everything from partying with Van Halen to a disastrous "Paint the Mutha Pink" contest with "Pink Houses" singer John Cougar Mellencamp. The veejays also participated in an MTV oral history published last year, but Atria spokesman Paul Olsewski said Thursday that they have saved their "best stories" for their own book.

     

    80 comments

    • fedupwithmedia  •  Granada Hills, California  •  4 mths ago
      This was back when Mtv remembered what the "M" stood for. Now its just a morass of boorish reality tv jackasses.
    • CLR  •  Newark, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      Reality shows killed the video star.
    • Jeffrey  •  Hammond, New York  •  4 mths ago
      I miss those days when there actually was MUSIC in MTV. I remember getting home from school and watching "Heavy Metal Half Hour", then later "Headbanger's Ball". It was a big deal when a new video from an actual, talented performer premiered. Then came "The Real World" and the downfall of MTV began. Today's young people, with their ADHD-driven personalities and habits don't even know that MTV started as a music video channel, and thank that losers like Snookie, The Situation, and Teen Moms are the norm. Sad.
      • Mr. Flibble 4 mths ago
        MTV started going to hell when the game shows began. Anything that interrupted the music, really. Remote Control was tolerable, after that it was just a horror show.
      • yosh 4 mths ago
        They didn't start spamming those shows because people liked them. They kept producing them because they cost about $11 to make. When the only option is reality tv, people will watch reality tv, they'll get accustomed to reality tv, and then start to love reality tv. If there was something cheaper to produce, everyone would be watching that instead, because it would be the only option.
      • A 4 mths ago
        Liked Remote Control .. mmmmm Kari
    • Really Tired  •  4 mths ago
      MTV couldn't even be bothered to recognize their own 30th anniversary last year. VH1 had a brief retrospective, but MTV themselves just ran a Jersey Shore marathon. Losers.
    • Joey  •  Scotts, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      I miss Martha Quinn and the Friday Night Video Fights
      • JohnB 4 mths ago
        That and 120 Minutes!!
    • SumDude  •  4 mths ago
      Martha Quinn was such a hot little nerd.
      • JohnB 4 mths ago
        Now who would give this comment a thumbs down??
      • Fred Flintstoner 4 mths ago
        Nina Blackwood did it.
      • Allen 4 mths ago
        Martha Quinn = HOTTIE
    • Steven S  •  Rockford, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      MTV's Early Years Were It's Best Years...Now It's Garbage...
      • Tony G 4 mths ago
        Agreed. Why is it even still called MTV (MUSIC Television) when they play NO MUSIC?
      • I Love Detroit 4 mths ago
        Think about the first couple Real World seasons, now reality tv is trash!
      • paul 4 mths ago
        back when the "M" stood for music!! Now I think it stands for "mess"
    • Mark J.  •  Omaha, Nebraska  •  4 mths ago
      I auditioned for MTV after the 5 originally left. I still have the rejection letter. I think Adam Curry got my spot.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Encino, California  •  4 mths ago
      Maybe this book will remind those jerks at MTV what their ORIGINAL MISSION STATEMENT was! That channel has one to crap over the decades!
    • Honest Alice  •  4 mths ago
      MTV used to be MUSIC Television but now it's #$%$ TV with the likes of Teen Mom and Jersey Shore, idiots born in the late 80's early 90's spoiled rotten by their gen X parents. Those original VJ's were the bomb back in the day and it was worth watching for hours. Now it's crap TV for a dumber generation.
    • Meow  •  San Francisco, California  •  4 mths ago
      I WANT MY REAL MTV!!!!!! :(
    • Tea  •  McMinnville, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      MTV now resembles nothing of what it was. I miss the days of Martha, Alan, JJ, Nina, and Mark, when MTV was truly Music Television. I was a teenager when it first hits the waves so that MTV will forever be locked in my fond memories.
    • tracey  •  4 mths ago
      Oh I remember when they actually showed music videos. The veejays were great! Now MTV is reality stunt crap, reality shows and created celebrities. MTV, how about bringing back the M on the TV??
    • Joseph Robson  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      I miss those days. wish they would start another one like it. with AOR music !!!
    • tmf_meow  •  4 mths ago
      Love those original MTV veejays!
    • linebacker51  •  Crossville, Tennessee  •  4 mths ago
      Quinn was so stoned on air...and Nina...loved the old days....46 yr old here...
    • Mike M  •  4 mths ago
      I remember back when MTV actually showed music videos! I used to have such a crush on Martha Quinn!!!
    • Frank  •  4 mths ago
      God............do I miss old school.
    • Mags74  •  4 mths ago
      Yipee! Now if they could just bring the original MTV back.
    • Adam  •  4 mths ago
      I loved MTV before it became the rap-crap network. And now, forget about it.
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