Showing posts with label 1989. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1989. Show all posts

Saturday, April 18, 2026

On this day in music history - Doolittle, by the Pixies:


Doolittle

Album by the Pixies,
released April 18, 1989.

Track list:

Debaser; Tame; Wave of Mutilation; I Bleed; Here Comes Your Man; Dead; Monkey Gone to Heaven; Mr. Grieves; Crackity Jones; La la Love You; No. 13 Baby; There Goes My Gun; Hey; Silver; Gouge Away.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 14.
Episode entitled: The Icarus Factor.
Released April 14, 1989.
Directed by Robert Iscove.
Written by David Assael, Robert L. McCullough, Melinda M. Snodgrass.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Mitchell Ryan, Lance Spellerberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, John L. Bennett, Michael Braveheart, Josef Cannon, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Robert Smithson, Teo Smoot, John Tesh.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: Monsters.
Released April 14, 2022.
Directed by Joe Menendez.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Matt Okumura, Juliana James, Jane Maggs, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, James Callis, Madeline Wise, Sol Rodriguez, Ito Aghayere, Jay Karnes, Ivo Nandi, Steve Gutierrez, Dylan Von Halle, Marti Matulis, Oscar Torre, Travis Walck, Cyrus Zoghi, Jonathan Flaugher, Philip Krohnengold, Sunny Ozell, Mark Stepro, Mason Stoops.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

On this day in movie history - Dead Calm (1989):


Dead Calm

directed by Phillip Noyce,
written by Terry Hayes,
based on the novel by Charles Williams,
was released in the United States on April 7, 1989.
Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar, Joshua Tilden, George Shevtsov, Michael Long, Lisa Collins, Paula Hudson-Brinkley, Sharon Cook, Malinda Rutter, Benji, John Simmit.

On this day in movie history - The Dream Team (1989):


The Dream Team

directed by Howard Zieff,
written by Jon Connolly and David Loucka,
was released in the United States on April 7, 1989.
Music by David McHugh.


Cast:

Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Jack Gilpin, MacIntyre Dixon, Michael Lembeck, Bill Goffi, Jack Duffy, Brad Sullivan, Larry Pine, Harold Surratt, Kenneth Raybourne, Alphonsus E. Platt, Robert Weil, Janet Feindel, Tico Wells, Barry Flatman, Ted Simonett, Bruce Hunter, John Stocker, Lizbeth Mackay, Olivia Horton, Richard Fitzpatrick, Jack Jessop, Ron James, Dennis Parlato, Freda Foh Shen, Donna Hanover, Greg Beresford, Wayne Tippit, Eric Fink, A. Frank Ruffo, Michael Copeman, Victor Ertmanis, Cynthia Belliveau, Stewart Bick, James O'Regan, Dick Callahan, Shel Goldstein, Jihmi Kennedy, Marty Waldman, Michelyn Emelle, Michael Beatty, Jane Luk, Marilyn Peppiatt, Myra Fried, J.R. Zimmerman, Maxine Miller, Patricia Idlette, Max Haines, Henry Gomez, Ellen Maguire, Al Therrien, Don Saunders, John Liddle, Dwayne McLean, Kay Hawtrey, Patricia Carroll Brown, Chick Roberts, Nicholas Pasco, Henry Fonda, John Hayden, Roger Montgomery, R.D. Reid.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1998)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 13.
Episode entitled: Time Squared.
Released April 1, 1989.
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan.
Written by Maurice Hurley, Kurt Michael Bensmiller, Melinda M. Snodgrass.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Dexter Clay.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Vis À Vis.
Released April 1, 1998.
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Robert J. Doherty, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Dan Butler, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Majel Barrett.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: The Royale.
Released March 25, 1989.
Directed by Cliff Bole.
Written by Tracy Tormé / Keith Mills, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein, Melinda M. Snodgrass.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Sam Anderson, Jill Jacobson, Leo Garcia, Noble Willingham, Greg Beecroft, David Armstrong, Majel Barrett, John Blower, Peter Eastman, Norman Fessler, Kaye Wade, Laura Walsh.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: Contagion.
Released March 18, 1989.
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan.
Written by Steve Gerber, Beth Woods, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein, Melinda M. Snodgrass.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Thalmus Rasulala, Carolyn Seymour, Dana Sparks, Folkert Schmidt, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Juliet Cesario, Dexter Clay, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 21.
Episode entitled: Deadlock.
Released March 18, 1996.
Directed by David Livingston.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Nancy Hower, Simon Billig, Bob Clendenin, Ray Proscia, Keythe Farley, Chris Johnston, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, Tarik Ergin, Emily Leibovitch, Louis Ortiz, John Alex Tampoya.

Friday, March 13, 2026

On this day in music history - Southside, by Texas (1989):


Southside

Album by Texas,
released March 13, 1989.

Track list:

I Don't Want a Lover; Tell Me Why; Everyday Now; Southside; Prayer for You; Faith; Thrill Has Gone; Fight the Feeling; Fool for Love; One Choice; Future Is Promises.

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004 & 2005)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: The Dauphin.
Released February 18, 1989.
Directed by Rob Bowman.
Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Whoopi Goldberg, Paddi Edwards, Jaime Hubbard, Peter Neptune, Mädchen Amick, Cindy Sorenson, Jenna Barlow Grodsky, Michael Braveheart, Dexter Clay, Alex Daniels, Randy James, Tim McCormack, Guy Vardaman.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: Prey.
Released February 18, 1998.
Directed by Allan Eastman.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Clint Carmichael, Tony Todd, John Austin, Steve Carnahan, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Brendan McIvor Fleming, Guy Richardson, John Wilkie.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: Doctor’s Orders.
Released February 18, 2004.
Directed by Roxann Dawson.
Written by Chris Black, André Bormanis.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Daphney Damaraux, Glynis Johns, John Jurgens, Danny Kaye, Mildred Natwick, Ator Tamras.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: Affliction.
Released February 18, 2005.
Directed by Michael Grossman.
Written by Brannon Braga, Michael/Mike Sussman, Manny Coto.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Velton Ray Bunch.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Schuck, James Avery, Ada Maris, Eric Pierpoint, Terrell Tilford, Kate McNeil, Brad Greenquist, Derek Magyar, Marc Worden, Seth MacFarlane, Alexandrea Ortiz, Michael Bailous, Bill Blair, Solomon Burke Jr., Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Terita Jackson, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Melissa O'Keeffe, Ator Tamras, Aaron White, Brian J. Williams, Wanda Ray Willis.

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004 & 2005)
Star Trek: Discovery (2018)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: The Measure of a Man.
Released February 11, 1989.
Directed by Robert Scheerer.
Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, Amanda McBroom, Clyde Kusatsu, Brian Brophy, Michael Braveheart, Denise Crosby, Victor Paul.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: Hunters.
Released February 11, 1998.
Directed by David Livingston.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Jeri Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Tiny Ron, Roger W. Morrissey, Majel Barrett, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Linda Harcharic, Kerry Hoyt, Alicia Lewis, Guy Richardson, Pablo Soriano.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: Harbinger.
Released February 11, 2004.
Directed by David Livingston.
Written by Manny Coto, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Velton Ray Bunch.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Noa Tishby, Thomas Kopache, Steven Culp, Alexandrea Ortiz, Solomon Burke Jr., Evan English, Duncan K. Fraser, Hilde Garcia, Scott Sterling Hill, Yoshio Iizuka, John Jurgens, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Aric Rogokos, Paul Sklar, Chris Torres, Jeff Wolfe.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 14.
Episode entitled: The Aenar.
Released February 11, 2005.
Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.
Written by André Bormanis, Manny Coto.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Alexandra Lydon, Brian Thompson, Geno Silva, Alicia Adams, Scott Rinker, Alexandrea Ortiz, Nathan Effron, Evan English, J. Michael Flynn, Duncan K. Fraser, Glen Hambly, John Jurgens, Marti Matulis, Guy Richardson.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: Will You Take My Hand?
Released February 11, 2018.
Directed by Akiva Goldsman.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Yeoh, Mia Kirshner, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, James Frain, Clint Howard, Michael Ayres, Matthew Binkley, Emily Coutts, Riley Gilchrist, Anthony Grant, Julianne Grossman, Harry Judge, Morgan Kohan, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Crystal Leger, Clare McConnell, Damon Runyan, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Bree Wasylenko, Adam Winlove-Smith.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

On this day in movie history - Physical Evidence (1989):


Physical Evidence

directed by Michael Crichton,
written by Bill Phillips,
based on a story by Bill Phillips and Steve Ransohoff,
was released in the United States on January 27, 1989.
Music by Henry Mancini.


Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty, Kay Lenz, Ted McGinley, Tom O'Brien, Kenneth Welsh, Ray Baker, Ken James, Michael P. Moran, Angelo Rizacos, Lamar Jackson, Paul Hubbard, Larry Reynolds, Peter MacNeill, Laurie Paton, Don Granbery, Barry Flatman, Malcolm Stewart, Richard Fitzpatrick, J. Winston Carroll, Kathy Michael McGlynn, Djanet Sears, Claire Cellucci, Michael Donaghue, Anthony Sherwood, Angie McNab, Laurie Holden, David Clement, Steve Whistance-Smith, David Efron, Stan Barett, Kenny Bates, Matt Cooke, Michael Rothery, Gene Mack, Chris Thomas, Norm Henderson, Stewart Arnott, Eddie Driscoll, David Ferry, Victor Ertmanis, Michael Copeman, Diane Douglass, Allan Aarons, Steven Hunter, Jennifer Inch, François Klanfer, Terry Tweed, Louis Negin, Ken Roberts.

Monday, December 22, 2025

On this day in movie history - Always (1989):


Always

directed by Steven Spielberg,
written by Jerry Belson and Diane Thomas,
was released in the United States on December 22, 1989.
Based on the movie A Guy Named Joe (1943), directed by Victor Fleming and John E. Burch.
Music by John Williams.


Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom, Keith David, Ed Van Nuys, Marg Helgenberger, Dale Dye, Brian Haley, James Lashly, Michael Steve Jones, Kim Robillard, Jim Sparkman, Doug McGrath, Shereil L. Bowens, Ascension Fuentes, Todd Jacobson, DeMarious T. Morganfield, Mike O'Neal, Larry Landless, Steve Shatnyski, James Pruitt, Joseph McCrossin, JD Souther, David Jackson, David Kitay, Gene Strimling, Roy E. Harrison, Ted Grossman, Gerry Rothschild, Loren Smothers, Taleena Ottwell, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Braveheart, Jim Dunkin, Douglas 'Hurricane' Hall, Tim Hiser, Jaclyn Nagata, Joseph Michael Roth.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

On this day in movie history - Driving Miss Daisy (1989):


Driving Miss Daisy

directed by Bruce Beresford,
written by Alfred Uhry,
based on the play by Alfred Uhry,
was released in the United States on December 11, 1989.
Music by Hans Zimmer.


Cast:

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Carolyn Gold, Crystal Fox, Bob Hannah, Ray McKinnon, Ashley Josey, Jack Rousso, Fred Faser, Indra A. Thomas, Trilby Beresford, Dean DuBois, Jay Freer, Jen Harper, Martin Luther King, D. Taylor Loeb.

Friday, November 28, 2025

Recommended reading - City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present (1989):


City Sleuths and Tough Guys:
Crime Stories from Poe to the Present

Edited by David Willis McCullough.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Published 1989.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 0395513189
ISBN-13: 978-0395513187

Description:

Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans.

Contents: Introduction, by David Willis McCullough; The simple art of murder, by Raymond Chandler; The clue of the yellow curtains, by Francois Eugene Vidocq; The mystery of Marie Roget, by Edgar Allen Poe; The lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes; Princess Sonia's bath, by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre; The investors, by Edgar Wallace; The tenth clew, by Dashiell Hammett; The rubber trumpet, by Roy Vickers; No proof, by Yoh Sano; Dead-end for Delia, by William Campbell Gault; At the Etoile du Nord, by Georges Simenon; I always get the cuties, by John D. MacDonald; This world, then the fireworks, by Jim Thompson; The gold fever tapes, by Mickey Spillane; Wild goose chase, by Ross MacDonald; The nine-to-five man, by Stanley Ellin; Small homocide, by Ed McBain; Blind man with a pistol, by Chester Himes; Pigeon blood, by Paul Cain; Just one of those days, by Donald E. Westlake; Election day, by Joseph Hansen; The Parker shotgun, by Sue Grafton; The Johore murders, by Paul Theroux; Sure, blue, and dead, too, by Janwillem van de Wetering; Skin deep, by Sara Paretsky; Death by water, by William Marshall; Flake piece, by Carolyn Wheat; Dead soldier, by Loren D. Estleman; Double indemnity, the screenplay, by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder.

Monday, October 27, 2025

On this day in movie history - Kill Me Again (1989):


Kill Me Again

directed by John Dahl,
written by John Dahl and Rick Dahl,
was released in the United States on October 27, 1989.
Music by William Olvis.


Cast:

Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen, Robert Schuch, Duane Tucker, Molly Flanegin, Dominic Dinino, Daniel Dorse, Bibi Besch, Jim Boeke, Jon Gries, Michael Sharrett, Debby Lynn Ross, Pat Mulligan, Nick Dimitri, Stanley Brown, Dan Sturdivant, Jeff Morrell, Jeff LeBeau, Michael Greene, James Henriksen, Lee Wilkof, Joseph Carberry, Roy Kieffer, Victoria Hirsch, Ralph M. Cardinale, Bruce Claessens, Darrel Wayne, Sheldon Haun, Jeri Arredondo, Hubert Ergenbright, Jeff Smolek, David Ward.