1989 | MTV | 120 Minutes

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January 1, 1989Top 20 videos of 1988
January ?, 1989(playlist only)
January 29, 1989(playlist only)
February ?, 1989host Kevin Seal
March 12, 1989Andy Perry of Easterhouse
March ?, 1989(playlist only)
March ?, 1989Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
April 2, 1989(playlist only)
April 9, 1989The Dead Milkmen
April 16, 1989Throwing Muses
May 21, 1989(playlist only)
May 28, 1989Tom Tom Club
June 4, 1989Marky Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone
June 11, 1989(playlist only)
June 25, 1989Alternative rock blocks
July ?, 1989(playlist only)
July 23, 1989Hope Nicholls of Fetchin' Bones
August ?, 1989(playlist only)
September 3, 1989(playlist only)
October 23, 1989(playlist only)
November 20, 1989(playlist only)
December ?, 1989(playlist only)
December 17, 1989host Dave Kendall
 January 1, 1989
Top 20 videos of 1988
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 January ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 January 29, 1989
Source for this playlist: Laura M.
Host – Kevin Seal
 February ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Kevin Seal with swirly background!
The Fall – "Big New Prinz"
Cowboy Junkies – "Sweet Jane"
Marc Almond – "Tears Run Rings"
New Order – "Fine Time"
The Saints – "Graind Of Sand"
The Go-Betweens – "Was There Anything I Could Do?"
– Tour dates for Hothouse Flowers for February, which is the only clue I had for dating this episode!
– New Music News: A band called Spiral Jetty (in which Kevin Seal takes jabs at their pretentiousness!) and what members of The Clash are doing these days (heavily features Mick Jones' recovery from chicken pox!)
The Pogues – "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
The Wolfgang Press – "Kansas"
The Pursuit Of Happiness – "Hard To Laugh"
Voice Of The Beehive – "Don't Call Me Baby"
Kevin Seal mentions to tune in next week after "the British Comic Strip."
Copyright date at the end of the credits is 1989.
 March 12, 1989
Source for this playlist: Sam O.
Host: Kevin Seal with Dave Kendall
Guest: Andy Perry of Easterhouse
Full episode, dated from Fletch Lives commercial opening date!
 March ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 March ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
Guest: Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
 April 2, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 April 9, 1989
Sources for this playlist: Dr. Rock, Harold G.
Host: Kevin Seal
Guest: The Dead Milkmen
MTV promo: "Max"
In studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
Go-Betweens – "Streets Of Your Town"
Pursuit Of Happiness – "Hard To Laugh"
Easterhouse – "Come Out Fighting"
In studio segment: Dead Milkmen read fan mail
Thrashing Doves – "Angel Visit"
Jane's Addiction – "The Mountain Song"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
Dead Milkmen – "Punk Rock Girl"
He Said – "Could You"
Proclaimers – "On My Way"
In studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
 April 16, 1989
Source for this playlist: Matthew Z.
Guest: Throwing Muses
 May 22, 1989
Sources for this playlist: David G., Jon C.
  May 28, 1989
Guest hosts: Tom Tom Club
Source for this playlist: Tom Walsh
  June 4, 1989
Guest hosts: Marky Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone
Source for this playlist: Jon C., Tom Walsh
 June 11, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 June 25, 1989
Source for this playlist: Winston B.
Alternative Rock Blocks episode
 July ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 July 23, 1989
Source for this playlist: David B.
Guest: Hope Nicholls of Fetchin' Bones
 August ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 September 3, 1989
Source for this playlist: Chudbeagle
 October 23, 1989
Source for this playlist: Winston B.
 November 20, 1989
Source for this playlist: Winston B.
 December ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
 December 17, 1989
Source for this playlist: Matthew Z.
(according to Dave Kendall, next episode was on Christmas)

Playlists

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