Eric Taslitz

Last updated
Eric Taslitz
Born (1966-06-14) June 14, 1966 (age 57)
Whittier, California, United States
Occupation Actor

Eric Taslitz is an American actor [1] best known for roles in such films and television series as American Pop , [1] [2] Galactica 1980 , [1] and Lambada . [1]

Contents

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 ABC Weekend Specials SimonEpisode - "The Ghost of Thomas Kempe"
1979 The Rockford Files School BoyEpisode - "Just a Coupla Guys"
1980 ABC Weekend Specials Rupert Brown (voice)Episode - "The Trouble with Miss Switch"
1980 Galactica 1980 Jason / Super Scout4 episodes
1980 Scout's Honor GroganTV movie
1980 Bizarre Various rolesUnknown episodes
1980 Little House on the Prairie TimothyEpisode - "Divorce, Walnut Grove Style"
1981 American Pop Little Pete
1981 Conquest of the Earth Super ScoutTV movie
1982 ABC Weekend Specials Rupert Brown (voice)Episode - "Miss Switch to the Rescue"
1982 ABC Afterschool Specials ArthurEpisode - "Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now"
1982 Quincy, M.E. Boy Who Clean off SwastikaEpisode - "Stolen Tears"
1990 Lambada Egghead
1990 Uncle Buck LouisEpisode - "Teacher's Pet"
1993Midnight WitnessGas Station Attendant

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Talking Heads</span> American rock band

Talking Heads were an American rock band that formed in 1975 in New York City. The band was composed of David Byrne, Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Jerry Harrison. Described as "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s", Talking Heads helped to pioneer new wave music by combining elements of punk, art rock, funk, and world music with an anxious, clean-cut image.

Alternative rock is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jason Mraz</span> American singer-songwriter

Jason Thomas Mraz is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002), which spawned the single "The Remedy ", that reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His next two studio albums, Mr. A-Z (2005), and We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008), peaked in the top five on the Billboard 200; with the latter album spawning the Grammy Award winning singles "Make It Mine", and "Lucky" with Colbie Caillat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Photorealism</span> Genre of art

Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be used broadly to describe artworks in many different media, it is also used to refer specifically to a group of paintings and painters of the American art movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ann Powers</span> American writer and music critic

Ann K. Powers is an American writer and popular music critic. She is a music critic for NPR and a contributor at the Los Angeles Times, where she was previously chief pop critic. She has also written for other publications, such as The New York Times, Blender and The Village Voice. Powers is the author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America, a memoir; Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American Music, on eroticism in American pop music; and Piece by Piece, co-authored with Tori Amos.

<i>American Pop</i> 1981 film by Ralph Bakshi

American Pop is a 1981 American adult animated jukebox musical drama film starring Ron Thompson and produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi. It was the fourth animated feature film to be presented in Dolby sound. The film tells the story of four generations of an immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

<i>Parade</i> (Prince album) 1986 studio album / soundtrack by Prince and the Revolution

Parade is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the third and final album where the Revolution is billed. It also was the soundtrack album to the 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon, directed by and starring Prince. It was released on March 31, 1986 by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">All by Myself</span> 1975 Eric Carmen song

"All by Myself" is a song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen released in 1975. The verse is based on the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's circa 1900–1901 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18. The chorus was taken from the song "Let's Pretend", which Carmen wrote and recorded with the Raspberries in 1972. The slide guitar solo was performed by studio guitarist Hugh McCracken.

<i>MTV Unplugged NYC 1997</i> 1997 live album by Babyface

MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 is a live album from R&B artist, Babyface. It includes other performers such as Eric Clapton, Shanice, K-Ci & JoJo, Kevon Edmonds, Melvin Edmonds, Sheila E. and Stevie Wonder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Jackson</span> American singer (1958–2009)

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Known as the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. During his four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Jackson influenced artists across many music genres. Through stage and video performances, he popularized complicated street dance moves such as the moonwalk, which he named, as well as the robot.

Sang A Im-Propp is a New York City-based fashion designer and former pop singer from South Korea. She founded the luxury handbag brand, Sang A, in 2006.

Scout's Honor is a 1980 American made-for-television comedy-drama film starring Gary Coleman, Katherine Helmond, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Pat O'Brien and Harry Morgan. It was broadcast September 30, 1980 on NBC.

Tim Riley is a music journalist who reviews pop and classical music for NPR, and has written for The New York Times, truthdig, the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Slate.com and Salon.com.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KCON (music festival)</span> Music festival

KCON is an annual convention held in locations across the world, created by Koreaboo and organized by CJ E&M. It was first held in Southern California in 2012 and has since expanded to ten countries as of 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Nam</span> American singer (born 1988)

Eric Nam is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality based in South Korea. Since his debut in 2013, he was named GQ Korea's Man of the Year in 2016, included on Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia in 2017, and honored as one of YouTube Music's Global Trending Artists on the Rise in 2019.

Orchestral pop is pop music that has been arranged and performed by a symphonic orchestra. It may also be conflated with the terms symphonic pop or chamber pop.

Experimental pop is pop music that cannot be categorized within traditional musical boundaries or which attempts to push elements of existing popular forms into new areas. It may incorporate experimental techniques such as musique concrète, aleatoric music, or eclecticism into pop contexts. Often, the compositional process involves the use of electronic production effects to manipulate sounds and arrangements, and the composer may draw the listener's attention specifically with both timbre and tonality, though not always simultaneously.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Killing of Eric Garner</span> 2014 police killing of a black man in New York City

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American man, was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island by Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him. Video footage of the incident generated widespread national attention and raised questions about the use of force by law enforcement.

<i>Billboard</i> K-Town Online magazine column about K-pop

Billboard K-Town is an online magazine column presented weekly, on various days, by Billboard on its Billboard.com site. The column, launched on January 29, 2013, reports on K-pop music; artists, concerts, chart information and news events. Billboard and its website had reported on K-pop for a number of years, following the evolution of K-pop, increasing the number of articles with the spike in 2009, and finally culminated in a column specifically for the genre after Psy's July 2012, "Gangnam Style" hit made K-pop history and doubled online viewership. K-Town was created as part of the popular music publication's website relaunch, with new features for fans, and the goal of providing more on-site reporting of festivals, award shows, and other major music events.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eric Taslitz". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014.
  2. Canby, Vincent (1981-02-13). "'American Pop' Grown-Up Animation". The New York Times.