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Offering up the best in New Wave, Goth, Post-Punk and Ska from the 80's, including rare and hard to find music you forgot you've missed!
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- Yesterday1h 32m
#327 - Call Me Blue
Greetings! Lots of requests this podcast! I love it, interaction makes this podcast YOUR 80's soundtrack, so keep it up!1) Call Me Blue - A House 2) 6060-842 - B52s 3) Breakaway (Popper Mix) - Big Pig 4) Sound Of Thunder - Duran Duran 5) Pictures Of You - Berlin 6) Shades - Iggy Pop 7) Fountains Of Filth - Devo 8) Sikorsky Parts - Joe Strummer 9) Saturdays In Silesia (Remix) - Rational Youth 10) Corona - Minutemen 11) Slave To Love - Brian Ferry 12) Ghosts - Positive Noise 13) Six Different Ways - The Cure 14) Cities In Dust (Eruption Mix) - Siouxsie And the Banshees 15) Spin - The Darling Buds 16) Animal Grey - Band 19 17) Dismantled King Is Off The Throne - Felt 18) Contrasting Strangers (Temptation Mix) - The Light 19) Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts 20) Love Action - Human League 21) Somebody - Escape With Romeo 22) Work For Love (Squirrely Version) - Ministry
- 2 weeks ago1h 35m
#326 - I Love The 80s
Track Listing:1) I Love The 80s - Men Without Hats 2) What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society 3) Generator 7 8 - Moskwa TV 4) Killing Floor - The Grinning Plowman 5) Engineers - Gary Numan 6) Teenage Wildlife - David Bowie 7) Talk Of The Town - Pretenders 8) Tell Her (Extended Mix) - Seona Dancing 9) Take Me, I'm Yours - Tim Curry 10) Hourglass - Squeeze 11) Dancing On The Ceiling - Blancmange 12) (It's Not Me) Talking - A Flock Of Seagulls 13) Mirrors - Reseau D'Ombres 14) Join In The Chant - Nitzer Ebb 15) Don't Argue (Dance) - Cabaret Voltaire 16) Don't Fall - The Chameleons 17) The Last Film (Extended Version) - Kissing The Pink 18) The Number One Song In Heaven - Sparks 19) Runaway - Thompson Twins 20) I Want That Man - Deborah Harry 21) Kooler Than Jesus - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
- 4 weeks ago1h 37m
#325 - Everywhere At Once
Here we go! Another tasty podcast coming your way! Why does writing these intros generally turn to food references? Maybe I should have a snack before writing them.1) Everywhere At Once - Plimsouls 2) Jealous - Gene Loves Jezebel 3) Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club 4) Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - Beastie Boys 5) Half The Battle - Design 6) Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) [Extended Club Remix] - Icicle Works 7) Everything She Wants - Wham 8) Im Nin'alu - Ofra Haza 9) Unfamiliar Room - Testcard F 10) Animals - Talking Heads 11) Lorelie - Cocteau Twins 12) Running Up That Hill (2012 Remix) - Kate Bush 13) Mirror People '88 - Love And Rockets 14) Polyphon - Dinner For Duex 15) Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor 16) Teenland - Northern Pikes 17) No Fat Chicks - Surf Punks 18) Pocket Pool - Killer Pussy 19) Latex Love - Vice Squad 20) People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band 21) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) - Eurythmics 22) Sex-Eye-Make-Up - The Glove 23) This Side Of Heaven - Play Dead 24) Rain (Extended Version) - Dragon
- Aug 8, 20261h 34m
#324 - Sick Of It
Talk, talk, talk - seems I'm yapping more often on the podcast. Are you sick of it? Lol1) Sick Of It - The Primitives 2) God Is A Bullet - Concrete Blonde 3) Witchdoctor - Sidewinders 4) 5 Minutes (C-C-C-Club Mix) - Bonzo Goes To Washington 6) War - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 7) Hard Act To Follow - Split Enz 8) Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (Shep Pettibone Remix) - B-52's9) Shopping - Pet Shop Boys 10) Shoppin' From A To Z - Toni Basil 11) Money (Extended Version) - Flying Lizards 12) A To Z - ABC 13) No More Crying - 'Til Tuesday 14) A Girl Called Johnny - The Waterboys 15) The Shadow Of Love -The Damned 16) Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze 17) Space Invader - The Pretenders 18) Two Minute Warning - Depeche Mode 19) Bad Connection - Yazoo 20) Someone's Calling - Modern English 21) (Forever) Live And Die (Extended Mix) - OMD 22) Up The Down Escalator - The Chameleons UK 23) Spies Like Us (Art Of Noise Remix) - Paul McCartney
- Aug 2, 20261h 37m
#323 - Big Hollow Man
August already? Where did the summer go? Well, I know where you can still find the best Alt80s tunes, and that's right here! Track listing:1) Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax 2) Never Stop (Discoteque) - Echo And The Bunnymen 3) Tell The Boys - Tuesday Blue 4) We Are Each Other - Beautiful South 5) Up On The Catwalk (Extended) - Simple Minds 6) Purple Haze - The Cure 7) Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen 8) Too Young To Date - D-Day 9) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (12" Version) - Specimen 10) In The Sun - Blondie 11) Obsession (Club Mix) - Oxymox 12) Star - Erasure 13) Rock You Up - Romantics 14) New Religion (Carnival Remix) - Duran Duran 15) Emeralds And Pearls - Freur 16) Under The Radar (12" Remix) - Underworld 17) Sidewalking (Extended Version) - The Jesus And Mary Chain 18) Less Cities, More Moving People (12" Version) - The Fixx 19) What Do You Want From Life? - The Tubes
- Jul 11, 20261h 39m
#322 - Hot In The City
Summer isn't summer without some hot Alt tunes from the 80's, so let's fire it up!Track listing:1) Hot In The City (Exterminator Mix) - Billy Idol2) Cool Under Heat - The Clash3) Hot! Hot! Hot! - The Cure4) Cruel Summer (Extended Version) - Bananrama5) I Melt With You (Bass Meltdown Mix) - Modern English6) Voices - Russ Ballard7) Synthicide - SSQ8) Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts9) Anarchy In The U.K. - Sex Pistols11) Nice N Neat - Boomtown Rats12) Missing In Action - Comsat Angels13) New Dawn Fades - Joy Division14) Reasons To Be Alone - Stained Veil15) Fatal Flaw - The Sound16) The Working Hour - Tears For Fears17) This Wheel's On Fire (Incendiary Mix) - Siouxsie And The Banshees18) There's No Love Between Us (Specially Extended 12" Mix) - Pop Will Eat Itself19) Black And White - The dB's20) Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega21) Mind Your Own Business - Delta 522) Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers23) Last Cigarette - Dramarama
- Jul 5, 20261h 32m
#321 - Certain Things Are Likely
Happy 4th! Had a chill day at the beach before the tourists showed up, got home in time to put a podcast together for y'all to enjoy.Track Listing:1) Certain Things Are Likely (Original 12" Mix) - Kissing The Pink2) Room At The Top (Extended Mix) - Adam Ant3) Homicide - 9994) Sometimes I Wish I Were Dead (Flexi-Pop Version) - Depeche Mode5) Death Of A Disco Dancer - The Smiths6) Baby Pain Again - Interferon7) Airwaves - Thomas Dolby8) Destination Unknown - Psuedo Echo9) In Camera Obscura (Dance Mix) - Figures On A Beach10) Ronnie's Song - LAX11) I Shot The Devil - Suicidal Tendencies12) Manny Moe And Jack - The Dickies13) Young 'Til I Die - 7 Seconds14) Punch Out At Malibu - Surf Punks15) Shoot The Curl - The Dynette Set16) This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide - The Kings17) The Promise (Coliseum Mix) - When In Rome18) Love Missle F-111 (Sigue Sigue Sputmix) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik19) The Hardest Part - Blondie20) Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders21) So American - The Mutants
- Jun 22, 20261h 33m
#320 - We're All Clones
1) We're All Clones (Rythm Scholar World Of Tomorrow Remix) - Alice Cooper 2) You Can Run - Flock Of Seagulls 3) Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee 4) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 5) I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus 6) Watausi Diary - Guadalcanal Diary 7) Los Rancheros - Adam And The Ants 8) Temptation (Alternative 7" Mix) - New Order 9) The Metro - Berlin 10) I've Got Mine - UB40 11) Your Time Will Come - Dread Zeppelin 12) Sweetest Perfection - Depeche Mode13) Fury Eyes - The Creatures 14) When The World Is Running Down - The Police 15) Thru The Flowers - The Primitives 16) Fascination Street - The Cure 17) Seven Seas - Echo And the Bunnymen 18) Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix) - Howard Jones 19) King Of Rock 'N' Roll - Prefab Sprout 20) Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie 21) Desire - Prince
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