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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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- 2 weeks ago2h 0m
#329 - Halloween 2026
The HAL-9000 computer took over our studio for this Halloween podcast, but thankfully we were able to wrestle back control with the help of someone who used to be Dave Bowman. Enjoy!1) Everyday (Is Halloween) [Dirt Mix] - Ministry2) Dead Man's Party (12" Single) - Oingo Boingo3) Something In My House (7" Remix) - Dead Or Alive4) Peek-A Boo! (Dance Velocity) - DEVO5) The Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde6) Lullaby (Extended Mix) - The Cure7) Spellbound - Siouxsie And the Banshees8) Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus9) Snake Dance - The March Violets10) Qual - Xmal Deutschland11) Black Planet - Sisters Of Mercy12) Love Like Blood - Killing Joke13) A Day - Clan Of Xymox14) Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love And Rockets15) Curtain Call (Part 1) - The Damned16) Man Of Straw - Sad Lovers And Giants17) The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen18) Cry Little Sister - Gerald McMann19) Fade To Grey (Extended Version) - Visage
- 3 weeks ago1h 33m
#328 - Far Side Of Crazy
Sorry for the delay, Hurricane Isais slowed us down a bit, but we're back up and running. Don't forgot our next podcast will be our Halloween edition, so be sure not to miss it!Track Listing:1) Far Side Of Crazy - Wall Of Voodoo2) Been Caught Stealing (12" Remix Version) - Jane's Addiction3) Bastards Of Young - The Replacements4) Crazy - R.E.M.5) The Charming Man - The Smiths 6) Star (The Trafalmadore Mix) - Erasure7) The Animal Song (Cross Country Version) - Europeans8) Head Down (Extended Mix) - Moev 9) The Only Time - Nine Inch Nails 10) Do It On Thursday - Jim Jiminee 11) Spectral Eyes - Blondie 12) The Get Down - Prince 13) The Greatest Show On Earth - U2 14) Karen Lloyd - Opera De Nuit 15) Rhythm Method (Original Extended 12" Mix) - The Fountainhead 16) Walk Away - Play Dead 17) Love Removal Machine - The Cult18) Heartbeat (Mendelsohn Mix) - The Psychedelic Furs 19) The Spanglemaker - Cocteau Twins
- Sep 20, 20261h 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
- Sep 7, 20261h 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
- Aug 24, 20261h 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
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