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- 1 weeks ago1h 31m
#317 - What I Want
Podcast time in May! Some deep cuts, a couple of requests, and some well-known favorites - they're all here!1) What I Want (12" Mix) - Dead Or Alive 2) Belly Of The Whale (12" Single) - Burning Sensations 3) China (Dance Mix) - Red Rockers 4) The Drop Deal (Mix 1) - Bazz 5) If I Ever - Red Flag 6) Solace (12" Mix) - Play Dead 7) No New Tale To Tell - Love And Rockets 8) Flesh (Full 12" Version) - A Split Second 9) Telephone (Swedish 12" Mix) - Style 10) A E I O U Sometimes Y (Long Version) - Ebn-Ozn 11) When The Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes 12) Dance - Strawberry Switchblade 13) Nicotine Stain - Siouxsie And the Banshees 14) The 15th - Wire 15) Ring Of Fire (Remix) - Wall Of Voodoo 16) World Destruction - Time Zone 17) Blown Away - The Expelled 18) Complications - Killing Joke 19) Stand Alone - Martian Dance 20) This Side Of Heaven - Play Dead 21) Please (Extended Version) - The Bolshoi
- 4 weeks ago1h 39m
#316 - Mickey
Back after a small amount of recovery, and we have a lot of requests for you, so let's go! Track Listing:1) Mickey (Original Recording Remastered) - Toni Basil 2) It Only Makes Me Laugh - Danny Elfman 3) Dance This Mess Around - The B-52s 4) Counting The Beat - The Swingers 5) Chelsea Girl - Simple Minds 6) So Long - Fischer Z 7) The Fool - The Fixx 8) Positive Vibrations - The Soft Boys 9) Fergus Sings The Blues - Deacon Blue 10) Close To You - Nine Ways To Win11) I Have The Touch ('85 Remix) - Peter Gabriel 12) Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire 13) Over The Shoulder (12" Mix) - Ministry 14) The Past Sure Is Tense - Captain Beefheart 15) Never Never (Extended 12" Mix) - The Assembly 16) Imagination - Sad Lovers And Giants 17) My Favourite Dress - The Wedding Present 18) Really Stupid - The Primitives 19) Rain - The Cult 20) Fear Is Never Boring - The Bears 21) Fahrenheit 1989 - Umo Detic
- Mar 29, 20261h 41m
#315 - The Closer That You Get
Nothing fancy this week, just great music mixed for all your listening pleasure! Hope you enjoy it as you get ready for Spring!Track List:1) The Closer That You Get - Missing Persons 2) Someone Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds 3) Noise In This World - English Beat 4) Bottom Line (Original UK 12" Mix) - Big Audio Dynamite 5) Bostich - Yello6) Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three 7) Hounds Of Love (Alternative Mix) - Kate Bush 8) Shadowplay - Joy Division 9) Hearts And Minds (Mix Hypersonic) - Nitzer Ebb 10) Quite Unusual - Front 242 11) After The Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 12) Thieves - Ministry 13) Change (Extended Version) - Tears For Fears 14) Hongkong Garden (Marie Antoinette Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 15) Born In Xixax - Nina Hagen 16) Unlikely Remix 17) Blown Away - The Expelled 18) Oh Bondage! Up Yours! - X Ray Spex 19) Sex Bomb Boogie (Magic Flute) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 20) If You Were Here (Axelsoft's MiXmas Remix) - Thompson Twins 21) Da Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha - Trio22) Let's Go All The Way (Multi-Mix by Les "Mix Doctor" Adams of DMC) - Sly Fox
- Mar 9, 20261h 34m
#314 - Middle Of The Road
Did y'all survive Daylight Saving's time? Hope so. Ended up with another themed podcast, decided to go with a travel theme since my girl has decided to reide with me in the truck this week. Strap in and let's go! Track Listing:1) Middle Of The Road - The Pretenders 2) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 3) Cruiser - The Cars 4) Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M. 5) Behind The Wheel/Route 66 (Just Say Mao! Version) - Depeche Mode 6) Roam (Extended Mix) - B52's 7) The Passenger - Siouxsie And The Banshees 8) Close (To The Edit) ('altogether now') - Art Of Noise 9) Autobahn (2024 Single Edit) - Kraftwerk 10) Highway Song - Iggy Pop 11) Drive, She Said - Stan Ridgeway 12) In A Big Country (Extended Mix) - Big Country 13) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 14) I Ran (So Far Away) (Extended Remix) - A Flock Of Seagulls 15) Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix) - Prince 16) Why Don't We Do It In The Road - Lydia Lunch 17) Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads 18) Black Cars (Extended Version) - Gino Vanelli 19) Rise (12 Inch Version) - Public Image Limited
- Mar 3, 20261h 55m
#313 - Daylight Savings Time
Clocks moves forward soon, so why not songs about, or that reference, time? Track Listing:1) Clocked In - Black Flag 2) Got The Time - Joe Jackson 3) Like Clockwork - Boomtown Rats4) 11:59 - Blondie 5) Five Minutes - The Stranglers 6) Minutes To Midnight - Midnight Oil 7) 12 O'Clock Tick Tock - U2 8) A Question Of Time (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode 9) Midnight - Yazoo 10) Cry, The Clock Said - Gary Numan 11) Time/The End Of Time - The Chameleons 12) Seven Minutes To Midnight - Wah! 13) Clockface - Siouxsie And The Banshees 14) Beat The Clock (Extended Version) - Sparks 15) 10:15 Saturday Night - The Cure 16) Time The Avenger - The Pretenders 17) Clockwork (Extended) - SSQ 18) Time It's Time - Talk Talk 19) Midnight To Midnight - The Psychedelic Furs 20) Seconds - U2 21) How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths 22) Some Other Time - X23) Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division 24) Seconds (Extended Vocal Re-Edit) - Human League 25) Clockout - Devo
- Feb 15, 20261h 33m
#312 - Universal Radio
Slid into my old college radio days with this podcast - a few more obscure bands than you're probably used to, which is a good thing. Enjoy!Track List:1) Univeral Radio (Universal Dance Mix) - Nina Hagen2) Ahead - Wire3) Ages Of You - R.E.M.4) Beyond Today - Translators5) Johnson's Aeroplane - INXS6) My Cherie Amour - Hudson Creepers7) Messages - O.M.D.8) I Want To Be A Toy - Dead Or Alive9) Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix) - Alphaville10) Another Lost Look - Altered Images11) Treasure (What Ever Happened To Pete The Chop?) - U212) In The Wild - Hoodoo Gurus13) Fascination Street - The Cure14) Endless Groove - Freur15) Pull Back My Strings - Swimming Pool Q's16) Don't Go Away - Primitons17) When It Rains (Extended Version) - Ten Ten18) White Door - Windows19) Opposite World - Mutants20) White Car - Cabaret Voltaire21) Rose of Avalanche - Always There22) Sensitive - The Field Mice
- Feb 1, 20261h 50m
#311 - Dreaming
Beginning of February, great time to put out a podcast that deals with affairs of the heart, just in time for Valentine's Day. Don't worry, it's not overly sappy!1) Dreaming - Blondie2) Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys3) Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix) - New Order4) Modern Love (Lost 12" Version) - David Bowie5) I Got The Message (Long Version) - Men Without Hats6) Only You - Yaz7) The Love Parade (12" Mix) - Dream Academy8) This Must The Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads9) The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs10) If You Were Here - Thompson Twins11) Those Eyes, That Mouth - Cocteau Twins12) I Melt With You (Resurrection Version) - Modern English13) Dear Prudence (Original 12" Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees14) When I'm With You (Rework Version) - Sparks15) Message To My Girl - Split Endz16) Nowhere Girl (Radio Edit) - B-Movie17) April Skies - The Jesus And Mary Chain18) I Will Follow - U219) I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses20) Crazy (12" Mix) - Icehouse21) Close To Me (Extended 12" Remix) - The Cure22) I Love You (Extended Version) - Yello23) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (With The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Jan 26, 20261h 50m
#310 - Love Me Simple
Snowmageddon! Despite a good portion of the US being buried under snow and ice, it's beautiful here on the Emerald Coast - perfect podcast weather!Track Listing:1) Love Me Simple - Tuesday Blue 2) Message Of Love - The Pretenders 3) Up The Junction - Squeeze 4) Ghostdance (Surprise Mix) - Ghostdance 5) Hysteria (Defcon Mix) - Amnesia 6) Russian Roulette (New Beat Mix) - Zinno 7) The Drop Deal - Bazz 8) Junk Funk (Get On Down) [John Peel Sessions BBC 1] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 9) Hymn - Ultravox 10) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family 11) Beat Box (Wicked Mix) - The Art Of Noise 12) Robo Cop - Sleeze Boyz 13) Pump Up The Volume (Original 1987 Mix) - M.A.R.R.S. 14) Riders In The Night - Freur 15) Punish Me With Kisses - The Glove 16) Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees 17) Standing There - The Creatures 18) Fade To Grey (Extended Mix) - Neon 19) The Devil Does Drugs - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 20) Lightning Man - Nitzer Ebb 21) This Is A Test - Channel 5 22) Quite Unusual - Front 242 23) To Look At You - INXS
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