A difficult podcast to assemble, given the massive wealth of music David Bowie has given to the world over the years, we hope you enjoy the selections we chose for this tribute.

1. Blue Jean [Extended Dance Mix] - David Bowie

2. Day In - Day Out - David Bowie

3. Magic Dance - David Bowie

4. Young Americans - The Cure

5. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - David Bowie

6. Let's Dance [12" Remix] - David Bowie

7. Suffragette City - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

8. Loving The Alien - David Bowie

9. Candidate - Dramarama

10. Ashes To Ashes - Tears For Fears

11. Fame - Duran Duran

12. Space Oddity [1969 video version] - David Bowie

13. Modern Love [Extended Remix] - David Bowie

14. Baby Universal [New Mix Extended] [UK 12" Mix] - Tin Machine

15. Cat People - David Bowie

16. Heroes [Live] - Blondie

17. I'm Afraid Of Americans [v. 1] - David Bowie w/Trent Reznor

18. Lazarus - David Bowie

What better way to say goodbye to 2015 than with an extra-long podcast? We jump back 30 years and countdown the top 25 Alternative hits from 1985. It's a long podcast - and just in time for your New Year's Eve festivities. So long 2015 - we'll see you on the other side!

Track Listing:

1. Kosciusko - Midnight Oil

2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head

3. Blue Kiss [V Mix] - Jane Weildin

4. Dancing in the Streets - Mick Jagger & David Bowie

5. Head Over Heels [Extended] - Tears For Fears

6. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting

7. Flexible [Remixed Extended] - Depeche Mode

8. World Destruction - Time Zone

9. So In Love - OMD

10. Love and Pride [Extended 12" mix] - King

11. The Bottom Line - Big Audio Dynamite

12. Don't You Forget About Me [12" Original Version] - Simple Minds

13. Viva La Rock [Unreleased Rico Conning 12" Mix] - Adam Ant

14. The Perfect Kiss [12" Version] - New Order

15. Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds

16. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

17. Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix 12"] - Tears for Fears

18. This Time - INXS

19. Take On Me - A-ha

20. You Spin Me Round [Razormaid Remix] - Dead or Alive

21. Shout [U.S. Remix] - Tears for Fears

22. In Between Days [Shiver Mix] - The Cure

23. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys

24. Vigilante - Felony

25. New Year's Day [Francois Kevorkian U.S. Remix] - U2

26. XXXXX XXX XXXXXXX [Edit The Shake Mix] - XXXXXXX XXXX

That's right - We purposely didn't reveal the title for #1, you'll have to listen to find out! Have a great 2016!

As y'all know,  we're still recovering from the loss of our hard drive.  After a little digging,  we've decided to post this Christmas flashback from 2011. It was the last Christmas podcast from the New England studio, and one of Surfingtrucker's favorites.  We hope y'all enjoy it,  and we wish you a very happy holiday season! 

So we have a fresh new podcast for y'all! Things keep getting busy here at the Alt80 Studios, but we keep plugging away, doing our best for new podcasts for your listening pleasure - and here's our latest result. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American listeners - and especially to any that me stationed away from home. And for the rest of you - we're thankful for all of you!

Track Listing:

1. Black Hit Of Space - Human League

2. Tenant - Siouxsie and the Banshees

3. Brush Fire - B-52s

4. Waiting For Delmore - Algebra Suicide

5. It's Been A Long Time [Razormaid Remix] - Dead Or Alive

6. Modesty Plays [New Version] - Sparks

7. I Threw A Brick Though A Window - U2

8. Mouth Of An Angel - Two People

9. A Daisy Chain 4 Satan - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

10. Close To The Edge [Ruff Mix] - Art Of Noise

11. Move [Original Mix Unreleased 1984] - Ministry

12. Everybody Wants To Work - Uncanny X-Men

13. Your Heart Keeps Burning - Blind Date

14. A Japanese Dream - The Cure

15. Standing In The Shower...Thinking - Jane's Addiction

16. I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel

17. Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies

18. Bedsitter - Soft Cell

19. Low Life - The Police

20. Will You Stay Tonight? - Comsat Angels

Another flashback? Well - so much Halloween spookiness available, we wanted you to be able to enjoy it all! Here we go with number two!  

Happy Halloween! Going to feature two of our past episodes from Halloween for your ghoulish enjoyment! Let's start things out with this one from 20091 Enjoy!

At the last minute we received a cassette of Surfingtrucker on the radio back in 1985! It was a total surprise, so of course we wrapped a quick podcast around it. So enjoy this slice of nostalgia, straight from the KKHV archives!

Well well well - we made it back! always seems one problem follows another, hence the delay in posting! the music data recovery continues - but we have managed a new podcast for y'all - so enjoy!

1. Myself To Myself - Romeo Void 

2. Tied Up - Yello 

3. The Big Chair - Tears For Fears 

4. Here Comes The Man - Boom Boom Room 

5. Castles In Spain - The Armoury Show 

6. Lunar Bay - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 

7. Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds 

8. Letters To A Friend - I Start Counting 

9. Don't Be My Enemy - Wang Chung 

10. Temptation - New Order 

11. Gateway To Hell - Thrill Kill Kult 

12. Dead Souls - Joy Division 

13. Experiment IV [12" mix] - Kate Bush 

14. Enjoy The Silence [Ricki Tik Tik Mix] - Depeche Mode 

15. All She Wants Is - Depeche Mode 

16. Perfect Murder - The Glove 

17. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths 

With the loss of our hard drive, we're still recovering, but we can't leave you hanging! This podcast took place right after Surfingtrucker had surgery on his hand, and was not feeling totally up to speed. But the podcast must go on! Since the older shows were only an hour long, stay turned, because we've added some bonus tracks to bring the show up to the usual 90 or so minutes. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1.) Kraftwerk - The Robots [Remix]

2.) Love and Rockets - All In My Mind

3.) David and David - Welcome To The Boomtown

4.) Genesis - Land Of Confusion [12" Version]

5.) The Cure - Just One Kiss

6.) Lydia Lunch - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?

7.) Blind Date - How Did You Get To Me?

8.) Ugh - I don't remember this one!!

9.) Jane Child - DS 21

10.) Ministry - Burning Inside

11.) Jane's Addiction - Jane Says

12.) Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus

13.) Human League - Things That Dreams Are Made Of [12" Mix]

14.) Cocteau Twins - Tishbite

15.) Flock of Seagulls - Who's That Girl (She's Got It)

16.) Depeche Mode - A Question Of Time [Extended Remix]

17.) Blue Peter - All Your Time

18.) Siouxsie and The Banshees - Blow The House Down

19.) Soft Cell - Memorabilia [Extended Mix]

Summertime means busy time! We're here with another awesome podcast, just in time for you to enjoy on your weekend, along with a few interesting news tidbits. So plug in and enjoy!

1.) Summer Love - APB

2.) Summer of Love - B-52s

3.) Telephone Operator - Pete Shelley

4.) The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - a-ha

5.) Popstar - Afraid of Mice

6.) Falling In Love With Myself - Barbie and The Kens

7.) Swans On Glass - Modern English

8.) Gimme The Car - Violent Femmes

9.) The Body [UK 12" remix] - PiL

10.) Immaculate Deception - Cast of Thousands

11.) I Can't Breakaway [Extended] - Big Pig

12.) Two Tribes [Lovers and Haters] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

13.) High Wire Days - Psychedelic Furs

14.) Reptile - The Church

15.) Flesh For Fantasy [Below the Belt Mix] - Billy Idol

16.) Cry [Extended Remix] - Godly & Creme

17.) Computer Blue [7:29 version] - Prince

1.) Hearts And Minds - Nitzer Ebb

2.) Sanity - Killing Joke

3.) I'm Falling [Unreleased Alt Mix] - Ministry

4.) Smart Patrol / Mr DNA - Devo

5.) Annie Get Your Gun - Squeeze

6.) Living In The Real World - Blondie

7.) Person to Person - Joe "King" Carrasso and The Crowns

8.) Blue Room - Kirlian Camera

9.) Up Periscope - Novo Combo

10.) (It's Not Me) Talking [12" single remix] - Flock of Seagulls

11.) Runaway Girl - One Two Three 

12.) Saint Vitus Dance - Bauhaus

13.) I Can't Help Myself [U.S. Club mix] - Icehouse

14.) Skin Trade [S.O.S. Mix] - Duran Duran

15.) Certain Things Are Likely - Kissing the Pink

16.) Open Your Heart - Human League

17.) Masquerade [Extended Version] - Berlin

We're back!! Yes - our previous podcast was our final show...as single people. We got married and now we're back, ready to fill your ears with great tunes we know you'll enjoy!

Track Listing:

1.) Honeymoon Express - Wendy and Lisa

2.) I Married A Martian - Sparks

3.) Your Life Is A Lie - Romeo Void

4.) Set me Free - Gene Loves Jezebel

5.) Ball and Chain - XTC

6.) What Have I Done To Deserve This? [Extended Mix] - Pet Shop Boys

7.) Locals Only - Surf Punks

8.) Call Me Blue - A House 

9.) The Bridge [Extended Mix] - Cactus World News

10.) Things We Never Did - Sad Lovers and Giants

11.) Cars [Extended Premier Mix] - Gary Numan

12.) Poltergeist In the Pantry - The Toy Dolls

13.) Like An Animal - The Glove

14.) Doot-Doot [12" mix] - Freur

15.) Shoofly Love - Haysi Fantayzee

16.) I Love You - Yello

17.) War! {Coming Out Of Hiding] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

18.) Citadel - Comsat Angels

19.) Rain In The Summertime [Extended 12" version] - The Alarm

Welcome to yet ANOTHER awesome podcast! As the title implies, this is somewhat our final podcast, you'll have to listen to understand why. Meanwhile - enjoy the crap out of these awesome tunes, book ended by Billy Idol.

1.) Hot In The City [Exterminator Mix] - Billy Idol

2.) Private Idaho - B52s

3.) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

4.) The Wild Life - Bananarama

5.) A Girl Doesn't Get Killed By Her Make-Believe Lover - Thrill Kill Kult

6.) It It You? - Failsafe 

7.) The Killing Jar - Siouxsie and the Banshees

8.) Elephant Talk - King Crimson

9.) Everywhere At Once - The Plimsouls

10.) What Do You Want From Life? - The Tubes

11.) Why Don't We Do It In The Road - Lydia Lunch

12.) Arias and Symphonies - The Spoons

13.) Grooving In Green - March Violets

14.) Conspiracy - Play Dead

15.) Tower Of Strength - The Mission

16.) Two Into One - Balaam and the Angel

17.) Shadow Of Love - The Damned

18.) Under The Milky Way - The Church

19.) Wedding Vows In Vegas - Was [Not Was]

20.) Anything, Anything - Dramarama

21.) White Wedding [Pt. 1] - Billy Idol

We went deep this week - bands we're sure you're going to love, but may never have heard of. Also, an awesome mix from Rhythm Scholar, and we start giving our Twitter followers some love - and it's all free! Thanks for listening - our fans are the best!

1.) Both Feet On The Ground - Elements

2.) Zarah - Nina Hagen

3.) Cloudburst At Shingle Street - Thomas Dolby

4.) Love Cats [Extended Mix] - The Cure

5.) In My Dreams - The Gents

6.) Two Of Us - Two Of Us

7.) You're On My Side - Seona Dancing

8.) Last Goodbye - Screaming For Emily

9.) Emeralds and Pearls - Freur

10.) Room At The Top - Adam Ant

11.) Close [edited] - Art Of Noise

12.) Voices - Siouxsie and The Banshees

13.) September - Cast Of Thousands

14.) Shake [Sell Your Soul] - Crazy House

15.) Always On My Mind [Extended Dance Mix] - Pet Shop Boys

16.) The One Thing [Rhythm Scholar Dangerous Razors Remix] - INXS

17.) Sloppy [I Saw My Baby Gettin'] - Devo

18.) Sunset Now - Heaven 17

19.) I Got You - Split Endz

20.) What Do All The People Know? - Monroes

Welcome to another podcast! Valentine's Day is right around the corner - and that sucks if you're single. With that in mind, this isn't a mushy, lovey-dovey podcast. Enjoy your singleness! 

1. Human Sexual Response - Andy fell

2. Tears For fears - Change [Extended Version]

3. Wire - Ahead

4. Yaz - Sweet Thing

5. The Rings - Uh Oh (Here I Go Again)

6. Revolting Cocks - (Let's get) Physical 

7. Beastie Boys - Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun

8. That Petrol Emotion - Big Decsion

9. Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall In Love [remix - edit]

10. Killer Pussy - Pocket Pool

11. The Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You

12. Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises

13. David + David - Being Alone Together

14. Soft Cell - Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go

15. 'til Tuesday - Voices Carry

16. Icehouse - Goodbye Valentine

17. Roxy Music - True To Life

18. ABC - The Look Of Love

19. Berlin - Heartstrings

20. Echo and The Bunnymen - All You Need Is Love

21. The Cure - In Between Days

Welcome to yet another podcast! Loud pounding drums to get your heart racing this week! Crank it up, relax and enjoy a good soild pounding!

Track Listing:

1.) Lords of the New Church - Holy War

2.) The Waterboys - Rags

3.) Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

4.) Psuedo Echo - Destination Unknown

5.) Simple minds - Waterfront

6.) Big Country - 1000 Stars

7.) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Only Star In Heaven

8.) Siouxsie and The Banshees - Dazzle [Glamour Mix]

9.) Public Image Limited - Rise

10.) Missing Persons - Windows

11.) The Cure - Hanging Garden

12.) Jesus and Mary Chain - UV Ray

13.) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill [12" Mix]

14.) U2 - Desire [Hollywood Remix]

15.) The Cars - Up and Down

16.) The Call - Everywhere I Go

17.) M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume

18.) Devo - That's Good!

Happy New year! We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as we did - great time with new friends and family. Starting the podcast with a shout out to our friend Darrin - Happy Birthday buddy! Darrin, if you didn't already know, is that professional sounding voice you hear at the opening of every podcast, and can be heard mornings on B93 & B97 on Hawaii during morning drive, and you can hear him online on their website http://www.b97hawaii.com/. Now - how about some awesome music? Went mainstream a bit, although used a few lesser-heard remixes. Hope y'all enjoy!

1. Altered Images - Happy Birthday [12" mix]

2. Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence [The Longer Mix]

3. Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain [Remix]

4. Information Society - Hard Currency

5. FGTH - Relax [Original 12" mix]

6. Kraftwerk - Robotronik

7. U2 - New Year's Day

8. Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me [12" Version]

9. Peter Gabriel - Big Time [Rare Unreleased version]

10. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 [Extended Version]

11. The Clash - Straight To Hell [Unedited Version]

12. Thomas Dolby - Flying North [High Altitude Extended Version]

13. Romeo Void - Your Life Is A Lie

14. P.I.L. - Disappointed [Extended Mix]

15. House Of Love - I Don't Know Why I Love You

16. Art Of Noise - Legs [Last Leg Mix]

Hard to believe another year has gone by already! Well, we hope that all of our listeners have a most happy and joyous Christmas and holiday season, no matter how you celebrate! This podcast is full of some of your favorite 80's artists and their renditions of Christmas tunes. So grab some eggnog, light the fire, gather 'round the tree and enjoy this seasonal audio gift to you. Thank all of you for listening, and we will see you in the new year! 

Sick as a dog, and my voice STILL hasn't gotten any better, but I HAD to get a podcast out to y'all. Bear with me as I muddle through with a raspy voice on this edition of Alternative 80s!

Track Listing:

1.) Adam Ant - Car Trouble

2.) Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

3.) Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants

4.) Human League - Boys and Girls [Tom Baker Mix]

5.) Soft Cell - Secret Life

6.) Ultravox - We Came To Dance

7.) Yazoo - Tuesday 

8.) Thompson Twins - Perfect Game

9.) Howard Jones - Hide and Seek

10.) Thomas Dolby - Radio Silence

11.) Japan - Visions of China

12.) Joy Division - Atmosphere

13.) The Undertones - Wednesday Week

14.) The Jam - The Dreams of Children

15.) Madness - Grey Day

16.) Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at You 

17.) Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way [Extended mix]

18.) Sparks - Eaten By The Monster Of Love

19.) Jesus and Mary Chain - Blues From A Gun

20.) The Police - Reggatta de Blanc

21.) The Alarm - Rain In The Summertime [Extended Version 1]

22.) The Fixx - Secret Separation [Extended Mix]

Had a great submission from a listener, and we thought it would be fun to pass it along to everyone out there! Enjoy this mix from Enrique, and we'll have a brand new podcast up in a few days!

Track Listing:

1.) Der Kommisar - After The Fire

2.) Our House - Madness

3.) Kiss Me - Tin Tin

4.) American-Soviets [Dallas Mix] - C.C.C.P.

5.) So Alive - Love and Rockets

6. Fine Time [Silk Mix] - New Order

7.) All She Wants Is [Eurohouse Mix] - Duran Duran

8.) The Great Commandment - Camouflage

9.) Touch [Part 3] - Secession

10.) Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

11.) Just Can't Get Enough [Schizo Mix] - Depeche Mode

12.) Nowhere Girl - B-Movie

13.) I Melt With You [Bass Meltdown Mix] - Modern English

14.) I Ran [So Far Away] - A Flock of Seagulls

15.) Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy

16.) Forever Young [Special Dance Version] - Alphaville (ends early)

Welcome to the end of October! Hopefully you grabbed last week's Halloween podcast and are still playing it. Tried to lighten the mood a bit after the dark themes from the last podcast. Here's hoping y'all enjoy it! Remember you now find us on Stitcher at http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/alternative-80s as well as iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/alternative-80s/id646582036?mt=2 Kepp spreading the word, and get your requests in!

1.) Away - The Bolshoi 

2.) The Bridge - Cactus World News

3.) Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

4.) Working With Fire and Steel [mix] - China Crisis

5.) A Million Things - The Lucy Show

6.) Living On The Ceiling - Blangmange

7.) Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One - The Smiths

8.) Mother's Talk [Beat of the Drum mix] - Tears For Fears

9.) Infected - The The

10.) Seattle - Public Image ltd.

11.)  Big Time Operator - Dead Milkmen

12.)  Give It Time - The Woodentops

13.)  My Boyfriend - The Cucumbers

14.)  Revenge - Ministry

15.)  Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants

16.)  Preacher Man - Fields Of The Nephlim

17.)  Beauty Lies In The Eye - Sonic Youth

18.)  Birds Fly [Whisper To A Scream] - Icicle Works

19.)  I Got The Message - Men Without Hats

20.)  Chizoola - Haysi Fantayzee

21.)  Never You Done That - General Public

22.)  Milk From The Coconut [part 1] - Toto Coleo

It's that time again - dark & spooky tunes that are perfect for Halloween! Lower the lights & enjoy this horrific feast!

1.) Depeche Mode - Black Celebration

2.) The Stranglers - Ghost Train

3.) Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch

4.) Ministry - Every Day is Halloween

5.) Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby

6.) The Cure - At Night

7.) Bauhaus - Bela Lugosis Dead

8.) Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Devil's Night Out

9.) Siousxie & The Banshees - Eve White Eve Black

10.) Echo & The Bunnymen - My White Devil

11.) Flock of Seagulls - Nightmares

12.) INXS - Devil Inside

13.) Joy Division - Dead Souls

14.) The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf

15.) Laurie Anderson - The Day The Devil

16.) The Pixies - Dead

17.) Jesus & Mary Chain - Nine Million Rainy Days

18.) MLWTTK - ...and This Is What The Devil Does

19.) Book of Love - Witchcraft

20.) B52s - Devil in My Car

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Finally - a new podcast! Between an almost week-long system failure, followed up with a two-day internet interruption, I thought we'd never get this podcast up! Well here it is, a week later than planned (hence the date discrepancy at the opening), but better later than never. So here it is - hope y'all enjoy it. And hey - welcome to all the new listeners who have found us as a result of us now being on Stitcher!

Track Listing:

1.)  Heaven - Psychedlic Furs

2.) Could This Be Heaven - Original Mirrors 

3.) Images of Heaven - Peter Godwin 

4.) (Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory

5.) If There's A Heaven Above - Love and Rockets 

6.) Heaven - Talking Heads 

7.) P4F- Propaganda For Frankie

8.) Blondie - Will Anything Happen?

9.) The Walls Came Down - The Cult 

10.) Positively Lost Me- Rave-Ups

11.) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 

12.) This Green City - The Glove 

13.) Language Is a Virus - Laurie Anderson 

14.) Running Up That Hill [12"  Mix] - Kate Bush 

15.) Pale Shelter [EP Extended Version] - Tears for Fears 

16.) One Thing Leads To Another [Rhythm Scholar Full Deception Remix] - The Fixx 

17.)  Two Hearts Beat As One - U2

18.) Escape the Escape - Tuesday Blue

19.) Icehouse - Uniform [German version]

1.)  Love Action [I Believe In Love] - Human League

2.) Obsession [Dance Floor Mix] - Animotion 

3.) Never Say Never - Romeo Void

4.) Who Do You Want To Be - Oingo Boingo

5.) Rage Hard [12 inch] - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 

6.) Kick - Gene Loves Jezebel 

7.) All Your Time - Blue Peter

8.)  Two Rivers - Idle Eyes 

9.) Give Me Back My Man - B-52s 

10.) Castaway - Mi-Sex

11.) Words [The Edge edit] - Missing Persons

12.) Atari Baby ['97 Remix] - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 

12.) The Screams Of Passion - The Family 

13.)  Deep Within My Heart - The Twins

14.) Baby Pain - Simon F

15.) 3D Dance - Trans-X

16.) I Love You - Yello

17.) Real World - White China

18.) Legs [Inside Leg Mix] - Art of Noise

Like the Cure? So do we! Thought it might be fun to dedicate a show to one of our favorite bands, but with a little twist - all the songs are covers. So enjoy the fun, enjoy the tunes - and thanks a ton for downloading and listening to us!

Track listing:

1. The Lovecats - Ok Go

2. A Forest - Carpathian Forest

3. All Cats Are Grey - Acid Ice Flows

4. The Hanging Garden - AFI

5. Cold - Autumnblaze

6. Inbetween Days - Ben Folds

7. Seventeen Seconds - Cowboy Junkies

8. Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.

9. Lullaby - Dreadful Shadows

10. A Night Like This - God Module

11. Let's Go To Bed - Ivy

12. Boys Don't Cry - Junk Monkeys

13. The Figurehead - Nebelhexe

14. Pictures of You - Lit

15. Primary - Bell, Book and Candle

16. Lovesong - Snake River Conspiracy

17. Six Different Ways - The Casket Lottery

18. One Hundred Years - Nosferatu

19. Close to Me - Why

20. Fascination Street - Xu Xu Fang

21. Meathook - Jawbox

22.  Spiders, Crocodiles & Kryptonite - Faithless