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Episode #194 - Merry Christmas 2019

It's that time again! Eggnog, mistletoe, crowded malls & maxed out credit cards. Take time to relax this Christmas season with our gift to you - our annual Christmas podcast. Merry Christmas!

Track Listing:

1) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives

2) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners

3) Santa Claus - They Might Be Giants

4) We Wish You A Protein Christmas - The Fall

5) The Snow Miser Song - 45 Grave

6) Merry Christmas Everybody (Live) - The Cure

7) 867-5309  / Jenny (Christmas Version) - Tommy Tutone

8) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacCall

9) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips

10) It's Always Christmastime - Al Jourgenson

11) White Christmas - Bad Religion

12) She Won't Be Home - Erasure

13) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - R.E.M.

14) Jingle Bells (Diversion 1) - Art Of Noise

15) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

16) Always Winter Never Christmas - XTC

17) Christmas In Vegas - Marc Almond

18) Stuff The Turkey - Alien Sex Fiend

19) We Three Kings - Book Of Love

20) Black Christmas - Poly Styrene

21) Christmas Griping - R.E.M.

22) Things Fall Apart - Cristina

23) Santa Claus - Throwing Muses

24) Mrs Clause Has Menopause - The Steriles

25) Bells Of Christmas - Gentlemen League

26) Silent Night - The Dickies

27) Christmas Time - The dBs

28) Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World) - Band Aid





Episode #193 - November 2019

Welcome to November! No special themes or dedications this month - just great music y'all know and love, or will after listening to this month's podcast!

Track List:

1) The Edge - The Cars

2) Don't Go To Pieces - The Cars

3) Genetic Engineering - OMD

4) I Love You [Extended Mix] - Yello

5) Like An Animal [12" Club? What Club? Mix] - The Glove

6) Sowing The seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears

7) A Promise - Echo And the Bunnymen

8) Blind Vision [12" Version] - Blancmange

9) Mary Of The 4th Form - Boomtown Rats

10) Seconds - Human League

11) Too Much Too Young - The Specials

12) Between Planets - The Jesus And Mary Chain

13) Legacy [7' Mix] - Art Of Noise

14) A Feeling - Throwing Muses

15) Galbi [The Emilio Pasquez Mix] - Ofra Haza

16) Watching (You Watching Me) - Thompson Twins

17) My City Was Gone - The Pretenders

18) Smart Patrol / Mr DNA - Devo

19) Kung Fu Girls - Blondie

20) Wild Ways - Nasa





Episode #192 - Halloween 2019


It's October, which of course brings us the annual Halloween podcast. Do you have what it takes to listen to the end?


Track Listing

1) Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) - Dead Or Alive

2) Bloodletting [The Vampire Song] - Concrete Blonde

3) Full Moon Dirty Hearts - INXS with Chrissie Hynde

4) Swamp Thing - The Chameleons

5) I'm A Werewolf, Baby - The Tragically Hip

6) Magic - Mick Smiley

7) Weird Science [Extended Dance Mix] - Oingo Boingo

8) Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds

9) Spirits In The Material World - The Police

10) Devil In My Car - B-52s

11) Lucretia My Reflection - The Sisters Of Mercy

12) Dead Souls - Joy Division

13) Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love And Rockets

14) Everyday Is Halloween - Ministry

15) Black Celebration [Black Tulip Mix] - Depeche Mode

16) Killing Game - Skinny Puppy

17) Nightmares [12" Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls

18) Christine [Rare 12" Version] - John Carpenter





Episode #191 - Take off, You Hoser!

How's it going, eh? Beauty. So, like, this is by request. Ok - so a listener asked if we had  enough Canadian artists to make a podcast. Of course we do - more than enough! So put on your toque, fire up some back bacon, grab a cold one and listen to this podcast full of tunes from our friends in the Great White North.

Track Listing:

1) Eyes Of A Stranger - Payola$

2) Gonna Get Close To You - Dalbello

3) Mimi On The Beach - Jane Silberry

4) Not In Love - Platinum Blonde

5) Out Of Luck - Pointed Sticks

6) Teenland - Northern Pikes

7) Living On Video [Original 1983 Version] - Trans-X

8) I'm An Adult Now - The Pursuit Of Happiness

9) Sunglasses At Night [Extended Version] - Corey Hart

10) Apple Strudel Man - Jolly Tambourine Man

11) Hawaii - Young Canadians

12) Disco Sucks - D.O.A.

13) Where Do The Boys Go? [Extended Version] - Men Without Hats

14) Lust For Love - Images In Vogue

15) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins

16) City Of Night - Rational Youth

17) The Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide - The Kings

18) Nova Heart - The Spoons

19) Tired Of Waking Up Tired - The Diodes

20) Runaway With My Love - Tapps

21) I Want You Back - Sherry Kean

22) Take Off - Bob and Doug McKenzie (with Geddy Lee)

Episode #190 - Now With New Protein Boost!

Welcome to August, 2019. As we we slowly start heading into pumpkin spice season, we refuse to let go of summer! This month we bring you some hot hits and shiny tunes, guaranteed to keep you warm without the fear of awkward tan lines.

Track Listing: 

1.) Not One Of Us - Peter Gabirel 

2.) Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax 

3.) Follow The Leaders - Killing Joke 

4.) I Beg Your Pardon [Club Mix] - Kon Kan 

5.) Alone Again Or - The Damned 

6.) Low Life - The Police 

7.) Mercury Blues - Dave Lindley 

8.) Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney 

9.) Chihuahua [12" version] - Bow Wow Wow 

10.) Burn - The Cure 

11.) Houses In Motion - Talking Heads 

12.) A Dream Away - The Cars 

13.) Run Like A Villain - Iggy Pop 

14.) Big In America - The Stranglers 

15.) Nice N Neat - Boomtown Rats 

16.) Treason (It's Just A Story) - The Teardrop Explodes 

17.) Everything's Gone Green [Original 12" Version] - New Order 

18.) Original Sin [Dance Version] - INXS 

19.) Rage Hard [Young Person's Guide To The 12 Inch Mix] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood







Episode #189 - The Podcast Has Landed

This week marks the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first time a man set foot on the moon.  In honor of that, we decided to take a trip into space with a selection of space tunes event the pickiest of astronauts could appreciate!

Track Listing:

1) Holiday On The Moon - Love and Rockets 

2) There's A Moon In The Sky (Called the Moon) - B-52s 

3) Girl In The Moon - Icehouse 

4) Supersonic Rocket Ship - The Kinks 

5) Space Invaders - The Pretenders 

6) Spacelab - Kraftwerk 

7) Walking On The Moon - The Police 

8) Valentina - Komputer 

9) Earth Sun Moon - Love and Rockets 

10) New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran 

11) Space Junk - Devo 

12) Moon Rocks - Talking Heads 

13) Under The Cherry Moon - Prince 

14) Sister Moon - Sting 

15) The Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys 

16) Super Rocket Rumble - Man or Astro-Man 

17) Jupiter Crash - The Cure 

18) Space Oddity - David Bowie 

19) Under The Milky Way [Version 1] - The Church 

20) Moon On Ice - Yello 

21) Dancing In the Moonlight - Mew Without Hats 

22) The Killing Moon - Echo And the Bunnymen 

23) Major Tom [Coming Home] - Pete Schilling 

24) Moon 83 - B52s 

25) I'm Here...Another Planet - Juno Reactor and The Creatures




 

Episode #188 - My World, But There She Goes.

Welcome to July 2019. Hot weather and hot music to go along with it. Got us a podcast going, and this one is great if you're poolside, in traffic, or whatever you're doing. Enjoy!

Track List:

1) Secret Affair - My World 

2) Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United 

3) Kim Wilde -  Cambodia 

4) Eddie and The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 

5) Falco - Vienna Calling 

6) Siouxsie and The Banshees - Staring Back / Return 

7) Joy Division - She's Lost Control 

8) Plastic Bertrand - Sha La La La Lee 

9) Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums 

10) Then Jerico - Big Area (12" Mix) 

11) Flock Of Seagulls - Modern Love Is Automatic 

12) Orange Juice - Rip It Up 

13) Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop 

14) Flying Lizards - Money (Extended Rework Mischief Brew Re Edit)  

15) The Farm - Groovy Train 

16) Joe Jackson - Got The Time 

17) Pig Bag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag (12") 

18) Sparks - Beat The Clock 

19) The La's - There She Goes 

20) Bauhaus - She's In Parties 

21) Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly


Episode #187 - Remember Roxy?

Hey gang! Welcome to June 2019. Roxy has graced us with her presence, and were doing better than ever! So kick back and enjoy another fantastic dose of Alternative 80s!

Track Listing- 

1) Hello Again [Extended Mix] - The Cars 

2) Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam 

3) It's Going To Happen - Undertones 

4) Cities In Dust [12'' Eruption Mix] - Siouxsie and the Banshees 

5) To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet 

6) Enola Gay - OMD 

7) Ranking Full Stop - The Beat 

8) I Will Follow - U2 

9) Heartland - The The 

10) Speed Racer [Extended Version] - Devo 

11) Manic Monday - Prince 

12) All Stood Still [12" Version] - Ultravox 

13) Gotta Get Away - Stiff Little Fingers 

14) Temptation [12" Mix] - New Order 

15) The Raven - The Stranglers 

16) See Those Eyes [Dance Mix} - Altered Images 

17) The Sound Of The Crowd - Human League 

18) Radio Africa - Bhundu Boys 

19) Right Now - The Creatures 

20) Tears Are Not Enough - ABC 

21) Heaven - Psychedelic Furs


Episode #186 - Oh Look, Morrisey Cancelled Again

Hoppy April - Springtime, Easter candy, bunnies and the sort. Of course it means the sweet taste of Alternative 80's. This podcast selects promises to steer you clear of the dentist - enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - The Smiths 

2) Now It's My Turn - Berlin 

3) Roam [Extended remix] - B-52s 

4) Isolation - Joy Division 

5) I Melt With You - Modern English 

6) White Riot - The Clash 

7) Staring At The Rude Boys - The Ruts 

8) Pop Life [Fresh Dance Mix] - Prince 

9) I'm The Man - Joe Jackson 

10) Let's Go all The Way [Multi-Mix] - Sly Fox 

11) Wings Of A Dove [Blue Train Mix] - Madness 

12) I Want - Department S 

13) Angel Eyes [12" Mix] - Roxy Music 

14) Mars Bars - The Undertones 

15) One World (Not Three) [Live in Atlanta] - The Police 

16) Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead - Ultravox 

17) Da Da Da [Long Version] - Trio 

18) Noise In This World - English Beat 

19) Banana Splits - The Dickies 

20) See Those Eyes [Dance Mix] - Altered Images 

21 E.F.L. [Kiss single mix] - Art Of Noise



Episode #185 - Celebrate Andy and Mark's Contributions

Saying farewell to great musicians from the 80's is starting to happen way too often, but I guess it's part of life.Instead of sadness, let's celebrate by enjoying the awesome music we've been given. While they may have passed away, their legacy lives on in their musical contributions.

Track List:

1) Like An Animal [Club? What Club? Mix] - The Glove

2) Shake Dog Shake - The Cure 

3) Such A Shame [U.S. Extended version] - Talk Talk 

4) Crying In The Rain - Mark Hollis 

5) Rumble In Brighton - Stray Cats 

6) Eighties - Killing Joke 

7) On My Radio - The Selector 

8) Infected - The The 

9) Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive 

10) No Mercy [Rare Rejected 12" Mix] - The Stranglers 

11) Glad It's All Over - Captain Sensible 

12) Peppermint Pig [12" mix] - Cocteau Twins 

13) Rat In Mi Kitchen - UB40 

14) The Motive [Bob Clearmountain USA Mix] - Then Jerico 

15) Here Today - The Chameleons 

16) Brilliant Mind [12" Mix] - Furniture 

17) Deliverance - The Mission 

18) One Great Thing [Extended Mix] - Big Country 

19) Where's Captain Kirk - Spizzenergi


Episode #185 - Great Stuff

Another Valentine's Day has passed us by without us dedicating a podcast to it! Instead, great stuff, some even from the 70's. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) Joan Jett - Everyday People 

2) Pretenders - Bad Boys Get Spanked 

3) House Of Love - Christine 

4) Duran Duran - Rio 

5) Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory 

6) Generation X - Your Generation 

7) Bad Manners - Walking In The Sunshine 

8) Laid Back - White Horse [Extended Version] 

9) The Stranglers - Nice And Sleazy 

10) Bronski Beat and Marc Almond - I Feel Love 

11) David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging 

12) O.M.D. - Live And Die 

13) Dr. Feel Good - Milk And Alcohol 

14) Buzzcocks - What Do I Get 

15) Erasure - Blue Savannah 

16) Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool

17) Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science 

18) Adam Ant - Beat My Guest 

19) Simple Minds - Waterfront 

20) ABC - Vanity Kills [Abigail's Party Mix] 

21) The Art Of Noise - Close [to Being Compiled]

Episode #184 - Dr Demento tribute.

A podcast for you fans who asked for a Dr Demento style podcast! Parodies and original comedy of the kind you would find on the Dr Demento show. Never heard of Dr D? Well, you're in for a treat.

1) Barnes and Barnes with Sulu - High School Gym

2) Jeff Jaisun - Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent 

3) The Holy Modal Rounders - Boobs A Lot 

4) The Fools - Psycho Chicken 

5) Fred Blassie - Pencil Neck Geek 

6) Hank, Stu, Dave and Hank - Dead Dog Rover 

7) Alfred E. Neuman - It's A Gas! 

8) Eddie Murphy - Boogie In Your Butt 

9) Julie Brown - The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun 

10) Slant 6 and The Jumpstarts - Mrs. Fletcher 

11) Damascus - Making Love In A Subaru 

12) Travesty Limited - Rock N Roll Doctor 

13) The Firm - Star Trekkin 

14) The Ogden Edsel Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzaro Band - Kinko The Clown 

15) Tom "T-Bone" Stankus - Existential Blues 

16) The Frantics - Last Will And Temperament 

17) The Swinging Eurodites - Walk With An Erection 

18) Scott Beach - Religion And Politics 

19) Ogden Edsel - Dead Puppies 

20) Steve Goodman - A Dying Cubs Fan Last Request

21) Barnes And Barnes - Fish Heads 

22) Frank Zappa - Titties And Beer 

23) Weird Al Yankovic - Another One Rides The Bus 

24) The Vestibules - Bulbous Bouffant 

25) National Lampoon - Deteriorata 

26) Monty Python - Spam 

27) Kip Adotta - Wet Dream 

28) Little Roger And The Goosebumps - Stairway To Gilligan's Island 

29) Tom Lehrer - The Element Song 

30) Weird Al Yankovic - Won't Eat Prunes Again (Live on Dr Demento June 1980) 

Episode #183 - Welcome to 2019

It's 2019 - time to once again fire up those Walkmans and jam to some awesome 80's tunes, some you know, some you dont...but all are worth listening to more than once! 


Track Listing;

1) Reflex - The Politics Of Dancing [Extended Version] 

2) Arcadia - Election Day [The Consensus Mix] 

3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Wish (The Lads Were Here) 

4) Romeo Void - Just Too Easy 

5) Stabilizers - (If I) Found Rome 

6) The Armoury Show - Castles In Spain 

7) Art Of Noise - Spies Like Us [Alternative Mix] 

8) Roxy Music - The Main Thing [12" Mix] 

9) Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion 

10) Cocteau Twins - Watchlar 

11) The Rings - Take The Chance 

12) Gleaming Spires - Are You Ready For The Sex Girls 

13) My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - ...And This Is What The Devil Does 

14) Nitzer Ebb - Murderous [Remix] 

15) Kraftwerk - Tour De France [French Version] 

16) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust [Eruption Mix] 

17) The Cure - Primary [Extended Mix]



Episode #182 - End of Year Countdown: 1988

Happy New Year! This time we bring you a look back at 1988 - the top 25 Alternative hits. Perfect music for your New Year's Eve hangover recovery.

Countdown List:

25) Bedbugs and Ballyhoo [Club Mix] - Echo and the Bunnymen 

24) Cinderella Undercover - Oingo Boingo 

23) Balloon Man - Robyn Hitchcock 

22) The Great Commandment - Camouflage 

21)  The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil 

20) (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads 

19) Suspicion [Jezebel Mix] - Gene Loves Jezebel 

18) Always On My Mind [Extended Dance Version] - Pet Shop Boys 

17) Christine - House Of Love 

16) Reach - Martini Ranch 

15) Stop This Car [Motor Mix] - The Woodentops 

14) Prison Bound - Social Distortion 

13) Tears Run Rings [Justin Strauss Remix] - Marc Almond 

12) Crash -The Primitives

11) Wild World - Maxi Priest 

10) Kick - INXS 

9) Wild Thing - Tone Loc 

8) Touched By  The Hand Of God [Original 12"] - New Order 

7) Chains Of Love - Erasure 

6) Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 

5) Every Day Is Like Sunday - Morrisey 

4) Desire - U2 

3) Peek-A-Boo [Silver Dollar Mix] - Siouxsie And The Banshees 

2) Harley David (Son Of A Bitch) - Bollock Brothers 

1) Route 66 [Casualty Mix]


Episode #181 - Christmas 2018

Christmas is here once again, so let's all have some fun. Don't forget 10 pints a night, and don't forget to come....to the last party of course. Merry Christmas faithful listeners, and new ones as well!

Track List:

1) Bananarama - Baby It's Christmas 

2) The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping 

3) Run D.M.C. - Christmas In Hollis 

4) Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter

5) Gentleman League - Bells Of Christmas 

6) Art Of Noise - Jingle Bells (Diversion 1) [Original Mix by Ken Ward] 

7) Max Headroom - Merry Christmas, Santa Claus (You're A Lovely Guy)

8) Cristina - Things Fall Apart 

9) Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland 

10) Queen - Thank God It's Christmas 

11) Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas 

12) Prince - Another Lonely Christmas (Extended Version) 

13) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Power Of Love (Alternative Mix) 

14) Cocteau Twins - Frosty The Snowman 

15) Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas 

16) Dean Martin - Baby It's Cold Outside (Arp Mix) 

17)  Annie Lennox - The Holly And the Ivy 

18) Aimee Mann - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 

19) XTC (aka Three Wise Men) - Countdown To Christmas Party Time 

20) Siouxsie and The Banshees - Israel 

21) Captain Sensible - One Christmas Catalog 

22) Yello - Jingle Bells (Santa Club Mix) 

23) Throwing Muses - Santa Claus 

24) Pretenders - 2000 Miles 

25) The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytail Of New York

26) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?





Episode #180 - New Old Vinyl!

We've been slowly transferring a lot of our 12" vinyl remixes to digital, and I'm happy to say the project is almost complete! I really need to resist the temptation to just play them all at once, but that's no fun. So enjoy this podcast's lovely selection of rare and not so rare music!

Track List;

1) Sledgehammer [Extended Dance Mix] - Peter Gabriel 

2) Out Of Control - U2 

3) Pictures Of You - Berlin 

4) Do Think I'm Sexy - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 

5) In A Big Country [Pure Mix] - Big Country 

6) Channel Z [Rock Mix] - B--52s 

7) Voices Carry [Long Version] - til Tuesday 

8) Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) [Extended Club Mix] - Icicle Works 

9) Everywhere I Go [Extended remix] - The Call 

10) Could Be Her, Could Be You - Thompson Twins 

11) Police On My Back - The Clash 

12) The Great Rock 'N Roll Swindle - Sex Pistols 

13) Love Missile F-111 [Extended Version] - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 

14) Will Anything Happen - Blondie 

15) Bad Reputation - Joan Jett 

16) Warsaw - Joy Division 

17) A New Day [7"] - Killing Joke 

18) Cars [Extended "E" Reg Model] - Gary Numan 

19) Shooting For You - The Cars




Episode #179 - Halloween 2018

Another fright fest is upon us - time for a ghoulish treat! We didn't go so deep this year, we tried to keep it light and fun, but still with an alternative touch. Happy Halloween!

Track Listing:

1) Electric Chair (remix) - Prince 

2) Witchcraft (Extended mix) - Book Of Love 

3) Everyday Is Halloween (Retro Electro Mix) - Ministry 

4) Devil Inside - INXS 

5) Release The Bats - Birthday Party 

6) Devil Bunnies - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 

7) The Sky's Gone Out - Bauhaus 

8) I Before E Except After C - Yaz 

9) Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Mix) - Duran Duran 

10) Monster - Fred Schneider 

11) Crowleymass - Current 93 

12) Dracula's Tango (12" Mix) - Toto Coleo 

13) Pagan Love Song - Virgin Prunes 

14) Are You Ready For Freddy - Fat Boys 

15) Little Devil - Adam Ant 

16) Weird Science (Extended mix) - Oingo Boingo 

17) A Short Term Effect - The Cure 

18) Halloween - Siouxsie and The Banshees 

19) Happy Death Men -  Echo And the Bunnymen




Episode #178 - Feel good fun in the summertime

As the summer winds down (sort of) here in the states, we figured this would be a good week for some simple, feel-good hits from the 80's


Track List;

1) Sixty-Eight Guns [Single Version] - The Alarm 

2) Song For A Future Generation - B-52s 

3) Sowing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears 

4) Man Made - A Flock Of Seagulls 

5) Dear God - XTC 

6) Vive Le Rock [Unreleased Rico Conning 12" Mix] - Adam Ant 

7) Don't Change - INXS 

8) Come Back Friday - Wide Boy Awake 

9) Love Train [Ride The 'A' Train 12" Maxi Single] - Holly Johnson 

10) Listen To The Sirens - Tubeway Army 

11) Everything Counts [Original 1983 Mix] - Depeche Mode 

12) O Superman - Laurie Anderson 

13) Rat Race - The Specials 

14) Too Good To Talk To - The English Beat 

15) Be Good Johnny - Men At Work 

16) A Day At The Races - Art Of Noise 

17) The Race - Yello 

18) Last Cigarette - Dramarama 

19) Sweet Thing - Yazoo 

Episode #177 - Wir zeigen Hommage an großartige Musik aus Deutschland!

Welcome to mid-year! Where has the summer gone? We thought it would be nice to focus this podcast on German artists. We've done a couple of other countries in the past, and figured Germany deserved the spotlight this time around. So crank it up and enjoy!

Track List:

1. Nina Hagen - Univesal Radio [Universal Dance Mix] 

2. Alphaville - Big In Japan [Extended Remix] 

3. Nena - Just A Dream 

4. Propaganda - Jewel 

5. Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk 

6.Klaus Nomi - Rubberband Lazer 

7. Kraftwerk - The Robots 

8. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz 

9. Die Krupps - Fur Einen Augenblick 

10. D.A.F. - Der Mussolini ['88 Remix] 

11. Einstürzende Neubauten - Yü-Gung [Adrian Sherwood-Mix]

12.Peter Schilling - 120 Grad 

13. Modern Talking - Jet Airliner 

14. Trio - Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha [Long Version] 

15. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus [Salieri Version] 

16. These Guys? - Yes, It's True [NYC Full Subway Mix]

Outro music: Art Of Noise - Happy Harry's High Club







Episode #176 - When did it become July???

Hey there Alt80 fans! Uhm - when did July happen? I hadn't realized so much time occurred since the last podcast! I guess we better get down to it, eh?

Track Listing -

1) The World Is My Oyster (Scrapped)/(Trapped) - FGTH 

2) Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds 

3) Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? - Soft Cell 

4) A to Z - ABC 

5) Gateway To Hell - Thrill Kill Kult 

6) The Choke - Skinny Puppy 

7) Control I'm Here - Nitzer Ebb 

8) Emeralds And Pearls - Freur 

9) Just One Kiss - The Cure 

10) Dead Souls - Joy Division 

11) After The Rain - Comsat Angels 

12) Hit The Mark - Fiction Factory 

13) One Small Day (Special Remix) - Ultravox 

14) Don't Tell Me (Dance Remix) - Blacmange 

15) Cloudbusting (Video Mix) - Kate Bush 

16) Wir Leben Immer Noch (Lucky Number) - Nina Hagen Band 

17) Gut Felling / Slap Your Mammy - Devo 

18) No Time This Time - The Police



Episode #175 - Happy?

At a loss for a clever title, we went with a P.I.L. song title, despite not playing it on the podcast. Just great music this podcast, no tricky themes - enjoy!

Track Listing:

1. Disappointed - P.I.L. 

2. In The Name Of Love [Big Value Version, April1982] - Thompson Twins 

3. Rational Youth - No More And No Less 

4. The Lucy Show - A Million Thing [Original Mix] 

5. I Can Crawl - Abandon 

6. The Fixx - Built For The Future [12" Rock Version] 

7. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Monitor 

8. Art Of Noise - Legs [Inside Leg Mix] 

9. Altered Images - I Could Be Happy [Martin Rushent Remix] 

10. Hohokam - Harlequin Tears 

11. Expression - The Waiting Game 

12. White Door - Flame To My Heart 

13. Combo Audio - Romanticide 

14. Bongos - Number With Wings 

15. Romeo Void - Never Say Never 

16. Sparks - Eaten By The Monster Of Love 

17. Prince - The Dance Electric


Episode #174.1 - Ready Listener One

So we accidentally uploaded the incorrect podcast file last night, giving you a double dose of our last podcast. Things are better today, so here we go again, with the latest update. If you're curious why the author chose some of these songs to be in his book, you can read that here.


Track Listing (as created by Ready Player One author , Ernest Cline)

01 – Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
02 – Billy Idol – Dancin’ With Myself
03 – Family Ties – Opening Theme
04 – Schoolhouse Rock – Verb
05 – Duran Duran – Wild Boys
06 – John Williams – Star Wars Soundtrack – The Throne Room End Title
07 – Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
08 – Howard Jones – Like To Get To Know You Well
09 – Basil Poledouris – Conan The Barbarian – Anvil Of Crom
10 – Ladyhawke Soundtrack – Main Title
11 – Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra
12 – The Beepers – Video Fever
13 – Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance
14 – New Order – Blue Monday 88 Remix
15 – Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake
16 – Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
17 – Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time
18 – LA Style – James Brown Is Dead
19 – Blondie – Atomic
20 – Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
21 – The Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away
22 – Change – John Waite
23 – Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
24 – They Might Be Giants -Don’t Let’s Start
25 – Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
26 – Bryan Adams – Kids Wanna Rock
27 – Buckner & Garcia – Pacman Fever
28 – Rush – The Temples of Syrinx
29 – AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Cheap
30 – Schoolhouse Rock – Three is a Magic Number
31 – Rush – Subdivisions


Episode #173 - Nothing Too Deep

We're still alive! Been a while since the last podcast, and we figured we'd go easy this time around and just play some great Alternative favorites. We probably don't even need a playlist since y'all are so smart, but we'll do one anyhow. Enjoy!

Track List:

1) Let Me Go - Heaven 17 

2) It's My Life [Extended 12"] - Talk Talk 

3) The Walls Came Down - The Call 

4) Waterfall - Wendy and Lisa 

5) 19 [Destruction Mix] - Paul Hardcastle 

6) Send Me An Angel [1986 Extended Mix] - Real Life 

7) Leipzig - Tomas Dolby 

8) Never Say Never [12" remix] - Romeo Void 

9) Obsession [extended] - Animotion 

10) Let's Dance [12" Extended remix] - David Bowie 

11) Rock The Casbah [Lost 12" Version] - The Clash 

12) Swear - Tim Scott 

13) Castles In Spain - The Armoury Show 

14) No More Words [Extended Dance Version] 

15) Mountains - Prince 

16) Hello Again [Extended Remix] - The Cars 

17) Every Day Is Like Sunday - The Pretenders



Episode #172 - Punkcast: The Sequel

As promised, and sadly delayed, the Punkcast we've been promising. Spike your hair, grab those safety pins, put on those Doc Martens and observe some hard core Anarchy!

Track Listing;

1. Suicide's An Alternative-You'll Be Sorry - Suicidal Tendencies 

2. Too Young To Die - Agent Orange 

3. Holier - Corrosion Of Conformity 

4. Live For Now - Iron Cross 

5. Chunks - Last Rights 

6. Reach For The Sky - Social Distortion 

7. No Class - Reagan Youth 

8. Young Til I Die - Seven Seconds 

9. Amoeba - Adolescents 

10. I Against I - Bad Brains 

11. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys 

12. I Love Livin In The City - Fear 

13. Look Back And Laugh - Minor Threat 

14. TV Set - The Cramps 

15. Code Blue - T.S.O.L. 

16. We Must Bleed - The Germs 

17. It's The Limit - Cro-Mags 

18. Subway - Razors 

19. Angels With Dirty Faces - Sham 69 

20. Vicars - Peter And The Test Tube Babies

21.Now Or Never - Upright Citizens 

22. TV Set - The Cramps [Oops - played it twice!] 

23.  Saturday Girls - Verticle Strokers 

24. Taste Of Power - Instant Agony 

25. Girl On The Run - Honey Bane 

26. Antisocial Disease - Sick Things 

27.Big A Little A - Crass 

28. Open Your Eyes - Action Pact 

29. The Serenade Is Dead - Conflict 

30. Jet Boy Jet Girl - Chron Gen 

31. Daily News - The Exploited 

32. Fifteen - The Ejected 

33. Vengance - The Nips 

34. Night Of The Living Dead - The Misfits 

35. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldnt've) - The Buzzcocks 

36. Bleak Outlook - The Unwanted


Episode #171 - Happy New Year!

Happy 2018!! We're starting this year off with a look back 30 years at the top 25 Alternative hits from 1978. No track listing - no fun in that! We hope everyone had a great and safe New Year's Eve, and we look forward to bringing you another year of fantastic podcasts. Thanks for listening and spreading the word!