Welcome to our year end countdown! We go back forty years and countdown the top 25 of 1981. It's a great lineup! Track Listing: 25) I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses 24) W.O.R.K. - Bow Wow Wow 23) Girls On Film - Duran Duran 22) Prince Charming - Adam Ant 21) Electricity - O.M.D. 20) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police 19) I Will Follow - U2 18) Lust To Love - Go-Gos 17) New Toy -Lena Lovich 16) Jerkin' Back And Forth - Devo 15) White Girl - X 14) Funny Face - Sparks 13) The Adultress - The Pretenders 12) Homo Sapien - Pete Shelly 11) Janitor - Suburban Lawns 10) Stand And Deliver - Adam Ant 9) I'm With The Guys - The Penetrators 8) We Want The Airwaves - Ramones 7) Never Say Never - Romeo Void 6) On The Outside - Oingo Boingo 5) Johnny Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton 4) It's My Party - Barbara Gaskin And Dave Stewart 3) We Got The Beat - Go-Go's 2) Ant Music - Adam Ant 1) Number One of 1981

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#228 - Top 25 Countdown Of 1981

Here we go - barely in time for Christmas! Such are the joys of having a newborn. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and please have a safe New Year! Track Listing: 1) Jingle Bell Rock - The Fall 2) Fruitcake - Fred Schneider and The Superions 3) Jingles Are Jingles - Dan Wilson 4) Winter Wonderland - Cocteau Twins 5) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips 6) Another Lonely Christmas [Extended Version] - Prince 7) 25th December - Everything But The Girl 8) White Christmas - Wayne Hussey 9) Yuletide Throwdown - Blondie 10) It's Always Christmastime - Al Jourgensen 11) Jingle Pressure - dj BC 12) The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys 13) Xmas Time [It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It] - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 14) Jingle Bells - Yello 15) Always Winter, Never Christmas - XTC 16) Christmas Is Coming - The Payola$ 17) Baby It's Christmas - Bananarama 18) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 19) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 20) Little drummer Boy - Tori Amos 21) Do they Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid 22) Santa Claus [Alternative Mix] - Throwing Muses 23) The Greedies - A Merry Jingle 24) Christmas Without A Prayer - Sparks 25) My Silent Night - Lisi 26) Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics 27) Last Christmas - Richard Cheese 28) Birthday Boy - Pet Shop Boys 29) Merry Christmas - INXS 30) The Power Of Love [Live] - Holly Johnson

#227 - Walking In A Winter Wonderland

November is almost over, but we have a podcast just in time for those horrible travel conditions. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1.) Low Life - The Police 2.) Not One Of Us - Peter Gabriel 3.) Chihuahua [12" Version] - Bow Wow Wow 4.) Dark And Dangerous Guy - Missing Persons 5.) The Smartest Person I Know - The Waitresses 6.) Original Sin [Dance Version] - INXS 7.) Houses In Motion - Talking Heads 8.) Big In Japan [Extended Remix '88] - Alphaville 9.) Nice N Neat - Boomtown Rats 10.) Low Life - Public Image Ltd. 11.) Follow The Leaders - Killing Joke 12.) Spies Like Us [Party Mix] - Paul McCartney 13.) Alone Again Or - The Damned 14.) I Beg Your Pardon [Club Mix] - Kon Kan 15.) Night Spots [Norther Studios Version] - The Cars 16.) I Touch Roses [Long Stemmed Version] - Book Of Love 17.) Pump Up The Volume - M.A.R.R.S. 18. The Big Sky [Meteorological Mix] - Kate Bush

#226 - Fatal Fascination

It's here, and all ready for you. Turn up the volume and turn down the lights - it's Halloween! Track Listing: 1.) I'm Afraid - Oingo Boingo 2.) Every Day Is Halloween (2010 Evil Mix) - Ministry 3.) Devil's Night Out - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 4.) Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees 5.) Lonely In Your Nightmare - Duran Duran 6.) If Only Tonight We Could Sleep - The Cure 7.) I See You - Subject 8.) Killer in The Home - Adam Ant 9.) Creatures - Gary Numan 10.) Momento - Art Of Noise 11.) Halloween - Distant Drums 12.) Glowing In The Dark [Original] - Experimental Products 13.) I Can't Sleep - Huang Chung 14.) The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs 15.) Sleep Standing Up - New Law Nightmare 16.) Happy Death Men - Echo And The Bunnymen 17.) Nightmares [Extended] - A Flock Of Seagulls 18.) The Devil Does Drugs - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 19.) Serpent's Kiss - The Mission 20.) Blood Bitch - Cocteau Twins 21.) Happy Nightmare Baby - Opal 22.) Perfect Murder [Alternate RS Vocal Demo] - The Glove

#225 - I'm Afraid (The Halloween Episode)

Mid October - yup, summer is gone, but the music isn't! Wanted to do a special little dedication to my mom, who is a big ABBA fan. So let's celebrate Swedish Supergroup ABBA getting back together after 40 years with a little mini tribute. Mom, and all you ABBA fans - enjoy the opening four songs! Well, and the rest of the podcast, of course. Track list: 1.) Lay All Your Love On Me - Information Society 2.) Does Your Mother Know - Gleaming Spires 3.) The Day Before You Came - Blacmange 4.) Take A Chance On Me - Erasure 5.) Play Dead - Sacrosant 6.) Game Therory - Dead Centwr 7.) Dazzle [12" Glamour Mix] - Siouxsie and The Banshees 8.) It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M. 9.) Satisfaction (Live 1978) - Deco 10.) Silver Slippers - The Swimming Pool Q's 11.) I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus 12.) Sabres - For Against 13.) Bruises [Extended Version] - Gene Loves Jezebel 14.) Slave To The Rythm - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 15.) Kick In The Eye 2 - Bahaus 16.) Jason And The Argonauts - XTC 17.) Zero Hour - The Plimouls 18.) Eaten By The Monster Of Love - Sparks 19.) Kids In America [Rhythm Scolar Totally 80s Remix] - Kim Wilde 20. Burning Down The House [Rhythm Scholar and Apollo Zero Remix Edit] - Talking Heads 21.) Staring Back - Souxsie And The Banshees

#224 - Don't Go Wasting Your Emotion

It's September and summer is slowly disappearing on us, but that won't keep us from the podcast. Put this one together for y'all while in Orlando, FL - hope you enjoy. Track Listing: 1) Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie 2) Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode 3) Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy 4) Kill The Pain - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5) Disintegration - The Cure 6) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Cell 7) Red Eye - Devo 8) Never Say Never - Romeo Void 9) Metal - Gary Numan 10) Miserable Lie - The Smiths 11) Overkill - Ministry 12) Another Day - Strawberry Switchblade 13) Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco 14) Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 15) What I Want - Dead Or Alive 16) Airhead - Thomas Dolby 17) Seconds - Human League 18) Suffer The Children - Tears For Fears 19) Like An Animal (12" Club? What Club? Mix)

#223 - The One Across The Hall

Welcome to August, lovely listeners! Brief delay while Roxy and myself welcomed a new addition into the world, but we're back and ready to send some awesome music your way. A heads up, the very last song does have some profanity, just a warning to save you from embarrassment while in the drive-thru. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) The Honeythief - Hipsway 2) Reward - The Teardrop Explodes 3) A New England [12" Version] - Kirsty MacCall 4) Spellbound (Live) - Siouxsie And the Banshees 5) Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Extended Mix] - Spandau Ballet 6) Kiss Me [U.S. Remix] - TinTin 7) Kiss Me Quick [Extended Mix / New Version] - Sparks 8) Birthday - Sugarcubes 9) Together In Electric Dreams - Philip Oakley and Giorgio Moroder 10) Elevator Man - Oingo Boingo 11) Legs [Dance Mix] - ZZ Top 12) Madness - Killing Joke 13) Same Old Madness - Ministry 14) Murderous - Nitzer Ebb 15) Bed Sitter - Soft Cell 16) Black And White - INXS 17) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Robert Hazard 18) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [Special Edit Radio Mix - Negativland

#222 - Let Me See What I Don't Get

Welcome to the latest podcast! Roxy is due any day now, so we're getting in as many shows before Hunter is born. Hope y'all enjoy this latest mix! Track Listing: 1) I Feel Love - Donna Summer 2) The Nelson Highrise (Sector One - The Elevator) - Alphaville 3) Matter Of Time (live) - Berlin 4) Million Miles Away - Positive Noise 5) Bye Bye Love (Live Aid) - The Cars 6) Visions Of The Night - The Police 7) Out Of Control - U2 8) Train In Vain (Extended Mix) - The Clash 9) Family Of Noise - Adam Ant 10) Fields Of Fire (Remix) - Big Country 11) Escape The Escape - Tuesday Blue 12) Ink And Paper - Modern English 13) Beat Box (Live, 1986) - Art Of Noise 14) I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel 15) Biko - Simple Minds 16) Heads We're Dancing - Kate Bush 17) Suspicion (Jezebel Mix) - Gene Loves Jezebel

#221 - It's So Good

Another podcast so quickly? Yes! Gotta make up for lost time. Let's head to the beach and enjoy some sunshine! Track Listing: 1) English Summer - Eurythmics 2) Someone, Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds 3) Taking In The Summer - The Higher Primates 4) On The Beach - Comsat Angels 5) Bikini Wax - Killer Pussy 6) Can't Get A Tan - Surf Punks 7) Summer Spies - Fatal Charm 8) Play In The Sunshine - Prince 9) Beach Culture - Thompson Twins 10) All Summer Single - Billy Idol 11) Sunshine In The Shade [Live] - The Fixx 12) This Summer - Squeeze 13) Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels 14) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins 15) It Could Be Sunshine - Love And Rockets 16) Summer Boy - Freezepop 17) Endless Summer Of The Damned - Bauhaus 18) Over The Summer - Sparks 19) Summer Of Love - B52s 20) Walking In The Sunshine - Bad Manners 21) Cruel Summer - Bananarama 22) Snow In The Summer - The Cure 23) Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm 24) Bird Bathroom - Surf Punks

#220 - Nothing Like An English Summer

Here we go - another podcast. Upbeat and awesome - finally, after two months! Sorry folks - but here we go... Track Listing: 1) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls 2) Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry - Heaven 17 3) Summertime - Fun Boy Three 4) 1963 - New Order 5) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag 6) Girls On Film - Duran Duran 7) The Model - Kraftwerk 8) Fashion - David Bowie 9) Cindy C. - Prince 10) Paninaro - Pet Shop Boys 11) Best Years Of Our Lives - Modern Romance 12) Rock Lobster - B-52s 13) Only You - Yazoo 14) Waterfall - Wendy and Lisa 15) The Shadow Of Love - The Damned 16) Rage Hard [Freddie Basetone remix] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 17) Thrash - Underworld 18) Emeralds And Pearls - Freur 19) Hideaway [Little Louie Vega mix] - Erasure

#219 - Bring Me Back Today

Slap on a new piece of grip tape and tighten your trucks, we've got a podcast full of some of the best skate punk of the 80s. Put on these OP shorts and slip on your Vans, we're off to shred. Track List: 1.) Skate Or Die - Teenage Bottlerocket 2.) Adrenaline Addiction - The Zeros 3.) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies 4.) Bloodstains - Agent Orange 5.) Sailin' On - Bad Brains 6.) Don't Draft Me - Christ On Parade 7.) Take My Time - The Accused 8.) McShred - McRad 9.) Elephant Man - The Stupids 10.) Don't Cry - Los Olidados 11.) Stop the Machine - Dr. Know 12.) Clean Cut American Kid - Ill Repute 13.) Conditioned - Stalag 13 14.) Diplomatic Immunity - Charged G.B.H. 15.) In The First Place - S.N.F.U. 16.) Fun Again - Massappeal 17.) Wild In The Streets - Circle Jerks 18.) Skate To Hell - Gang Green 19.) What - Corrosion Of Conformity 20.) I Don't Care About You - Fear 21.) Insecurity - Excel 22.) Skate And Destroy - Faction 23.) No One Listens - Vengence 24.) Program - Drunk Injuns 25.) Libyan Hit Squad - Tongue Avulsion 26.) Skate Or Die - D.I. 27.) Strike Out - Vicious Circle 28.) Surf And Destroy - BL'AST! 29.) Breakout - UXB 30.) Paranoid Chant - Minutemen 31.) Public Opinion - Urban Waste 31.) Homeless Crew - Condemned Attitude 31.) Mob Clash - The Effigies 32.) Take No Prisoners - The Accused 33.) Shrunken Heads - Ghost Dance 34.) Exit Condition - Blood From A Stone 35.) Frontside Grind - Underdog 36.) The Keg Kept A Flowin' - The Boneless Ones 37.) Fuck Authority - Wasted Youth 38.) I've Got A Gun - Channel 3 39.) Breaking your Rules - Hogan's Heroes 40.) What's So Strange About Me - Eight Daze

#218 - Skate Or Die!

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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