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Renowned producer and mix-master Phil Harding is our guestthis week on Revenge of the 80s Radio
The podcast edit for this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we play more of your requests. new music from The Cars and Coati Mundi plus classics by INXS, King, the Hoodoo Gurus, ABC, Kate Bush and more.
Berlin and INXS will tour the United States together this summer.
This week, the world radio premiere of Adriana Kaegi’s “He Delivers;” classics from INXS, Split Enz, ABC, Missing Persons and more.
The podcast for our 2/4/11 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week on Revenge of the 80s, we have new music from Louise Robey and August Darnell (better known as “Kid Creole”). We also play classic alternative tracks by The Clash, Blancmange, The Smiths, INXS, Pseudo Echo, Wall of Voodoo and more.
The same fans of the late Michael Hutchence who wanted to give the legendary INXS frontman a number one hit on his 50th birthday and a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame are organizing an effort to get music media outlets in the US, UK and Australia to offer tributes on the 13th anniversary of his death on November 22nd.
This week, we play a track from Paul Collins’ new album, The King of Power Pop and a dance remix of Adriana Kaegi’s “I’ve Been Going Out.” .
This week, we feature a conversation with Kate Garner of Haysi Fantayzee. Garner is also an internationally-renowned fashion and art photographer, with several critically-acclaimed shows including Jolly Darkness.
While weaseling through the blogosphere, here are some classic alternative music-related highlights: Blitz Magazine has an excellent article on The Little Girls Adriana Kaegi‘s 2009 TAG album is showcased in the Album Art Hall of Fame Blog The people at the Michael Hutchence Tribute Site continue to do a bang-up job. …and those who worked […]
In honor of St. Valentine’s Day, Revenge of the 80s Radio will celebrate the amorous holiday tonight with two hours of classic alternative love songs.
This week, we played some of Michael Hutchence’s classic tracks with INXS in tribute to what would have been his 50th birthday.
Tonight on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will honor the legendary Michael Hutchence, who would have celebrated his 50th birthday today had it not been for his tragic death in 1997.
Fans of INXS and Michael Hutchence are campaigning to give the former frontman a special posthumous 50th birthday present on January 22nd: a #1 hit song
We wanted to kick off 2010 with something different, so we celebrated with two previously unreleased songs from August Darnell, better known as Kid Creole.
Tonight, we will have our first new show of 2010. We will kick off the new year by featuring two previously unreleased tracks by August Darnell of Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
This week, we played the World Radio Premiere of Adriana Kaegi’s new single, “I’ve Been Going Out,” which the Original “Mama Coconut” released earlier this week as the first follow-up to her brilliant TAG album
The podcast for this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up. This week, Louise Robey joins us for the second time.
The podcast version of our 9/5/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. The second our of our show features Classic New Wave music by artists from Australia and New Zealand.
The second hour will feature classic alternative/new wave music by artists from Australia and New Zealand.
This week’s show features some classic alternative tracks from artists including Strawberry Switchblade, Captain Sensible, INXS and the Soup Dragons with some deeper cuts from The Flirts and Kate Bush. We also introduced a new feature: the “Later Cut,” where we play some of the artists’ post-1980s work between the end of the decade and new music from recent years.
Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio will feature classic alternative tracks from Strawaberry Switchblade, Altered Images, INXS and REM as well as some deeper cuts from Kate Bush, The Flirts and Mojo Nixon
Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s features a conversation with Sally Kellerman, who is best known to 80s fans as Rodney Dangerfield’s love interest and English Professor in the movie “Back to School.” She is most well-known to everyone else as Major Margaret Houlihan in the MASH movie, as well as for several other movie roles, TV appearances and voiceovers.
The podcast for our February 27th Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week’s program features a conversation with Louise Robey, who scored several dance hits in the 1980s including her rendition of “One Night in Bangkok,” was also well-known for her role as “Micki Foster” on the TV show Friday the 13th – The Series. Robey has led a very interesting life and has had a diverse career. She is also coming out with new music. Our interview takes place during the second hour of the show
The Podcast for our 12/12 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up. This week, we featured several requests (we were a bit backlogged on those) and other music from artists of the era. Included in this week’s show are tracks from ABC, XTC, INXS, The Clash and deeper cuts from King and Laibach. Next […]
The podcast is up for this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio Show. During the program, Andy Taylorand I having a brief discussion on his new book: Wild Boy: My Life In Duran Duran. [amazonify]0446509302:right[/amazonify] Our review can be found here; our discussion leads off the second hour of the show. We also play a […]
The podcast for our July 25th show featuring our interview with Terri Nunn is up and now available at the bottom of this post. Terri is best known as the former lead singer of Berlin. She is also an accomplished solo artist, a writer, talk radio personality and a devoted mom. Some fans might remember […]
Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio LIVE 7-9pm Ea>stern US time Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show will feature our interview with Terri Nunn, best known as the former lead singer of Berlin. She is also an ex-actress, writer, talk radio personality and mom. We talk about Terri’s career, Berlin […]
The podcast for our July 4, 2008 Revenge of the 80s show featuring a re-broadcast of our interview with Rose MacDowall is up. Rose is best known as part of “Strawberry Switchblade,” one of four bands she had helped form through her career. These days, Rose’s beautiful voice can be heard as a fixture in […]
Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio LIVE 7-0pm Ea>stern US time Tonight’s show will feature a re-broadcast of our interview with Rose MacDowall, formerly of Strawberry Switchblade. Rose talks about her music, her life and her eclectic career. [amazonify]B000BZPS0Q[/amazonify] Rose is currently working on a new album, but over the past […]
Tonight, Revenge of the 80s Radio will introduce a new feature: we will showcase a new track from an artist from the 1980s. Many of the great New Wave era acts are out touring and releasing new material so it is only natual for Revenge of the 80s to showcase their new music. [amazonify]:right:omakase:free-software-catalog-20:300:250[/amazonify] This […]