Alternative 80s

Hey! Another podcast that formed in my head while on the road! Don't worry - it's not travel based. Hope y'all enjoy the goodness as you crave a southern favorite. Also, that's Negativland. Don't worry, you'll understand once you start listening. Track Listing: 1) Butterbean - B52's 2) Fine Time [Silk Mix]- New Order 3) Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself 4) Bottom Line [Original UK 12" Extended Mix...

Here we go - another podcast! Hopefully everyone has made it safely through the tough winter we had here in the states. Got a great podcast here to help warm you up - enjoy! Track Listing: 1) World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope 2) Radio Free Europe - R.E.M. 3) Holiday Girl - The And 4) Careless Memories (Live) - Duran Duran 5) Technology - The Group 6) Let's Go To Bed - The Cure 7) Temptation - Ne...

Nothing like driving 2300 miles to come up with the opening track for our latest podcast. Strap in and enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Route 66 - Depeche Mode 2) Rush Hour [Extended Version] - Jane Weidlin 3) Time Machine - Silicon Dream 4) Cuban Slide - Pretenders 5) (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear - Blondie 6) Baby I Don't Care - Transvision Vamp 7) Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill 8) Room At The To...

New Year, and a new podcast. We're just pumping them out lately, hope y'all have been able to keep up! Some deeper, cooler tracks this episode, a la college radio style, dipping back to my roots at WUNH in Durham, NH. Enjoy! 1) Uh Oh, Here I Go Again - The Rings 2) Be Brave [BBC Version] - Comsat Angels 3) God O.D. - Meat Beat Manifesto 4) Razor's Edge - Revolting Cocks 5) I Want To be A Prostitut...

New Years Day – U2  Bedbugs and Ballyhoo – Echo & The Bunnymen  Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Iggy Pop   Metal – Gary Numan   Black Coffee In Bed – Squeeze  Chains Of Love – Erasure  Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Live) - Midge Ure   Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Live) - Tears For Fears   Love Will Tear Us Apart Again (Live) – New...

1) Jingle Bells - X 2) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives 3) Listen, The Snow Is Falling - Galaxie 500 4) Candy Carol - Book Of Love 5) December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush 6) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners 7) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 8) A Christmas We Deserve - ABC 9) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel Smith and Kim Wylde 10) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas - Pet...

Hard drive crashed, but we always find a way to keep things going. Enjoy a fun-filled episode while we recover and get ready for our holiday podcast which is coming up next. Track Listing: 1) Let The Good Times Roll - The Cars 2) Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran 3) Bottom Line [Original U.K. 12" Mix] - Big Audio Dynamite 4) My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) - Dead Or Alive 5) The Perfect K...

It's November - getting close to the end of yet another year, sadly. This podcast has nothing to do with that, thankfully, just a whole bunch of great 80's tunes! Track Listing: 1.) Daydreamer - Cindy Wilson 2.) Because You're Frightened - Magazine 3.) Black Tears - Maria Loves Me 4.) Lips Like Sugar [12" Mix] - Echo And The Bunnymen 5.) Pop Muzik [Disco Purrfection Version] - M 6.) A Deeper Blue...

It's here - and we're not going with a cheap "fun-size" podcast, we're king size, baby! Turn up the sounds and turn down the lights - it's Halloween! 1.) Every Day Is Halloween [Retro Electro Mix] - Ministry 2.) Every day Is Halloween - Kate Pierson 3.) I'm Gonna Haunt You - Fred Schneider 4.) No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo 5.) Something In My House [Mortevicar Mix] - Dead Or Alive 6.) Fear (...

Okay - time to liven things up! Thanks for all the great requests that came flooding in, I only wish I could fit them all into this podcast. If not, you can be sure they'll be on the next. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Don't Need A Gun [Single Edit] - Billy Idol 2) Sowing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears 3) Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax 4) I Go Crazy [Extended Mix] - Flesh For...

Hopefully y'all will still enjoy this podcast despite the sad undertones. A tribute to my dad who passed away a week ago at the age of 91. He'll be missed, and this podcast is my therapy. Track Listing: 1) Always Something There To Remind Me [Extended Meow Mix] - Naked Eyes 2) Pictures Of You - The Cure 3) Human - The Human League 4) Be Still My Beating Heart - Sting 5) With Or Without You - U2 6)...

Had a slightly different podcast lined up - then we lost the lovely yet troubled Sinead O'Connor, so changes were made. It's a shame - such a powerful voice with messages some just weren't ready or willing to hear. In spite of that, we hope you enjoy our latest podcast, sprinkled with some of Sinead's work throughout in tribute. Track Listing: 1) Mandinka (Live On Letterman, September 7, 1988) - S...

Mid July and the summer is easy! We have all kinds of great bands in this lineup - from Devo to Death Cult. Enjoy our latest episode, and don't forget to share and subscribe! Track Listing: 1) Like An Animal [Club? What Club? Mix] - The Glove 2) I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran 3) Going Under - Devo 4) Hounds Of Love [Alternative Version] - Kate Bush 5) Sugar Hiccup - Cocteau Twins 6) Rescue -...

Mid -June and time for another podcast. I'm assuming y'all were out of school when June rolled around, but hey, let's grab ahold of those memories with the opening of this podcast. Track Listing: 1) School's Out - Annabella 2) Look Sharp - Joe Jackson 3) Everywhere At Once - The Plimsouls 4) Poison! [12" mix] - The Weathermen 5) Beauty Of Poison - Specimen 6) I Can't Help It - Screaming Sneakers 7...

It's June here on the Emerald coat, and we're loving life! Hopefully it shows with our latest podcast. Slap on some SPF50 and enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Cross the Border [Steel Love Dance Mix] - Icehouse 2) Last Call - Skinny Puppy 3) Lost Planes - The Fixx 4) I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call 5) See Those Eyes - Altered Images 6) Kids In America [Rhythm Scholar Totally 80's Remix] -Kim Wild...

Part of our name is ALTERNATIVE, and we need to get a little more of that into the podcast. It's a great show to start May, so crank it up and enjoy it! Track list: 1) Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers 2) I'm An Adult Now - Pursuit Of Happiness 3) Third Uncle - Bauhaus 4) Down In It [Single] - Nine Inch Nails 5) Dreams Never End - New Order 6) Fire Woman - The Cult 7) Brand New Cadillac...

Frankie getting back together for a one off performance? How awesome is that?? It made the opening musical selection easy to choose. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Welcome To The Pleasuredome (a new world) - FGTH 2) Love Missle F-111 [Dance Mix] - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3) White China [Razormaid Mix] - Ultravox 4) In A Big Country - Big Country 5) Click Click - English Beat 6) Social Fools - Devo 7) 17 Day...

Hi then, hello again - your old buddy SurfingTrucker with another sun-soaked podcast. Last one that will come from Nashville! Headphones, sunscreen, Alternative 80s Podcast, and you're all set! Track List: 1) Goody Two Shoes (Extended) - Adam Ant 2) Wouldn't It Be Good (Extended Version) - Nik Kershaw 3) Young Guns [Go For It!] - Wham! 4) Rock Lobster - B52's 5) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins...

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! As we prepare to relocate to Florida's Emerald Coast, we can't miss out on this Irish holiday. So enjoy this podcast from 2020 which focused on Irish alternative bands from the 80s, and stay safe. Track Listing: 1) Lookin' After Number One - Boomtown Rats 2) Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live Aid 1985) - U2 3) Red Light - Into Paradise 4) Tell The Boys - Tuesday Blue 5) Looking...

Valentine's Day - Need we say more? Track List: 1) I Love You [Extended Version] - Yello 2) Love Me Simple - Tuesday Blue 3) Kiss Me On The Bus - The Replacements 4) Louise - Human League 5) I Want Your (Hands On Me) - Sinead O'Connor 6) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family 7) Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs 8) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls 9) My Heart Goes Bang - Dead Or Alive 10) Only Yo...

Hey y'all - back in the portable studio, near Chicago this time around. Great lineup, concert announcements and all around great content. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Synchronicity II - The Police 2) Crazy [Manic Mix] - Icehouse 3) Keep On Laughin' - Ric Okasek 4) Why Can't I Be You? - The Cure 5) Obsession - Animotion 6) Goodbye Is Forever - Arcadia 7) Dear Prudence [Original 12" Version] - Siouxsie...

It's our annual countdown show, and we never disappoint! Sit back, crank it up, and reminisce. Track Listing: 25) Love Plus One (Edge Remix) - Haircut 100 24) Friend Or Foe (Alternate Version) - Adam Ant 23) White Wedding [Live] - Billy Idol 22) Senses Working Overtime - XTC 21) Nip It In The Bud - B-52's 20) Shock The Monkey (Extended Remix) - Peter Gabriel 19) Peek-A-Boo! [Dance Velocity] - Devo...

Two Christmas podcasts this month! This time we dipped back into 2017 to keep things different since we have two podcasts so close together. So enjoy and Merry Christmas! Track List: 1. Joy To The World [Mocean Workers Remix] 2. Baby It's Christmastime - Bananarama  3. Father Christmas - The Kinks  4. Holiday Girl - The And 5. O Tannenbaum - They Might Be Giants  6. Birthday Bo...

1) We Three Kings - Book Of Love 2) Fruitcake - The Superions 3) X'mas Time [It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It] - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 4) Last Christmas - Wham! 5) Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants 6) Another Lonely Christmas - Prince 7) Merry Something To You - Devo 8) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 9) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 10) Silent Night - Sinead O'Connor 11) Winter Wonderland...

Classic podcast from 2012, came after a life changing upheaval and move to Tennessee and includes the initial appearance of Roxy. Not a Christmas podcast - I don't believe we did one that year, but enjoy just the same! 1) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 2) Push - The Cure 3) I Could Be Happy - Altered Images 4) Coast To Coast - Jesus And Mary Chain 5) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Cell 6) Sexcrime...