Alternative 80s

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  #329 - Halloween 2026 21.10.2026 2h

  The HAL-9000 computer took over our studio for this Halloween podcast, but thankfully we were able to wrestle back control with the help of someone who used to be Dave Bowman. Enjoy! 1) Everyday (Is Halloween) [Dirt Mix] - Ministry 2) Dead Man's Party (12" Single) - Oingo Boingo 3) Something In My House (7" Remix) - Dead Or Alive 4) Peek-A Boo! (Dance Velocity) - DEVO 5) The Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde 6) Lullaby (Extended Mix) - The Cure 7) Spellbound - Siouxsie And the Banshees 8) Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus 9) Snake Dance - The March Violets 10) Qual - Xmal Deutschland 11) Black Planet - Sisters Of Mercy 12) Love Like Blood - Killing Joke 13) A Day - Clan Of Xymox 14) Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love And Rockets 15) Curtain Call (Part 1) - The Damned 16) Man Of Straw - Sad Lovers And Giants 17) The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen 18) Cry Little Sister - Gerald McMann 19) Fade To Grey (Extended Version) - Visage
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  #328 - Far Side Of Crazy 16.10.2026 1h 33m

  Sorry for the delay, Hurricane Isais slowed us down a bit, but we're back up and running. Don't forgot our next podcast will be our Halloween edition, so be sure not to miss it! Track Listing: 1) Far Side Of Crazy - Wall Of Voodoo 2) Been Caught Stealing (12" Remix Version) - Jane's Addiction 3) Bastards Of Young - The Replacements 4) Crazy - R.E.M. 5) The Charming Man - The Smiths 6) Star (The Trafalmadore Mix) - Erasure 7) The Animal Song (Cross Country Version) - Europeans 8) Head Down (Extended Mix) - Moev 9) The Only Time - Nine Inch Nails 10) Do It On Thursday - Jim Jiminee 11) Spectral Eyes - Blondie 12) The Get Down - Prince 13) The Greatest Show On Earth - U2 14) Karen Lloyd - Opera De Nuit 15) Rhythm Method (Original Extended 12" Mix) - The Fountainhead 16) Walk Away - Play Dead 17) Love Removal Machine - The Cult 18) Heartbeat (Mendelsohn Mix) - The Psychedelic Furs 19) The Spanglemaker - Cocteau Twins
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  #327 - Call Me Blue 20.09.2026 1h 32m

  Greetings! Lots of requests this podcast! I love it, interaction makes this podcast YOUR 80's soundtrack, so keep it up! 1) Call Me Blue - A House 2) 6060-842 - B52s 3) Breakaway (Popper Mix) - Big Pig 4) Sound Of Thunder - Duran Duran 5) Pictures Of You - Berlin 6) Shades - Iggy Pop 7) Fountains Of Filth - Devo 8) Sikorsky Parts - Joe Strummer 9) Saturdays In Silesia (Remix) - Rational Youth 10) Corona - Minutemen 11) Slave To Love - Brian Ferry 12) Ghosts - Positive Noise 13) Six Different Ways - The Cure 14) Cities In Dust (Eruption Mix) - Siouxsie And the Banshees 15) Spin - The Darling Buds 16) Animal Grey - Band 19 17) Dismantled King Is Off The Throne - Felt 18) Contrasting Strangers (Temptation Mix) - The Light 19) Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts 20) Love Action - Human League 21) Somebody - Escape With Romeo 22) Work For Love (Squirrely Version) - Ministry
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  #326 - I Love The 80s 07.09.2026 1h 35m

  Track Listing: 1) I Love The 80s - Men Without Hats 2) What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society 3) Generator 7 8 - Moskwa TV 4) Killing Floor - The Grinning Plowman 5) Engineers - Gary Numan 6) Teenage Wildlife - David Bowie 7) Talk Of The Town - Pretenders 8) Tell Her (Extended Mix) - Seona Dancing 9) Take Me, I'm Yours - Tim Curry 10) Hourglass - Squeeze 11) Dancing On The Ceiling - Blancmange 12) (It's Not Me) Talking - A Flock Of Seagulls 13) Mirrors - Reseau D'Ombres 14) Join In The Chant - Nitzer Ebb 15) Don't Argue (Dance) - Cabaret Voltaire 16) Don't Fall - The Chameleons 17) The Last Film (Extended Version) - Kissing The Pink 18) The Number One Song In Heaven - Sparks 19) Runaway - Thompson Twins 20) I Want That Man - Deborah Harry 21) Kooler Than Jesus - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
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  #325 - Everywhere At Once 24.08.2026 1h 37m

  Here we go! Another tasty podcast coming your way! Why does writing these intros generally turn to food references? Maybe I should have a snack before writing them. 1) Everywhere At Once - Plimsouls 2) Jealous - Gene Loves Jezebel 3) Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club 4) Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - Beastie Boys 5) Half The Battle - Design 6) Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) [Extended Club Remix] - Icicle Works 7) Everything She Wants - Wham 8) Im Nin'alu - Ofra Haza 9) Unfamiliar Room - Testcard F 10) Animals - Talking Heads 11) Lorelie - Cocteau Twins 12) Running Up That Hill (2012 Remix) - Kate Bush 13) Mirror People '88 - Love And Rockets 14) Polyphon - Dinner For Duex 15) Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor 16) Teenland - Northern Pikes 17) No Fat Chicks - Surf Punks 18) Pocket Pool - Killer Pussy 19) Latex Love - Vice Squad 20) People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band 21) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) - Eurythmics 22) Sex-Eye-Make-Up - The Glove 23) This Side Of Heaven - Play Dead 24) Rain (Extended Version) - Dragon
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  #324 - Sick Of It 08.08.2026 1h 34m

  Talk, talk, talk - seems I'm yapping more often on the podcast. Are you sick of it? Lol 1) Sick Of It - The Primitives 2) God Is A Bullet - Concrete Blonde 3) Witchdoctor - Sidewinders 4) 5 Minutes (C-C-C-Club Mix) - Bonzo Goes To Washington 6) War - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 7) Hard Act To Follow - Split Enz 8) Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (Shep Pettibone Remix) - B-52's 9) Shopping - Pet Shop Boys 10) Shoppin' From A To Z - Toni Basil 11) Money (Extended Version) - Flying Lizards 12) A To Z - ABC 13) No More Crying - 'Til Tuesday 14) A Girl Called Johnny - The Waterboys 15) The Shadow Of Love -The Damned 16) Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze 17) Space Invader - The Pretenders 18) Two Minute Warning - Depeche Mode 19) Bad Connection - Yazoo 20) Someone's Calling - Modern English 21) (Forever) Live And Die (Extended Mix) - OMD 22) Up The Down Escalator - The Chameleons UK 23) Spies Like Us (Art Of Noise Remix) - Paul McCartney
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  #323 - Big Hollow Man 02.08.2026 1h 37m

  August already? Where did the summer go? Well, I know where you can still find the best Alt80s tunes, and that's right here! Track listing: 1) Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax 2) Never Stop (Discoteque) - Echo And The Bunnymen 3) Tell The Boys - Tuesday Blue 4) We Are Each Other - Beautiful South 5) Up On The Catwalk (Extended) - Simple Minds 6) Purple Haze - The Cure 7) Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen 8) Too Young To Date - D-Day 9) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (12" Version) - Specimen 10) In The Sun - Blondie 11) Obsession (Club Mix) - Oxymox 12) Star - Erasure 13) Rock You Up - Romantics 14) New Religion (Carnival Remix) - Duran Duran 15) Emeralds And Pearls - Freur 16) Under The Radar (12" Remix) - Underworld 17) Sidewalking (Extended Version) - The Jesus And Mary Chain 18) Less Cities, More Moving People (12" Version) - The Fixx 19) What Do You Want From Life? - The Tubes
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  #322 - Hot In The City 11.07.2026 1h 39m

  Summer isn't summer without some hot Alt tunes from the 80's, so let's fire it up! Track listing: 1) Hot In The City (Exterminator Mix) - Billy Idol 2) Cool Under Heat - The Clash 3) Hot! Hot! Hot! - The Cure 4) Cruel Summer (Extended Version) - Bananrama 5) I Melt With You (Bass Meltdown Mix) - Modern English 6) Voices - Russ Ballard 7) Synthicide - SSQ 8) Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts 9) Anarchy In The U.K. - Sex Pistols 11) Nice N Neat - Boomtown Rats 12) Missing In Action - Comsat Angels 13) New Dawn Fades - Joy Division 14) Reasons To Be Alone - Stained Veil 15) Fatal Flaw - The Sound 16) The Working Hour - Tears For Fears 17) This Wheel's On Fire (Incendiary Mix) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 18) There's No Love Between Us (Specially Extended 12" Mix) - Pop Will Eat Itself 19) Black And White - The dB's 20) Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega 21) Mind Your Own Business - Delta 5 22) Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers 23) Last Cigarette - Dramarama
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  #321 - Certain Things Are Likely 04.07.2026 1h 32m

  Happy 4th! Had a chill day at the beach before the tourists showed up, got home in time to put a podcast together for y'all to enjoy. Track Listing: 1) Certain Things Are Likely (Original 12" Mix) - Kissing The Pink 2) Room At The Top (Extended Mix) - Adam Ant 3) Homicide - 999 4) Sometimes I Wish I Were Dead (Flexi-Pop Version) - Depeche Mode 5) Death Of A Disco Dancer - The Smiths 6) Baby Pain Again - Interferon 7) Airwaves - Thomas Dolby 8) Destination Unknown - Psuedo Echo 9) In Camera Obscura (Dance Mix) - Figures On A Beach 10) Ronnie's Song - LAX 11) I Shot The Devil - Suicidal Tendencies 12) Manny Moe And Jack - The Dickies 13) Young 'Til I Die - 7 Seconds 14) Punch Out At Malibu - Surf Punks 15) Shoot The Curl - The Dynette Set 16) This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide - The Kings 17) The Promise (Coliseum Mix) - When In Rome 18) Love Missle F-111 (Sigue Sigue Sputmix) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 19) The Hardest Part - Blondie 20) Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders 21) So American - The Mutants
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  #320 - We're All Clones 22.06.2026 1h 33m

  1) We're All Clones (Rythm Scholar World Of Tomorrow Remix) - Alice Cooper 2) You Can Run - Flock Of Seagulls 3) Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee 4) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 5) I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus 6) Watausi Diary - Guadalcanal Diary 7) Los Rancheros - Adam And The Ants 8) Temptation (Alternative 7" Mix) - New Order 9) The Metro - Berlin 10) I've Got Mine - UB40 11) Your Time Will Come - Dread Zeppelin 12) Sweetest Perfection - Depeche Mode 13) Fury Eyes - The Creatures 14) When The World Is Running Down - The Police 15) Thru The Flowers - The Primitives 16) Fascination Street - The Cure 17) Seven Seas - Echo And the Bunnymen 18) Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix) - Howard Jones 19) King Of Rock 'N' Roll - Prefab Sprout 20) Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie 21) Desire - Prince
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  #319 - Pictures Of Matchstick Men 31.05.2026 1h 35m

  Welcome to June! We're delivering a little punk, a little synth, and a little bit of requests. It's all here on Alternative 80s! Track Listing: 1) Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven 2) Harborcoat - R.E.M. 3) Let Me Go (12" Extended Version) - Heaven 17 4) Disappear (Extended 12" Mix) - INXS 5) Magic Dance (12" Mix) - David Bowie 6) I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden) [12" Remix] - Kon Kan 7) No Mas Tequila - The Mainliners 8) Surfin' With Steve And E.D. Amin - Heller Keller 9) Cola Freak (Cola Freak Version) - Lost Kids 10) Standing In Front Of Poseur - Red Cross 11) (Let's Get, Let's Get) Tammy Wynette 12) Problems - Life Sentence 13) Red Light - Wall Of Voodoo 14) Sensitive - The Field Mice 15) Cesspool - Blake Babies 16) Hit The Ground - The Darling Buds 17) Doot-Doot (12" Mix) - Freur 18) Norman Bates (12" Mix) - Landscape 19) What Have I Done To Deserve This - Pet Shop Boys With Dusty Springfield 20) Supernaut - 10,000 Homo DJS 21) Get Down Make Love - Nine Inch Nails 22) After The Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 23) Only You - Yazoo
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  #318 - On Any Other Day 24.05.2026 1h 37m

  Almost summertime, but it's not too late for some more cool tunes from the 80s, so let's go! Track Listing: 1) On Any Other Day - The Police 2) Take This Town - XTC 3) Always There - The Fact 4) Hello Again (Remix) - The Cars 5) Here To Go (Go Mix Version) - Devo 6) Out Of Mind Out Of Sight (The Nnix Mmix) - Models 7) Brian (The Pure Techno Bassdrum Mix) - Absurd 8) Numbers\Computer World 2 - Kraftwerk 9) Die Kybernauten - Klangwerk 10) Why Me? (12" Mix) - Planet P Project 11) Jane's Getting Serious - Jon Astley 12) Jane Says - Jane's Addiction 13) Don't Worry - The B-52's 14) Dragnet '88 (Art Of Noise 12" Mix) - The Art Of Noise 15) Warriors Of The Wasteland (Attack Full Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 16) Eternal Blue - Stiff Kittens 17) Police On My Back - The Clash 18) Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
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  #317 - What I Want 07.05.2026 1h 31m

  Podcast time in May! Some deep cuts, a couple of requests, and some well-known favorites - they're all here! 1) What I Want (12" Mix) - Dead Or Alive 2) Belly Of The Whale (12" Single) - Burning Sensations 3) China (Dance Mix) - Red Rockers 4) The Drop Deal (Mix 1) - Bazz 5) If I Ever - Red Flag 6) Solace (12" Mix) - Play Dead 7) No New Tale To Tell - Love And Rockets 8) Flesh (Full 12" Version) - A Split Second 9) Telephone (Swedish 12" Mix) - Style 10) A E I O U Sometimes Y (Long Version) - Ebn-Ozn 11) When The Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes 12) Dance - Strawberry Switchblade 13) Nicotine Stain - Siouxsie And the Banshees 14) The 15th - Wire 15) Ring Of Fire (Remix) - Wall Of Voodoo 16) World Destruction - Time Zone 17) Blown Away - The Expelled 18) Complications - Killing Joke 19) Stand Alone - Martian Dance 20) This Side Of Heaven - Play Dead 21) Please (Extended Version) - The Bolshoi
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  #316 - Mickey 19.04.2026 1h 39m

  Back after a small amount of recovery, and we have a lot of requests for you, so let's go! Track Listing: 1) Mickey (Original Recording Remastered) - Toni Basil 2) It Only Makes Me Laugh - Danny Elfman 3) Dance This Mess Around - The B-52s 4) Counting The Beat - The Swingers 5) Chelsea Girl - Simple Minds 6) So Long - Fischer Z 7) The Fool - The Fixx 8) Positive Vibrations - The Soft Boys 9) Fergus Sings The Blues - Deacon Blue 10) Close To You - Nine Ways To Win 11) I Have The Touch ('85 Remix) - Peter Gabriel 12) Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire 13) Over The Shoulder (12" Mix) - Ministry 14) The Past Sure Is Tense - Captain Beefheart 15) Never Never (Extended 12" Mix) - The Assembly 16) Imagination - Sad Lovers And Giants 17) My Favourite Dress - The Wedding Present 18) Really Stupid - The Primitives 19) Rain - The Cult 20) Fear Is Never Boring - The Bears 21) Fahrenheit 1989 - Umo Detic
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  #315 - The Closer That You Get 29.03.2026 1h 41m

  Nothing fancy this week, just great music mixed for all your listening pleasure! Hope you enjoy it as you get ready for Spring! Track List: 1) The Closer That You Get - Missing Persons 2) Someone Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds 3) Noise In This World - English Beat 4) Bottom Line (Original UK 12" Mix) - Big Audio Dynamite 5) Bostich - Yello 6) Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three 7) Hounds Of Love (Alternative Mix) - Kate Bush 8) Shadowplay - Joy Division 9) Hearts And Minds (Mix Hypersonic) - Nitzer Ebb 10) Quite Unusual - Front 242 11) After The Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 12) Thieves - Ministry 13) Change (Extended Version) - Tears For Fears 14) Hongkong Garden (Marie Antoinette Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 15) Born In Xixax - Nina Hagen 16) Unlikely Remix 17) Blown Away - The Expelled 18) Oh Bondage! Up Yours! - X Ray Spex 19) Sex Bomb Boogie (Magic Flute) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 20) If You Were Here (Axelsoft's MiXmas Remix) - Thompson Twins 21) Da Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha - Trio 22) Let's Go All The Way (Multi-Mix by Les "Mix Doctor" Adams of DMC) - Sly Fox
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  #314 - Middle Of The Road 09.03.2026 1h 34m

  Did y'all survive Daylight Saving's time? Hope so. Ended up with another themed podcast, decided to go with a travel theme since my girl has decided to reide with me in the truck this week. Strap in and let's go! Track Listing: 1) Middle Of The Road - The Pretenders 2) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 3) Cruiser - The Cars 4) Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M. 5) Behind The Wheel/Route 66 (Just Say Mao! Version) - Depeche Mode 6) Roam (Extended Mix) - B52's 7) The Passenger - Siouxsie And The Banshees 8) Close (To The Edit) ('altogether now') - Art Of Noise 9) Autobahn (2024 Single Edit) - Kraftwerk 10) Highway Song - Iggy Pop 11) Drive, She Said - Stan Ridgeway 12) In A Big Country (Extended Mix) - Big Country 13) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 14) I Ran (So Far Away) (Extended Remix) - A Flock Of Seagulls 15) Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix) - Prince 16) Why Don't We Do It In The Road - Lydia Lunch 17) Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads 18) Black Cars (Extended Version) - Gino Vanelli 19) Rise (12 Inch Version) - Public Image Limited
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  #313 - Daylight Savings Time 02.03.2026 1h 55m

  Clocks moves forward soon, so why not songs about, or that reference, time? Track Listing: 1) Clocked In - Black Flag 2) Got The Time - Joe Jackson 3) Like Clockwork - Boomtown Rats 4) 11:59 - Blondie 5) Five Minutes - The Stranglers 6) Minutes To Midnight - Midnight Oil 7) 12 O'Clock Tick Tock - U2 8) A Question Of Time (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode 9) Midnight - Yazoo 10) Cry, The Clock Said - Gary Numan 11) Time/The End Of Time - The Chameleons 12) Seven Minutes To Midnight - Wah! 13) Clockface - Siouxsie And The Banshees 14) Beat The Clock (Extended Version) - Sparks 15) 10:15 Saturday Night - The Cure 16) Time The Avenger - The Pretenders 17) Clockwork (Extended) - SSQ 18) Time It's Time - Talk Talk 19) Midnight To Midnight - The Psychedelic Furs 20) Seconds - U2 21) How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths 22) Some Other Time - X 23) Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division 24) Seconds (Extended Vocal Re-Edit) - Human League 25) Clockout - Devo
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  #312 - Universal Radio 15.02.2026 1h 33m

  Slid into my old college radio days with this podcast - a few more obscure bands than you're probably used to, which is a good thing. Enjoy! Track List: 1) Univeral Radio (Universal Dance Mix) - Nina Hagen 2) Ahead - Wire 3) Ages Of You - R.E.M. 4) Beyond Today - Translators 5) Johnson's Aeroplane - INXS 6) My Cherie Amour - Hudson Creepers 7) Messages - O.M.D. 8) I Want To Be A Toy - Dead Or Alive 9) Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix) - Alphaville 10) Another Lost Look - Altered Images 11) Treasure (What Ever Happened To Pete The Chop?) - U2 12) In The Wild - Hoodoo Gurus 13) Fascination Street - The Cure 14) Endless Groove - Freur 15) Pull Back My Strings - Swimming Pool Q's 16) Don't Go Away - Primitons 17) When It Rains (Extended Version) - Ten Ten 18) White Door - Windows 19) Opposite World - Mutants 20) White Car - Cabaret Voltaire 21) Rose of Avalanche - Always There 22) Sensitive - The Field Mice
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  #311 - Dreaming 01.02.2026 1h 50m

  Beginning of February, great time to put out a podcast that deals with affairs of the heart, just in time for Valentine's Day. Don't worry, it's not overly sappy! 1) Dreaming - Blondie 2) Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys 3) Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix) - New Order 4) Modern Love (Lost 12" Version) - David Bowie 5) I Got The Message (Long Version) - Men Without Hats 6) Only You - Yaz 7) The Love Parade (12" Mix) - Dream Academy 8) This Must The Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads 9) The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs 10) If You Were Here - Thompson Twins 11) Those Eyes, That Mouth - Cocteau Twins 12) I Melt With You (Resurrection Version) - Modern English 13) Dear Prudence (Original 12" Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 14) When I'm With You (Rework Version) - Sparks 15) Message To My Girl - Split Endz 16) Nowhere Girl (Radio Edit) - B-Movie 17) April Skies - The Jesus And Mary Chain 18) I Will Follow - U2 19) I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses 20) Crazy (12" Mix) - Icehouse 21) Close To Me (Extended 12" Remix) - The Cure 22) I Love You (Extended Version) - Yello 23) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (With The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
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  #310 - Love Me Simple 25.01.2026 1h 50m

  Snowmageddon! Despite a good portion of the US being buried under snow and ice, it's beautiful here on the Emerald Coast - perfect podcast weather! Track Listing: 1) Love Me Simple - Tuesday Blue 2) Message Of Love - The Pretenders 3) Up The Junction - Squeeze 4) Ghostdance (Surprise Mix) - Ghostdance 5) Hysteria (Defcon Mix) - Amnesia 6) Russian Roulette (New Beat Mix) - Zinno 7) The Drop Deal - Bazz 8) Junk Funk (Get On Down) [John Peel Sessions BBC 1] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 9) Hymn - Ultravox 10) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family 11) Beat Box (Wicked Mix) - The Art Of Noise 12) Robo Cop - Sleeze Boyz 13) Pump Up The Volume (Original 1987 Mix) - M.A.R.R.S. 14) Riders In The Night - Freur 15) Punish Me With Kisses - The Glove 16) Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees 17) Standing There - The Creatures 18) Fade To Grey (Extended Mix) - Neon 19) The Devil Does Drugs - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 20) Lightning Man - Nitzer Ebb 21) This Is A Test - Channel 5 22) Quite Unusual - Front 242 23) To Look At You - INXS