'80s HADES
May. 21st, 2013
08:06 am - Playlist for May 21, 2013
The Passage - Horseplay
The Merton Parkas - You Need Wheels
Billy Joel - You May Be Right
Indigo Girls - Land Of Canaan
The Dentists - Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)
X - Soul Kitchen
Echo And The Bunnymen - Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness
Pat Benetar - We Live For Love
Killing Joke - Requiem
Thomas Leer - Private Plane
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Sting - Love Is The Seventh Wave
Grace Jones - Walking In The Rain
Christopher Cross - Think Of Laura
Charlie Dore - Pilot Of The Airwaves
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Warriors Of The Wasteland
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Jesse Johnson - Be Your Man
Spizz Energi - Soldier Soldier
Deux - Game And Performance
Josef K - Radio Drill Time
The Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera
A Certain Ratio - Guess Who
The (English) Beat - Too Nice To Talk To
Bad Brains - She's Calling You
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind
Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
glower (GLOU-er) v./n.
1. To scowl; to look or stare with discontent, dislike or anger (verb).
2. A sullen or angry look (noun).
May. 13th, 2013
09:08 pm - Playlist for May 14, 2013
The Buzzcocks - Fast Cars
Eddy Grant - Romancing The Stone
Altered Images - See Those Eyes
The Church - As You Will
Modern English - I Melt With You
Shonen Knife - Public Bath
Barnes And Barnes - Fish Heads
Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle*
Sad Lovers And Giants - Imagination
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Propaganda - Duel
Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock
Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
Magazine - Definitive Gaze
Loverboy - When It's Over
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
Cabaret Voltaire - No Escape
The Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
The The - Giant
Flying Color - Dear Friend
Blake Babies - Tom And Bob
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
* = by request
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
grotty (GROT-ee) adj.
Of poor quality or in bad condition; nasty, unattractive, unsatisfactory or unwell.
May. 5th, 2013
08:57 pm - Playlist for May 7, 2013
Slicing Up Eyeballs readers have voted, so their top picks for the ten best albums of 1982 will be featured on today's show.
ABC - Show Me (from The Lexicon Of Love, #9)
XTC - Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
Jane Weidlin - Rush Hour
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (from New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84, #8)
Wham! - Enjoy What You Do (Francois K Instrumental)
King - Love And Pride (Body And Soul Mix)
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur (from Rio, #1)
The Clash - Straight To Hell (from Combat Rock, tied for #4)
Depeche Mode - The Sun & The Rainfall (from A Broken Frame, #3)
Hall & Oates - Family Man
Eurogliders - Heaven
Cristina - Ticket To The Tropics
The Cure - The Figurehead (from Pornography, #2)
Swans - New Mind
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Painted Bird (from A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, #10)
Geisha - Fools' Way
INXS - Black And White (from Shabooh Shoobah, #7)
After The Fire - Der Kommissar
The Blackouts - Make No Mistake
Yaz(oo) - Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) (from Upstairs At Eric's, #6)
Roxy Music - Take A Chance With Me (from Avalon, tied for #4)
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
putsch (pooch)
An attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends on speed.
Apr. 28th, 2013
02:51 pm - Playlist for April 30, 2013
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (from The Luxury Gap...yes, I could've pulled a deep cut from this one, but this track is so good...)
R.E.M. - Talk About The Passion (from Murmur)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (from Let's Dance)
The B-52s - Song For A Future Generation (from Whammy!)
The Replacements - Color Me Impressed (from Hootenanny)
Minor Threat - Little Friend (from Out Of Step)
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (from Violent Femmes...yes, I celebrated this birthday back in November 2012 as well. Stupid Wikipedia...)
Aztec Camera - Queen's Tattoos (from High Land, Hard Rain)
Rick Springfield - Souls (from Living In Oz)
Men At Work - Overkill (from Cargo)
Joe Esposito - Lady, Lady, Lady (from the Flashdance soundtrack)
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (from Faster Than The Speed Of Night)
And now...April 1988 (which actually holds up rather well....)
Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (from Aliens Ate My Buick)
Breathe - How Can I Fall? (from All That Jazz)
Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution (from Tracy Chapman)
INXS - New Sensation*
Erasure - A Little Respect (from The Innocents)
Glass Tiger - I'm Still Searching (from Diamond Sun)
Honeymoon Suite - Love Changes Everything (from Racing After Midnight)
Queensrÿche - I Don't Believe In Love (from Operation: Mindcrime)
The Scorpions - Passion Rules The Game (from Savage Amusement)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Who Do You Love (from Barbed Wire Kisses)
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix) (from the Colors soundtrack)
* = by request
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
roister (ROI-ster) v.
1. To celebrate or enjoy oneself in a loud and boisterous way.
2. To act in a swaggering or uproarious manner.
Apr. 22nd, 2013
08:09 pm - Playlist for April 23, 2013
Scott Miller, frontman of Game Theory, passed away last week at the age of 53. I've never played much Game Theory on the show, in part because for many years, Game Theory's albums were very difficult to find. They are all now available for legal download here.
RIP, Scott Miller...long live Game Theory!
In Scott's honor, the first half hour of the show is all Game Theory, with at least one song from each of their LPs and EPs (I think).
Unfortunately, the amazing Christina (Chrissy) Amphlett of the Divinyls passed away this weekend, also at the age of 53. I may slip in a Divinyls song today in her honor.
Sleeping Through Heaven
Life in July
Nine Lives To Rigel Five
24
Erica's Word
The Real Sheila
Chardonnay
Throwing The Election
Michael Penn - No Myth
Ali Thompson - Take A Little Rhythm
The Flying Lizards - Summertime Blues
Payola$ - Eyes Of A Stranger
Tesla - Love Song
Simple Minds - Speed Your Love To Me
John Taylor - I Do What I Do (Theme From 9 1/2 Weeks)
The Au Pairs - Stepping Out Of Line
Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (Shep Pettibone Mastermix)
Hubert Kah - Limousine (Extended Version)
Mr. Mister - Is It Love
The Box - L'affaire Dumoutier (Say To Me)
Flipper - Ever
this heat - Health And Efficiency
Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
hygroscopic (hahy-gruh-SKOP-ik) adj.
Tending to absorb moisture from the air.
Apr. 15th, 2013
06:17 pm - Playlist for April 16, 2013
The Plimsouls - Now
Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug
The Fixx - Sunshine In The Shade
The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set (I Presume)
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
Toto - Hold The Line
Ludus - Let Me Go Where My Pictures Go
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Don't Take My Coconuts
Quarterflash - Take Me To Heart
Howard Devoto - Cold Imagination
Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground
Rites Of Spring - All Through A Life
Wire - In Vivo
The Power Station - Get It On (Bang A Gong)
Van Halen - Atomic Punk
The Cult - Spiritwalker
John Cougar - This Time
Bryan Adams - This Time
INXS - This Time
Wipers - This Time
The Jam - Batman
14 Iced Bears - Balloon Song
The Psychedelic Furs - Mack The Knife
The Divinyls - Boys In Town
The The - The Beat(en) Generation
Donna Summer - Sunset People
Nathalie - My Love Won't Let You Down
Genesis - Anything She Does
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
ambit (AM-bit) n.
1. Circumference; circuit.
2. The scope, extent or bounds of something ("the ambit of the law").
Apr. 8th, 2013
11:53 pm - Playlist for April 9, 2013
Well, my beloved Wolverines fell in the national championship game, but I will soldier on this week. There are few balms better than '80s music.
Andy Taylor - I Might Lie
54-40 - Baby Ran
Pat Benetar - Treat Me Right
The Neighborhoods - Real Stories
The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
The Twins - Ballet Dancer
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
The Members - Solitary Confinement
Jefferson Starship - Jane*
Winger - Seventeen
Bananarama - Cruel Summer**
Black Uhuru - Right Stuff (10" Version)
Shoes - When Push Comes To Shove
Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
The Pop Group - Thief Of Fire
Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant***
The Raincoats - No Side To Fall In (Live)
Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin' (Devil In Blue Jeans)
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love
The Moody Blues - Other Side Of Life
Red Box - Chenko (Tenka-Lo) (Cherry Red Version)
Christof Glowalla - Erde 80
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights
Die Kreuzen - Man In The Trees
* = by request for someone who wanted to hear something from Freedom At Point Zero
** = for Magic Mike
*** = moved up in the sequence by request from the Vinyl Vixen, whose painting her house today. Enjoy!
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
pleonasm (PLEE-uh-naz-uhm) n.
1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
2. A superfluous word or expression.
disappointedApr. 1st, 2013
06:56 pm - Playlist for April 2, 2013
Well, because I absolutely have to have something to give the show some structure, today I'll be playing one track each from the top 10 albums of 1981 according to the Slicing Up Eyeballs fan poll. 'Nuff said!
The Go-Go's - How Much More (from Beauty And The Beat, tied for #9)
Big Country - Fields Of Fire
Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness
Echo & The Bunnymen - Over The Wall (from Heaven Up Here, #8)
.38 Special - Back Where You Belong
Duran Duran - Anyone Out There (from Duran Duran, #2)
The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me
Family Fodder - Love Song
The Cure - Doubt (from Faith, #1)
Soundgarden - Nothing To Say
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand
Skinny Puppy - Who's Laughing Now?
The Art Of Noise - Beat Box (Diversion One)*
Depeche Mode - Photographic (from Speak & Spell, #4)
Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
The Human League - Open Your Heart (from Dare!, #5)
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Arabian Prince - Strange Life
New Order - Truth (from Movement, #3)
Fugazi - Margin Walker
U2 - Fire (from October, #6)
Sinead O'Connor - I Want Your (Hands On Me)
The Police - Rehumanize Yourself (from Ghost In The Machine, #7)
* = by request
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
cuniculus (kyoo-NIK-yuh-luhs) n.
1. A small burrow, e.g., an underground drain or rabbit hole.
2. A low tunnel, as to a burial chamber.
3. A burrow in the skin caused by an itch mite.
chipperMar. 24th, 2013
08:03 pm - Playlist for March 26, 2013
Not too get too maudlin, but our 16-year-old cat died on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the vet's office. His full name was Bruce, King of Cats (a minor tribute to Bruce Campbell's "King of Thieves" character on the "Hercules" and "Xena" TV shows, and also because I just always wanted a cat named "Bruce"). My then-girlfriend (now wife) and I got him at an animal shelter in Arlington, Virginia in the spring of 1997. He was our first cat. For some reason, he just spoke to me; it may have been his very classy black goatee. He was a black-and-white cat, which led to one of his many nicknames, Two-Tone. Claire and I joked that his favorite music was second-wave ska.
He had a lot of attitude -- one vet called him The Terminator, and another always put a "Caution" sign on his carrier -- but he let all the other cats that joined us later push him around. He was a character, as are most cats. As a youth, he liked to try to sneak into the refrigerator while we had it open. One time he did that and we didn't notice, and we left the apartment for three hours. When we returned and finally realized where he was, he burst out -- paws soaked with olive oil -- when we opened the door. He never climbed into the fridge again. After we moved to southern Illinois, we acquired a few more cats (some by choice) and a dog. Oh, he hated the dog. In his mind, she was the source of everything that was bad for cats, even though she almost never actually was. He had some physical problems as he got older, but he was always a good cat. Anyone who says cats don't care about people has never had a cat. Sure, a cat may care about himself more than people (that's entirely reasonable), but a good cat is in tune with his human cohabitants. After all, they know how to open cans of cat food. As annoying as humans can be, it's best to stay on their good sides and keep track of them.
In Bruce's honor, I'm starting the show today with a set of second-wave ska. I think he would've enjoyed it, as long as it came with some moist cat food and a warm lap. He was preceded in death by his common-law wife Willow. RIP, my friend. I wish we could've been there with you at the end.
The Specials - Rudi, A Message To You
The Selecter - Too Much Pressure (Single Version)
Madness - Tarzan's Nuts
The (English) Beat - Ackee 1 2 3
And now...happy 30th birthday, albums of March 1983, and happy 25th birthday, albums of March 1988!
From March 1983...
Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear (from Script For A Jester's Tear)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (from The Hurting)
Naked Eyes - When The Lights Go Out (from Naked Eyes a.k.a. Burning Bridges)
Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting (not from '83, but it's a request)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The Romance Of The Telescope (from Dazzle Ships)
Spandau Ballet - True (from True)
The Tubes - She's A Beauty (from Outside Inside)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (Bang Your Head) (from Metal Health)
ZZ Top - Legs (from Eliminator)
Mental As Anything - Spirit Got Lost (from Creatures Of Leisure) (on vinyl, no less!)
Nick Lowe - Raging Eyes (from The Abominable Showman)
And from March 1988...
The Pixies - River Euphrates (from Surfer Rosa)
Joan Jett - I Hate Myself For Loving You (from Up Your Alley)
The Smithereens - Drown In My Own Tears (from Green Thoughts)
Talking Heads - Blind (from Naked)
Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll (from From Langley Park To Memphis)
Morrissey - He Knows I'd Love To See Him (from Viva Hate)
The Family - Nothing Compares To You
The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Love Is A Slug
Hipsway - The Honeythief
Medium, Medium - Splendid Isolation
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
piebald (PAHY-bawld) adj./n.
1. Of different colors, especially spotted or blotched with black and white.
2. A piebald animal.
Mar. 18th, 2013
07:00 pm - Playlist for March 19, 2013
The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
Agent Orange - Pipeline
Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)
The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band - Cover Me
Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting
Bruce Hornsby And The Range - The Valley Road
Manicured Noise - Metronome
Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
M - Pop Muzik
Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody
Front 242 - Until Death (Us Do Part)
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
The Go-Betweens - Cattle And Cane
Honeymoon Suite - What Does It Take
Rita Coolidge - All-Time High
The Buggles - Inner City
Fad Gadget - Ricky's Hand
Newcleus - Computer Age (Push The Button)
Mission Of Burma - Max Ernst
23 Skidoo - Last Words
ESG - Dance
The Radiators - Walking Home Again
Tin Tin - Kiss Me*
Aztec Camera - Oblivious*
The Alarm - Sixty-Eight Guns
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
* - by request from Jim's Neighbor. Jim's Neighbor says "Jump", '80s HADES jumps. No silly questions about height are asked!
'80s HADES Word Of The Day
charrette (shuh-RET) n.
A collaborative session in which a group drafts a solution to a design problem; a final, intensive effort to finish a project (especially an architectural one) before a deadline.
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