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 Lulu 5) In A Big Country [Extended Mix] - Big Country 6) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants 7) European Son - Japan 8) Lover Come Back To Me [Razormaid Mix] - Dead Or Alive 9) Angst In My Pants - Sparks 10) Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 11) Listening - Pseudo Echo 12) Sanctify Yourself [Extended Remix] - Simple Minds 13) Let The Day Begin - The Call 14) Hold Back The rain - Duran Duran 15) Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm 16) Who Can Stop The Rain - Thompson Twins 17) 6060-842 - The B-52's 18) Close-Up - Art Of Noise 19) The More You Live The More You Love [Full Moon Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls 20) An Earworm Gift For You

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) Forever young [Special Dance Mix] - Ultravox 7) Hold Me My Daddy - XTC 8) Fade Into You - Mazzy Star 9) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 10) When Doves Cry - Prince 11) Had A Dad - Jane's Addiction 12) Cry, Cry, Cry - Elvis Costello And The Attractions 13) The Singer (AKA The Folksinger) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 14) Don't Take Your Guns To Town - U2 15) Ring Of Fire - Social Distortion 16) Father - The Mission 17) Daddy's Going To Heaven Now - The Mission 18) Heaven - Psychedelic Furs

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) - Sinead O'Connor 2) Heart And Soul [12" Remix] - T'Pau 3) Razor Garden [12" Mix] - Hanover Fist 4) The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight [Dominant Mix] - Dominatrix 5) Beds Are Burning [Extended] - Midnight Oil 6) To Look At You [Extended Version] - INXS 7) Mother (Live in Berlin, July 21, 1990) - Sinead O'Connor with The Band 8) Nothing Compares 2 U (Live 1990, Date Unknown) - Sinead O'Connor 9) Love's Like A Needle - The River Detectives 10) Russian Radio - Red Flag 11) Runaway (Single Remix) - Thompson Twins 12) Being Boiled - Human League 13) Burning Flame - Vitamin Z 14) All She Wants To Do Is Dance [Extended Dance Remix] - Don Henley 15) Walking Away [Space Age Mix] - Information Society 16) Heart Of America - The Colourfield 17) Tell Me Now - The Rescue 18) Last Day Of Our Acquaintance (Live In London, April 24, 1990) - Sinead O'Connor

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 - Echo And The Bunnymen 7) With Love (Sea And Sky) - Death Cult 8) Wasteland - The Mission U.K. 9) Sanctified - Nine Inch Nails 10) Sensoria [7" Mix] - Cabaret Voltaire 11) 1969 - The Sisters Of Mercy 12) Deus - The Sugarcubes 13) Addiction - Skinny Puppy 14) Snake Dance [Live] - The March Violets 15) Love Will Tear Us Apart - The Swans 16) Situations - Cetu Javu 17) Hanging Garden - The Cure 18) After The Snow - Modern English 19) The Telephone Call - Kraftwerk 20) I Wanted To Tell Her [Tongue Tied Mix] - Ministry 21) Leaders Of Men - Joy Division 22) Rise [Bob Clearmountain Remix] - Public Image Limited

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) I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg 8) Thinking Of You - The Colour Field 9) Anitina [The First Time I See Her Dance]- M|A|R|R|S. 10) Boys Don't Cry - The Cure 11) Walk the Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) 12) Rockit [Long Album Version] - Herbie Hancock13) I Want Your Hands On Me [Dance Mix] - Sinead O'Connor w/MC Lyte 14) Rubber Glove Seduction - PTP 15) I'm Falling - Ministry 16) Freemason (You Broke The Promise) - Boxcar 17) Music That You Can Dance To [Club Version] - Sparks 18) Finish What Ya Started [Rare Remix] - Van Halen 19) Missing You [Extended Version] - John Waite 20) Shark Attack - Surf Punks

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 Wilde 7) Dance Halls Days [1983 Remix] - Wang Chung 8) Breathe - Ministry 9) Performance - Tones On Tail 10) Wake Up - The Danse Society 11) West End Girls [Original 12" Mix] - Pet Shop Boys 12) Moments In Love [DMC Ben Liebrand June '87 Remix] - Art Of Noise 13) In Little Ways - Let's Active 14) When It Rains {Extended Version] - Ten Ten 15) A Wish Away - Wonder Stuff 16) Rock The Casbah [Rhythm Scholar Boogie Bombs Remix] - The Clash 17) Doctorin' The Tardis - The Timelords 18) How To Be A Millionaire [Bond Street Mix] - ABC

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 - The Clash 8) Public Image - Public Image Limited 9) Zerøx - Adam Ant 10) Typical Girls - The Slits 11) Lay Your Hands On Me (James Farber Remix) - Thompson Twins 12) Do You Wanna Hold Me? - Bow Wow Wow 13) Pop Muzik [1989 Remix] - M 14) Original Sin - INXS 15) I Don't Know Why I Love You - The House Of Love 16) That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma 17) Shadowplay - Joy Division 18) I Found That Essence Rare - Gang Of Four 19) Eighties - Killing Joke 20) Murder By Numbers - The Police 21) Strange Brew Theme - Bob And Doug McKenzie with Ian Thomas

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) - FGTH2) 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 Days - Prince 8) You Remind Me Of Gold - Human League 9) Do It Clean - Echo And The Bunnymen 10) The Safety Dance [Dance Mix] - Men Without Hats 11) Hot In The Summer [Terminator Mix] - Billy Idol 12) AEIOU Sometimes Y [Long Version] - Ebn-Ozn 13) Over The Rooftops - Gene Love's Jezebel 14) Down On Me - Jesus And Mary Chain 15) Mirror People - Love And Rockets 16) Pointing Bone - Siouxsie And The Banshees 17) A Night Like This - The Cure 18) But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode 19) We Can Get Together - Flowers aka Icehouse 20) Doot-Doot [12" mix] - Freur21) Bye Bye Love - The Cars

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 6) Cherry Beach Express - Pukka Orchestra 7) Bird Bathroom - Surf Punks 8) Walking On Sunshine (Extended Mix) - Katrina And The Waves 9) The Tide Is High - Blondie 10) Beach Song - Dead Milkmen 11) Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensations 12) Sea, Swallow Me - Cocteau Twins + Harold Budd 13) This Is The Sea - The Waterboys 14) Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes 15) Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps 16) On The Beach - Comsat Angels 17) Sea Of Sin [Sensoria] - Depeche Mode 18) Play In The Sunshine - Prince 19) Seven Seas - Echo And The Bunnymen 20) Walking In My Shoes [Ambient Whale Mix] - Depeche Mode

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 Up - The Slowest Clock 6) Big Decision (Extended Version) - That Petrol Emotion 7) What Now - InTua Nua 8) Mr Twilight - Light A Big Fire 9) I Just Wanna - Blue In Heaven 10) Flags - Crimes Of Conscious 11) Orange And Red (Picasso Remix) - Guernica 12) Streams Of Whiskey - The Pogues 13) What Now - Something Happens 14) Never Saw You - The Stars Of Heaven 15) Years Later - Cactus World News 16) Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers 17) Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor 18) This Is The Seas (Live) - The Waterboys 19) Only Losers Take The Bus (12" Version) - The Fatima Mansions 20) Someone Like You - The Fountainhead 21) Baby Turns Blue - The Virgin Prunes 22) Call Me Blue (Blue Green Version) - A House

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 You - Yazoo 11) Waterfall - Wendy And Lisa 12) Surrender Your Heart - Missing Persons 13) Don't Ever Change - The Jesus And Mary Chain 14) If You Were Here - Thompson Twins 15) This Could Be Love - The Cars 16) That's Why People Fall In Love - Thomas Dolby 17) Shy Boy [Extended Version] - Bananarama 18) Jursidiction Of Love - Devo 19) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 20) Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? - Soft Cell 21) I Love You Goodbye - Thomas Dolby 22) (This Is Not A) Love Song - Public Image Limited

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 And The Banshees 8) Regret - New Order 9) Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics 10) Not So Wonderful - The Keep 11) Midnight - Yazoo 12) Coming Up Close - 'til Tuesday 13) Got The Time - Joe Jackson 14) Bad Streets - Missing Persons 15) Pleasure Of Love - Tom Tom Club 16) Two Of Hearts - Stacey Q 17) The Last Film - Kissing The Pink 18) Get The Balance Right! [Combination Mix] - Depeche Mode 19) White Punks On Dope - The Tubes

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 18) Elephant Talk - King Crimson 17) Stand And Deliver - Adam Ant 16) Never Say Never - Romeo Void 15) Mickey - Toni Basil 14) Since You're Gone - The Cars 13) A Town Called Malice - The Jam 12) Hungry for You (j'aurais toujours faim de toi) - The Police 11) Walking In L.A. [Live] - Missing Persons 10) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (Extended Mix) 9) Blue Spark (Live On MDA Telethon) - X 8) Vacation - The Go-Go's7) I Predict - Sparks 6) Rock This Town - Stray Cats 5) Don't You Want Me - Human League 4) Words [Extended Version] - Missing Persons 3) Sex Dwarf [Extended Version] - Soft Cell 2) I Ran (So Far Away) [Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls2.5) Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha - Trio 1) Do I Ever Expose Number One? No - You'll Just Have To Listen And Find Out!

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 And5. O Tannenbaum - They Might Be Giants 6. Birthday Boy - Pet Shop Boys 7. Careless Santa - Mono Puff8. She Won't Be Home - Erasure9. After The Snow Melts - Clever Lines10. Merry Christmas - INXS11. Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie12. Christmas Is Coming - Payola$13. Fat Badger Christmas - Christopher Twinning14. Last Christmas - Richard Cheese 15. Another Lonely Christmas [Extended Version] - Prince16. Merry Christmas Baby - Billy Idol17. Christmas Time (Sure Don't Feel Like) - The Dogmatics18. Things Fall Apart - Cristina19. Whatever Happened To Christmas - Aimee Mann20. Bells Of Christmas - League Of Gentlemen21. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders22. Do They Know It's Christmas [Extended] - Band Aid23. My Silent Night - Lisi24. Il est né le divin enfant - Siouxsie And The Banshees  25. A Merry Jingle - The Greedys26. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses27. No More Christmas Blues - Alan Vega 28. The Power Of Love '93 [Alternative Mix] - FGTH

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 - Eurythmics 12) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues And Kirsty MacCall 13) One Christmas Calalogue- Captain Sensible 14) Merry Christmas, Santa Claus - Max Headroom 15) Frosty The Snowman - Cocteau Twins 16) Do They Know It's Christmas? (12" Mix) - Band Aid 17) Gabriel's Message - Sting 18) Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - U2 19) Jingle Bells (Single Version) - Yello 20) Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Smithereens 21) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (New Version) - Pet Shop Boys 22) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders 23) Always Winter, Never Christmas - XTC 24) Holier Than Thou [Pts. 1 and 2] / The Power Of Love [Instrumental] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood25) Blue Christmas - Dead Or Alive

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 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [Extended Mix] - Eurythmics 7) Paisley Park [Extended Version] - Prince 8) Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs 9) The Screams Of Passion - The Family 10) China - Red Rockers 11) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello 12) The Fanatic - Felony 13) She Talks In Stereo - Gary Myrick and the Figures 14) Uh Oh (Here I Go Again) - The Rings 15) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 16) Still On Fire - Aztec Camera 17) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) - Eurythmics 18) Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys19) Tenderness - General Public 20) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran

Turned back the way back machine to 2009! Enjoy this little bit of Alt80s nostalgia.1) Swear [Extended Mix] - Tim Scott 2) Success - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 4) Can't Stop Running [Powerblast Mix] - Space Monkey 5) War [Hidden] - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6) Call It Heaven - Step On Board7) Day After Day - Thompson Twins 8) Chamber Of Hellos [Ivan Ivan Remix] - Wire Train 9) Bringing Home The Ashes - The Wild Swans 10) Love Action (I Believe In Love) - The Human League 11) Prison Bound - Social Distortion 12) Jingle Bells [Single Version] - Yello

Halloween is done - time to relax with another fine podcast. Kick back and enjoy as you finish off the last the "extra" candy you "accidentally" purchased the day after Halloween.Track Listing:1) Pictures Of You - Berlin 2) Angel Park - Big Country 3) Open Your Eyes - Tuesday Blue 4) The 4th Dimension - Devo 5) You Can Run - A Flock Of Seagulls 6) What I Want - Dead Or Alive 7) Rock Me Amadeus [Salieri Version] - Falco 8) Route 66 [Shep Pettibone Single Mix] - Depeche Mode 9) Disappointed - P.I.L. 10) Lunar Bay - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 11) A Feeling - Throwing Muses 12) Upstairs - Gene Loves Jezebel 13) Bullet The Blue Sky - U2 14) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family 15) Money [Original Extended Mix] - The Flying Lizards 16) A Private Future - Love And Rockets 17) Life In A Northern Town [Extended mix] - The Dream Academy 18) Over the Sea - Information Society 19) He's Angry [Unreleased 1984] - Ministry20) Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right (But They Make Me Feel A Whole Lot Better) - Suicidal Tendencies21) 16 Tons - Nina Hagen

It's time for this year's Halloween podcast, digging up some songs that fit the theme but aren't the same songs played year after year. Hope you enjoy this episode - just don't fall asleep.Special thanks to listener Steve Turner for allowing us to use his original artwork on the week's podcast, great stuff! Check out his IG: @bezerkartwerk Track Listing:1) Dreaming - Blondie 2) Nightmares [12" Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls 3) Do You Fear (For Your Child) - My Life With The thrill Kill Kult 4) Armies Of The Night - Sparks 5) Dead Souls - Joy Division6) Down In It [Shred] - Nine Inch Nails 7) Over The Hills And Far Away - The Mission 8) Psycho Killer - Talking Heads 9) Norman Bates - Landscape 10) Perfect Murder [Alternative RS Vocal Demo] - The Glove 11) The Killing Jar - Siouxsie And The Banshees 12) Pagan Love Song - Virgin Prunes 13) Lucifer Over Lancashire - The Fall 13) (Waiting For) The Ghost Train - Madness 14) Our Darkness - Anne Clark 15) Darkness - Human League 16) Walking In The Rain - Flash And The Pan 17) Alone - Colon Newman 18) Down In the Park - Gary Numan 19) Persephone - Cocteau Twins 20) Absolutely Immune - Act 21) The Creeps - Social Distortion 22) Something's In The Bag - Barnes And Barnes 23) Baby Snakes - Frank Zappa 24) Psycho Chicken - The Fools 25) Sinking - The Cure

Too much to limit to one podcast, so let's open the crypt and dust off this episode from 2009. Stay tuned for a new 2022 Halloween podcast in another week.Track listing: 1) Every Day Is Halloween - Ministry 2) A Time For Fear [Who's Afraid] - Art Of Noise 3) Halloween - The Dream Syndicate 4) Nightmares - Flock Of Seagulls 5) People Who Died - The Jim Carrol Band 6) Halloween - The Misfits 7) Devil In My Car - The B-52's 8) Pet Sematary - The Ramones 9) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie 10) Witchcraft - Book Of Love 11) Ghost Town [Extended Version] - The Specials 12) Nightmare On My Street [Extended Mix] - DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince 13) No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo 14) Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images 15) Spellbound - Siouxsie And The Banshees 16) Fear Of Ghosts - The Cure