Alternative 80s

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 ...

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

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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 (Swedis...

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) ...

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

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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...

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 - ...

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) - A...

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 Acad...

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...

Holidays are over, and I hope everyome enjoyed theirs. Had a wonderfuly surprising visit from a AWESOME friend from Utah, so got sidetracked. Hope this podcast makes it up to y'all.

1) Don't Go (Original 12" Remix) - Yazoo

2) Speed Racer (Extended Version) - DEVO

3) Uh-Oh (Here I Go Again) - The Rings

4) Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes

5) Puss-N-Boots - Adam And The Ants

6) Echo Beach - Toyah

7) Love Like Blood - Killing Joke

8) Promis...

Too much awesome Christmas to contain in one podcast, so here's Episode 2!

Track Listing:

1) Things Fall Apart - Christina

2) Baby It's Christmas - Banarama

3) It's Always Christmas Time - Al Jourgensen

4) Christmas Day - Squeeze

5) Another Lonely Christmas (Extended) - Prince

6) I Believe In Father Christmas - U2

7) Blue Christmas - The Misfits

8) Oi To The World - The Vandals

9) This Time Of The Year - Mighty Mighty Bosstones

10) Christmas ...

1) Merry Christmas Merry - mu330

2) The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys

3) Christmas Was Better In The 80's - The Futureheads

4) Frosty The Snowman - froSted (Jane Weidland)

5) Silver Bells - Erasure

6) Linus And Lucy - Game Theory

7) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Extended AYED Mix) - Pet Shop Boys

8) Last Christmas - All About Eve

9) Christmastime - Smashing Pumpkins

10) December Will Be Magic Again [Live 1979] - Kate Bush

11) Mar...

Morning quiet time on Thanksgiving, perfect for putting together a podcast!

Track Listing:

1) Bottom Line (Original UK 12" Extended Mix) - Big Audio Dynamite

2) Rain (Extended Version) - Dragon

3) Dreaming - Blondie

4) Blue Flower - Mazzy Star

5) Jeans Not Happening - Pale Fountains

6) The Downtown Lights - The Blue Nile

7) The Cats - The Essence

8) More Than This - Roxy Music

9) Radio Silence (Guitar Version) - Thomas Dolby

10) Mak...

Another podcast, and opens with an background appearance by our lovely Blue Angels. Getting close to Turkey time, so gobble up some great 80s tunes!

Track Listing:

1) All She Wants Is - Duran Duran

2) See Thos Eyes - Altered Images

3) Eighties - Killing Joke

4) Cut A Long Story Short - Spandeau Ballet

5) Procession - New Order

6) Life Goes On - The Damned

7) Over The Shoulder (12" Version) - Ministry

8) More - Sisters Of Mercy

9) Tra...

Welcome to Standard Daylight Time (ugh) - at least we're starting this month off with my L.A. Dodgers winning the World Series! Enjoy the podcast!

Track Listing:

1) Let's Go (Shep's Mix) - Wang Chung

2) Behind The Wheel (Josh Molet Vitaminwater Mix) - Depeche Mode

3) Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday

4) Rock Me Amadeus (Ihn Liebten Alle Frauen\ We Will Rock You \ Salieri Version) - Falco

5) Swamp - Talking Heads

6) When We Were Young - Vict...

Hope y'all enjoyed the Halloween episode, but now we're back into the "regular" podcast, starting with Soft Cell in honor of David Ball's passing.

Track Listing:

1) Memorabilia - Soft Cell

2) Girls Like Me - Bonnie Hayes

3) Secret Separation (Extended Version) - The Fixx

4) So In Love (Special American Dance Mix) - OMD

5) God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols

6) Kooler Than Jesus - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

7) I Don't Remember - Pet...

Halloween 2025, and the podcast is up in plenty of time to enjoy before the ghouls and goblins invaded your street. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) A Forest - The Cure

2) The Night Boat - Duran Duran

3) Nemesis - Shriekback

4) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie

5) Dr Heckyll And Mr Jive - Men At Work

6) Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps

7) Release The Bats - The Birthday Party

8) This Corrosion [Single Version] - Sisters Of Mercy

9) N...

Beginning of October, almost time for the annual Halloween podcast. However, we've got this juicy bit of a podcast to tide you over until then. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

2) Orange Crush - R.E.M.

3) We Care A Lot - Faith No More

4) Telecommunication - Flock Of Seagulls

5) That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma

6) Gut Feeling\Slap Your Mammy - DEVO

7) Pale Shelter (Original 1982 ...