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Offering up the best in New Wave, Goth, Post-Punk and Ska from the 80's, including rare and hard to find music you forgot you've missed!
Unknown Host hosts Alternative 80s, a music show with 124 episodes published.
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) W
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.
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
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 (Danc
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
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
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 L
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 - T
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 - Wir
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 Boy
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
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) - Yaz
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
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 Luc
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) B
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 - Alt
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
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
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)
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) Orang
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