Revenge of the 80s Radio

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Click here to listen live between 7-9pm Eastern US Time You can also get the show from our flagship station website: www.wtbq.com. Check the bottom of this post for other affiliates’ dates and times.

***Enter our ticket giveaway contest to see Missing Persons, Gene Loves Jezebel and Tommy Tutone live at BB King’s in NYC***

We are happy to celebrate today the second anniversary of Revenge of the 80s Radio. We will celebrate our show’s birthday as we did last year by airing our first-ever interview on Revenge of the 80s; a conversation with Tracey and Missy Belland of Voice of the Beehive.

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Revenge of the 80s is giving away two pairs of tickets to see Missing Persons, Gene Loves Jezebel and Tommy Tutone at BB King’s Blues Bar and Grill at 237 West 42nd Street in New York City (Times Square) on March 15th. The concert is part of the Club 80s Tour. This will be the first in a series of ticket giveaways to classic alternative artists’ concerts. Details on the contest are further into this post.

For your chance to win tickets, please answer the following trivia question:

Who did Dale Bozzio sing for as a backing vocalist pre-Missing Persons?

• a. Dr. Buzzard
• b. Dr. Hook
• c. Frank Zappa
• d. Barry Manilow

Send your answers to the questions along with your name, address and e-mail address to our contest e-mail box: contest@revengeofthe80sradio.com. We will pick two winners at random from entries with the correct answer to this question. Those winners will be on a list to enter at the door. Please submit your answers by 11:59pm on Saturday, March 13th; the winner will be selected on Sunday, March 14th and posted on this website.

Dale’s Bozzio’s quirky voice and heavy makeup made Missing Persons a favorite on MTV in the early 1980s. The singles “Mental Hopscotch,” “Destination Unknown,” “Words,” “Walking in L.A.,” and “Windows” remain 80’s favorites. Gene Loves Jezebel scored big club hits with “Desire”, “Heartache” and “Motion of Love.” Tommy Tutone is best known for “867-5309/Jenny,” which peaked at #4 on the Hot 100.

Tickets are first-com, first serve: $19.80 in advance, $25 at the door. VIP booths for four are also available for $160 (4 people) and $240 (6 people). All artists will do a “meet and greet” after the show.
More information on the concert can be found on the B.B. King Blues Bar and Grill website.

Thank you for being a part of Revenge of the 80s Radio and good luck.

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Revenge of the 80s Radio will celebrate two full years on the air this Friday. As per our “tradition” established last year, we will re-play our first interview in the history of the show — with Tracey and Missy Belland of Voice of the Beehive. We will also have new music from Louise Robey and Gorevette.

We will also remembe rMarc Moreland of Wall of Voodoo, who passed on eight years ago on March 13, 2002 with a double-shot of music in his honor. More details coming later this week. Thank you all for listening and for your support over the last two years.

Girls used to swoon when seeing a very young Corey Haim on the big or small screen. The actor best known for his roles in movies also featuring Corey Feldman was found dead earlier today in his San Fernando Valley apartment; police say it was apparently the result of a drug overdose. He was 38.

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The podcast edit for our 3/5/10 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we feature a conversation with Kate Garner. She, with Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin, formed the trio Haysi Fantayzee. Garner is also an internationally-renowned fashion and art photographer, having had several critically-acclaimed shows and exhibits including her most recent, Jolly Darkness. Our interview leads off the second hour of the show. We also played new music from Garner, Debora Iyall and Martha Davis.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:56 — 47.5MB)

Podcast (feed-2): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:17 — 50.6MB)

Click here to listen live between 7-9pm Eastern US Time You can also get the show from our flagship station website: www.wtbq.com. Check the bottom of this post for other affiliates’ dates and times.

Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show will feature a conversation with Kate Garner of Haysi Fantzyzee. Kate is also an internationally famous photographer with several critically-acclaimed art shows and exhibits to her credit. She also has a new single out, which we will play. Our interview leads off the second hour of the show.

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Gorevette EP cover

Expectations are high when a Detroit punk legend and a Motor City garage band queen team up to form an alt-rock supergroup. Gorevette, formed by Nikki Corvette (Nikki and the Corvettes) and Amy Gore (Gore Gore Girls), deliver solidly with their first EP, Lustfully Yours.

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While weaseling through the blogosphere, here are some classic alternative music-related highlights:

• Blitz Magazine has an excellent article on The Little Girls
• Adriana Kaegi’s 2009 TAG album is showcased in the Album Art Hall of Fame Blog
• The people at the Michael Hutchence Tribute Site continue to do a bang-up job.
• …and those who worked to put together a mass download party of INXS’ “Don’t Change” for Micheal Hutchence’s birthday are now looking to get him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This Friday, our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Kate Garner, who — with Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin — formed Haysi Fantayzee. Kate is now a world-renowned photographic artist and has a new single, which we play at the end of our conversation.

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A blizzard that hit the northeast hard kept me from doing a live Revenge of the 80s Radio show on Friday, but it did allow me to run an encore of the show featuring our 2009 conversation with the multi-talented, elegant and brilliant Adriana Kaegi. She is best known as a co-founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts (with August Darnell and Coati Mundi) and leader of The Coconuts. Currently, she is runs her own business, Dear Addy Productions, and is working on new music after releasing her first solo album, TAG. Our interview leads off the second hour of the show.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:47 — 49.2MB)

Podcast (feed-2): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:30 — 50.8MB)