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The podcast for our 8/28 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week’s show features a conversation with Josie Cotton, who became the world’s new wave sweetheart when she performed (already an international hit) “Johnny Are You Queer” in the movie Valley Girl. While she is known most for singing “Johnny” and the undue controversy surrounding it, the musical world of Josie Cotton is much more than the image she had through an industry from which she walked away.
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No commentsClick 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 Josie Cotton. Most 80s fans remember Cotton for her performance of “Johnny, Are You Queer?” on Valley Girl. While it was an international hit, controversy over the song wound up depriving us at the time of the musical talents of this fine songwriter. Whiners from all sides tried to denounce her as an artist simply because of the use of the word “queer” in the song. Record labels, MTV and promoters feared the bad press involved and some truly special works like “He Could Be the One” and “No Pictures of Dad” did not get the attention they should have deserved. Josie left the spotlight for several years after her second album and a disdain for simple-minded industry suits at the time.
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Posted by
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From the superbly elegant solo album by Adriana Kaegi, TAG, comes this sultry, bedazzling track with a new video to match. Adriana, who co-founded the flashy and stylish Kid Creole and the Coconuts, shines in a 1940s-style outfit, matching the cool lounge-jazz sounds that make the entire album special (you can listen to tracks from Tag on the Reverb Nation player on the right column of this blog).
To go along with her captivating voice, Adriana bewitches the viewer with her sultry movements and facial gestures, seemingly flirting with the camera while commanding it at the same time.
Here is Adriana Kaegi’s video for “Ooh La La,” this first from Tag:
As mentioned above in this post, you can listen to Tag on our Reverb Nation music player on the right column of this blog. You can also get your own copy of Tag through several distributors, including Amazon. For more on Adriana, go to her official website. Also, you can listen to our interview with Adriana Kaegi from earlier this year here.
Tags: 80s, adriana kaegi, album, Amazon, CD, kid creole and the coconuts, music, new wave, ooh la la, radio, reverb nation, solo, tag, video
Posted by
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This is going to be a fun show: Josie Cotton is our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio on Friday. Many remember her as the prom band singer in the Valley Girl movie and from her international hit song “Johnny, Are You Queer?” While those were huge landmarks in new wave history, there is much more to this talented singer and songwriter than those memories.
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Tags: 80s, band, chris cordani, guest, interview, invasion of the b-girls, johnny are you queer, Josie Cotton, movie disaster music, new wave, podcast, prom, radio, Valley Girl
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The podcast for our 8/24/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the end of this post. The second hour features a re-broadcast of our November 2008 interview with Robin Lane. A good portion of our discussion centers around Robin’s selfless work helping women who are abused or have suffered from trauma through creative writing and music. She founded A Woman’s Voice, where she sets up seminars, workshops and recording sessions as a form of therapy. There will soon be a documentary featuring Robin Lane and the Chartbusters. We will keep you up on the details as it develops.
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Tags: 80s, 87.6, 99.1, A Woman's Voice, Boston, CD, chartbusters, chris cordani, fm, guest, interview, mp3, new wave, podcast, radio, Robin Lane, session, seymour fm, therapy, volt, when things go wrong
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No commentsClick 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.
While I am on a short break in Virginia, Revenge of the 80s will re-broadcast our show featuring a conversation with Robin Lane. She is the former leader of Robin Lane and the Chartbusters and has been involved in several music projects throughout her career.
Today, Robin leads a very special project she founded, A Woman’s Voice, where she puts together seminars, song writing sessions and music production for women who have been abused or faced devastating trauma. Our discussion leads off the second hour of the show.
Revenge of the 80s airs live on Friday nights 7-9ET on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley (www.wtbq.com); on Wednesdays 12noon Melbourne, AUS time on Radio 80s 87.6FM; Sunday mornings 8-10am Melbourne, AUS time on Seymour FM; Wednesday nights 6-8pm (Eastern US) and Saturdays 7-9pm on The Volt radio (Canada). Podcasts are available on Saturdays after the live show.
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Posted by
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The podcast for our 8/14/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up and available at the end of this post. To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock concert that was not played in Woodstock, we dedicated the second hour of the program to Woodstock-era songs covered by artists of the 1980s. Tracks included performances by Doctor & The Medics, Robert Hazard, Red Rockers, Neil (Nigel Planer) and Love & Rockets.
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Tags: 60s, 80s, Bethel, CD, concert, cover, Doctor and the Medics, festival, heavy concept album, les paul, love and rockets, lp, mp3, neil, niel, nigel planer, red rockers, Robert Hazard, rome, saugerties, song, Woodstock, young ones
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No commentsClick here to listen live between 7-9pm Eastern US Time (NOTE: There may be a delay from our flagship station playing the second part of the show with the Martha Davis interview. If this happens, that portion of the show will play at or near 11pm 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.
Whether you think Woodstock was a great celebration of peace and music or a smelly hippiefest, the fact is that the 1969 concert in Bethel, New York was a landmark in music history. Therefore, to commemorate that historic show, the second hour of tonight’s Revenge of the 80s will feature classic alternative artists of our decade covering music of the late 60s and very early 70s — the musical era of the “Woodstock Generation.” We will play tracks from Red Rockers, Doctor & the Medics, Camper Van Beethoven and more.
Revenge of the 80s airs live on Friday nights 7-9ET on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley (www.wtbq.com); on Wednesdays 12noon Melbourne, AUS time on Radio 80s 87.6FM; Sunday mornings 8-10am Melbourne, AUS time on Seymour FM; Wednesday nights 6-8pm (Eastern US) and Saturdays 7-9pm on The Volt radio (Canada). Podcasts are available on Saturdays after the live show.
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To our friends out in Southern California: Berlin and The Motels are putting on some very exiting shows this weekend.
Martha Davis and The Motels are playing a free concert at Universal City Walk in Hollywood on Friday, August 14th. They will be playing their classic hits, some deeper cuts and new music. See their website for information on their full tour.
Terri Nunn and Berlin will play at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Saturday, August 15th. Terri and the band recently released the CD?DVD set Berlin: All the Way In and they were a featured act on the Regeneration Tour. More Berlin concert info can be found on their website.
Tags: 80s, all the way in, Berlin, california, concert, free, hollywood, live, magic mountain, Martha Davis, motels, new wave, six flags, Terri Nunn, universal city walk, valencia
Posted by
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No commentsOne of the all-time great concert films, thought to be lost in the annals of the Warner Brothers archives, is now available for new wave fans on DVD. For the first time, Urgh! A Music War, the 1981 movie loaded with performances from classic alternative pioneers including The Cramps, X, UB40, The Police, XTC, Klaus Nomi and some lesser-known acts is available for us, the common people, who are now able to see the footage collection in its entirety.
The film was released in 1981 and serves as another time stamp of music history and has aired at times over the years on cable television. It was not, however, released on VHS due to a rights issue (although there are conflicting accounts on its availability on an old laser disc format).
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Tags: 1981, 80s, CD, concert, Devo, dvd, echo and the bunnyman, film, get smart, klaus nomi, maxwell smart, music war, new wave, night flight, nude bomb, Police, punk, return of, ub40, urgh, urgh! a music war, warner brothers, XTC
