Month: May 2008
The podcasy for our 5/30 broadcast of Revenge of the 80s, featuring our interview with Nikki Corvette, is up and available in this post. Nikki is directly credited with influencing artists and bands from her days with Nikki and the Corvettes through today — from the Go-Gos to The Donnas, who have a line in […]
Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio live between 7-9pm Eastern US time! Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s will feature an interview with Nikki Corvette, who is directly credited with influencing artists and bands from her days with Nikki and the Corvettes through today — from the Go-Gos to The Donnas, who […]
We recently updated the Interview Archives page to include our recent discussions with Caron Maso Murray of The Little Girls and Jean MacColl. In addition, we rearranged the sidebars, which we will still tinker with over the next few weeks. Now, we are offering our top MP3 picks direct from Amazon. Our new MP3 Downloads […]
[amazonify]B00004SZGD::text::::Get the remastered original Nikki and The Corvettes CD HERE![/amazonify] This Friday night, my guest will be Nikki Corvette, whose influence on female punk, power-pop and new wave artists and bands is still strong after Nikki and The Corvettes formed thirty years ago. Nikki is back in the studio and with a new band, The […]
Last week, we posted an article about Annabella Lwin’s efforts to help the people in her native city of Myanmar, Burma who are still suffering from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the area when it hit there on May 2nd. While we posted links to Annabella’s MySpace page and a Google donation site, […]
The podcast for our 5/23/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. Hour 2 is the first (and not last) Revenge of the 80s New Wave Dance Party. Remember those days nights in the club? I don’t either, but I do remember the music. The broadcast/podcast […]
Listen Live 7-9pm Eastern US time here! Tonight on Revenge of the 80s, our second hour will bring us back to those nights at the club. We will play the top New Wave dance hits including tracks from Alphaville, Yaz, Captain Sensible and Blancmange. The first hour will include a Post-1980s duet between Kim Wilde […]
DCKT Contemporary is hosting a new art exhibit by X founding member Exene Cervenka starting tomorrow at The Bowery in New York City. Cervenka’s second New York exhibition will feature two of her series of work: “The Spirits Are Alive and Well†and “EPIC HEROâ€.. The works will be displayed to the public tomorrow through […]
Annabella Lwin has been out front for the past month in trying to find help for the people in her home town of Myanmar, Burma, who are still suffering from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis from May 2. She and many others are encouraging people to donate money and help through this website: www.dec.org.uk/. Google […]
The podcast for our 5/16/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post, featuring our interview with Caron Maso Murray of The Little Girls. Caron and her sister, Michele, became famous for their energy, fast-paced songs and their harmonies. Their most successful track, “The Earthquake Song,” was […]
Listen Live 7-9pm Eastern US tiem Firday Nights here Tonight, our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Caron Maso Murray of The Little Girls. Caron, her sister Michele and guitarist Kip Brown were the core in the early 80s and still remain, even after a nearly 20-year long hiatus. More on our […]
Did you miss an interview? Do you want to hear a discussion with one of your favorite artists again? Then go to our Interview Archives page on the Revege of the 80s Radio website. While we archive past shows, this is a special section where you can go right to some of our best interviews […]
Remember The Little Girls? That’s the band best known for singing about having fun during an earthquake and taught us all How To Pick Up Girls in the early 80s. This Friday night, Caron Maso, the band’s leader and songwriter, will be our guest on Revenge of the 80s. The core of the band was […]
We apologize for putting this up so late. The Podcast from the Friday 5/9 show is now up. We featured music from Howard Jones, The Belle Stars, Annabella Lwin, Voice of the Beehive and more artists of the era. We also showcased a new track from the band Dollshouse, led by former Voice of the […]
Tonight, Revenge of the 80s Radio will introduce a new feature: we will showcase a new track from an artist from the 1980s. Many of the great New Wave era acts are out touring and releasing new material so it is only natual for Revenge of the 80s to showcase their new music. [amazonify]:right:omakase:free-software-catalog-20:300:250[/amazonify] This […]
Note: Revenge of the 80s will be featuring new and upcoming projects by artists from the 80s New Wave era both on the radio program and on this blog. The first will be Dollshouse — a band founded by former Voice of the Beehive bassist Martin Brett. {IMU_468_60} Martin Brett, who was the bassist for […]
Our podcast for the 5/2/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up. We talked with Jean MacColl, who wrote the book Sun On the Water about her daughter, singer/songwiter Kirsty MacColl. Proceeds from sales of Sun On the Water will benefit the Justice for Kirsty campaign. During the interview, we talked about: Kirsty’s music […]
Jean MacColl, who wrote the book Sun On the Water to chronicle the life of her daughter, the late singer’songwriter Kirsty MacColl, will be my guest tonight on Revenge of the 80s. We will talk about Kirsty’s life, career and the Justice For Kirsty campaign, which the family launched after her tragic death. We will […]
Over tha past month or so, I have had some e-mails asking if I recall the old WLIR-FM/WDRE-92.7FM radio stations in Long Island. Not only do I remember how great they were adn their contribution to New Wave music and radio history, I also want you to know about a tribute website to the late […]
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