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Revenge of the 80s Radio is giving away five pairs of tickets to see Wang Chung with special guest Naked Eyes at B. B. King’s Blues Club on July 7th in New York City.
Here are the five winners of a copy of Belinda Carlisle’s book Lips Unsealed
This week on Revenge of the 80s, we will play new music by Louise Robey and Andy Prieboy as well as classic alternative tracks by artists including ABC, The Alarm, Strawberry Switchblade, The Boomtown Rats and Mental As Anything.
Revenge of the 80s Radio is giving away five copies of Belinda Carlisle’s memoir, Lips Unsealed. Our review of the book is here
This week we celebrate the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere with classic alternative songs about summer, summer smashes and songs to blast in the summer while driving with the convertible top down.
Fans knew little of the demons that Carlisle explains in Lips Unsealed. She describes the challenges with her weight problem and how her obsession with staying thin led her to binges and serious mental stress.
This week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show will feature new music from Debora Iyall and Kate Garner with classic alternative tracks from artists including Men Without Hats, Devo, Bananarama, Red Rockers and the Tom Tom Club.
We are saddened to hear of the death of world-renowned photographer Stan Shaffer earlier today. Not only was he a great artist, he was a good man and a devoted husband.
Dr. Demento, announced he will end his syndicated radio show. The final broadcast will air this weekend.
While he will be webcasting on drdemento.com, terrestrial radio will not be the same without him.
This week, we caught up on some requests and played new tracks by Andy Prieboy, Gorevette and Adriana Kaegi. We also played a previously unreleased song by August Darnell (aka Kid Creole).
Tonight on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will catch up on some e-mail requests and play more of your favorite classic alternative music.
2010 is shaping to be a fruitful year for fans of The Nerves as two of the pioneering power pop band’s founding members will have new albums.
Adriana Kaegi’s brilliant documentary about the band she co-founded, Kid Creole and My Coconuts, will be showing on Wednesday, June 2, 6:30pm at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City.
This week, we re-broadcast our 2008 interview with Will Powers, AKA the acclaimed Rock Photographer Lynn Goldsmith.
This weekend I will be at my brother’s wedding, so we will re-broadcast our interview with Will Powers, the voice of inspiration who is really acclaimed Rock Photographer Lynn Goldsmith.
U2 is postponing its U2360 Tour until after Bono recovers from back surgery due to an injury he sustained while practicing. They also announced they are forced to cancel their appearance at the Glastonbury Music Festival (UK) on June 25th.
The podcast edit for this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This weekend, by popular demand we re-broadcast our “Salute to 80s Movie Soundtracks” show.
This week on Revenge of the 80s, we re-broadcast our salute to 80s movie soundtrack songs.
Friends and fans of Joey Ramone will party tonight in celebration of what would have been his 59th birthday. The big bash starts at the Fillmore (Irving Plaza, NYC). The proceeds will benefit the Lymphomia Research Foundation
Paul Weller is set to release his latest album, Wake Up Nation, on June 1st.
This week’s show features new music by Andy Prieboy and The Little Girls, with classic alternative tracks from Dave and the Dynamos, Josie Cotton, Mental As Anything, Strawberry Switchblade, ABC and more.
Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show features new music by Andy Prieboy and The Little Girls. Also, classic cuts by Strawberry Switchblade, Men Without Hats, Mental As Anything, Dave and the Dynamos and more.
A review of the Cowboy Junkies 5/7/10 performance at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Our Revenge of the 80s Radio podcast edit is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we talk with Paul Collins of The Beat and Co-Founder of The Nerves.
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, Paul Collins, co-founder of The Nerves and founder of The Beat talks with us.
Adriana Kaegi introduces Art 4 Flatscreen TV, a DVD of ambient music by Adriana with an array of photos she has taken in her varied travels.
Gorevette continues their ascension in the alt-rock world continues as the band announces concert dates with Blondie in August and September.
This week on Revenge of the 80s, Paul Collins, founder of The Beat and Co-Founder of The Nerves will be our guest. Paul is still touring and will soon release a new album: The King of Power Pop.
Annabella Lwin is our guest on this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio. We also World Premiere her new single: “White Smoke, Blue Smoke.”
Terri Nunn of Berlin and Martha Davis of The Motels team up with Gaye Ann Bruno to start a new podcast: Between the Sheets