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Singer, Model and Actress Louise Robey will be my guest on the next Revenge of the 80s Radio show (2/27). She is best known in the early 80s as “Robey,” when she had some hits on the Billboard Dance Charts, including her rather elegant version of “One Night in Bangkok,” which made the Hot 100. Science Fiction fans know Robey best for her role as “Micki Foster” on Friday the 13th – The Series
The podcast for the February 20th Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post.
This week, we feature classic alternative tracks from artists including REM, Altered Images, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode (whose new single, “Wrong,” will premiere on German TV on 2/21) and Aneka
Season 2 of the syndicated Friday the 13th – The Series TV show is now released on DVD. Friday the 13th — The Series starred JOhn D. LeMay and Louise Robey as the main characters: Ryan Dallion and Micki Foster (with Johnny Ventura taking over for LeMay in the third season).
The podcast for our 11/28 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is now up and available at the end of this post. This week’s program featured a new track from Gorevette, a new band formed by Nikki Corvette (Nikki and the Corvettes) and Amy Gore (The Gore Gore Girls) with former Gore Gore Girl Lianna […]
Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio LIVE 7-9pm Ea>stern US time Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio Show will feature music from several artists from the 80s making some news in recent weeks. Adam Ant will soon release Live at the Bloonsbury, a live CD from a special one-off concert earlier […]
While political pundits talk about what they call an historic U.S. election, music history will be made as well this week: Andy Prieboy‘s latest song, “Shine (Red Bead Follows Blue)” will premiere on this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show. Prieboy had recently released four tracks to his long-awaited collection; we reviewed them here. […]
New York Mets fans recently celebrated the last-ever game at their beloved Shea Stadium in Queens after a heart-breaking team collapse to close out the season. Even though the closing of their crosstown rivals’ stadium in The Bronx received more fanfare, Shea’s last days were not without fanfare. Billy Joel performed the final concert there […]
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lynn Goldsmith twice on Revenge of the 80s Radio: once on her career as a photographer and director and once about her alter ego Will Powers. During those discussions we talked about Goldsmith’s upcoming exhibits and shows. One of them, “Rock and Roll,” begins October 2nd at […]
Our guest for this Friday night’s broadcast/podcast of Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Will Powers, who is really Lynn Goldsmith, world-renowned photographer and director who is the brains, voice and driving force behind Will Powers and The Will Powers Institute. Lynn talks about the beginnings of Will Powers as an idea of hers […]
The podcast for our August 29th show is up and available at the end of this post. during the show, we featured a track from Martin Fry and ABC’s new album Traffic, In addition, we played a new song from Lily Gonzalez, one of the backing musicians for ABC and Belinda Carlisle during the Regeneration […]
<p>We apologize for the delay: After a short vacation and a fix of some technical issues, our podcast from the last show is up. We featured some classic music from the new wave era as always, including a track from the late Robert Hazard who passed away on August 5th while fighting pancreatic cancer. Hazard […]
ABC is considered the defining group for the New Romantic style of music that was first popular in the U,K, before sweeping into the states. The style, the smoothness of the sound and (as our guest Martin Fry put it) the big choruses are what drew people to the new wave splinter genre. Fry was […]
The podcast for our July 4, 2008 Revenge of the 80s show featuring a re-broadcast of our interview with Rose MacDowall is up. Rose is best known as part of “Strawberry Switchblade,” one of four bands she had helped form through her career. These days, Rose’s beautiful voice can be heard as a fixture in […]
Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio LIVE 7-0pm Ea>stern US time Tonight’s show will feature a re-broadcast of our interview with Rose MacDowall, formerly of Strawberry Switchblade. Rose talks about her music, her life and her eclectic career. [amazonify]B000BZPS0Q[/amazonify] Rose is currently working on a new album, but over the past […]
When the brains behind the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts decided to create their courtyards, pavilion and all-around atmosphere, they likely had the June 29th Doobie Brothers/Chicago concert in mind; it seemed to have been made for such a performance. [amazonify]::omakase::300:250[/amazonify] These great rock music innovators teamed up to tour this year and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fans of Kirsty MacColl might remember the events surrounding her tragic death while scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico. Kirsty’s mother, Jean MacColl, recently wrote a book on her daughter’s life: Sun On the Water. In it, she tells of Kirsty not only as an accomplished singer and songwriter — but also as a daughter, person […]
Revenge of the 80s Radio airs live again tonight 7-9pm Eastern US time on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley, NY and www.revengeofthe80sradio.com. We will feature music from The Filrts, Voice of the Beehive, Madness, Q-Feel and more. We will also talk about some tour action and the coming release of Sun On the Water, a […]
The podast from the Frida 4/11/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up. We featured music from Big Audio Dynamite, Voice of the Beehive, Strawberry Switchblade, INXS, Red Rockers and more. Our “Soundtrack Classic” was an unlikely duet between Annette Funicello and Fishbone from the movie “Back to the Beach.”
Revenge of the 80s Radio airs live tonight 7-9pm Eastern US time on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley and the Revenge of the 80s website (the “listen live” link is near the top of the far right column), featuring some of the great music from the New Wave era. {IMU_468_60} You can also call us […]
{IMU_468_60} The podcast from our March 28th show is up, featuring our interview with Rose McDowall, the former lead singer of “Strawberry Switchblade.” The conversation with Rose leads off the second hour, where we also showcase some of the best of Strawberry Switchblade and a piece from Sorrow, one of her later bands. Rose remembers […]
Tonight’s show will feature an interview with Rose McDowall, former lead singer for Strawberry Switchblade. Our discussion will lead off the 2nd hour. Revenge of the 80s airs live every Friday night 7-9pm on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley, NY and www.revengeofthe80sradio.com A podcast will be available after the live show.
They are back — the B-52s make a strong comeback and not forgetting thier 1980s New Wave roots. The new CD, “Funplex,” is as much fun as the band’s earlier works and perhaps that blast of energy the music industry really needs. This has been a great two-year span for 80s fans; new projects from […]
{IMU_468_60} The podcast from our March 21st show is up; our interview with Tracey and Missy Belland of Voice of the Beehive starts the second hour. Tracey and Missy talk about their story, from their upbringing in a family of talented artists, including their father, Bruce Belland, best known as a member of The Four […]
{IMU_468_60} Tonight’s show will feature an interview with Tracey and Melissa Belland of Voice of the Beehive. Revenge of the 80s airs live every Friday night 7-9pm on Q99.1FM in Warwick, NY and www.revengeofthe80sradio.com A podcast will be available after the live show.
Here is the podast of the first Revenge of the 80s Radio Show. We featured music from Bow Wow Wow, Berlin, Stan Ridgway, Voice of the Beehive, Divynils Madness, Strawberry Switchblade, The B-52s, INXS, Monte Video and the Cassettes and more…
Tonight is the first Revenge of the 80s broadcast and we’re chomping at the nose to get it going. It took some time to put the order together for our initial playlist, but the real question was: what will be the first song? Some might think that’s an easy question, but the first cut is […]