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Familiar & forgotten gems from 50-plus years of music on the darker side, shoegaze, synthpop, goth, psychedelia, darkwave, with unapologetic detours into 70s pop. In a dark night of the soul, it's always 3 o'clock in the morning.

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Mania  Day Tripper   Favoriting Mania  Citra  1984   
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The Beautiful Pea Green Boat  In Succession   Favoriting Chance / In Succession / Passed Into Greening  Boathouse  1984   
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Pseudo Echo  Destination Unknown   Favoriting Autumnal Park  EMI  1984   
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Personal Effects  Security   Favoriting This Is It  Earring Records  1984   
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Ruins  Dedicated to You   Favoriting Marea/Tide  Black Square Records  1984   
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Frederick M  Time and Pain   Favoriting Following Directions  Oak Springs Records  1984  Mac Quayle 
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Téléphone  New York Avec Toi   Favoriting Un Autre Monde  Virgin  1984   
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Unknown Gender  Scared   Favoriting Electric Kiss  MRM Record Company  1984   
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Cristina  What's A Girl To Do   Favoriting Sleep It Off  Mercury  1984   
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Class Action  Breakaway   Favoriting Class Action EP  KN Records  1984   
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Music behind DJ:
Peter Schilling 

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Sideway Look  Can't Talk Anymore   Favoriting Sideway Look  Virgin  1984   
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Masoch  Barcelone   Favoriting Masoch  Xis  1984   
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Short-Term Memory  Take Your Place   Favoriting Effect of Excess  Silly Poodle Music  1984   
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Minisex  Himmel   Favoriting Ayo  Schallter  1984   
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Elton John  Who Wears These Shoes?   Favoriting Breaking Hearts  Geffen Records  1984   
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The Sleep of Reason  The Alchemist   Favoriting The Sleep of Reason  QL Records  1984  featuring Oscar Herrera of Black Tape for a Blue Girl 
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And Also The Trees  Talk Without Words   Favoriting And Also The Trees  Reflex Records  1984   
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Animal Dance  Fake   Favoriting Fake / Sterile Mecca  Guerilla Action Records  1984   
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Pink Tank  Oh Bowie!   Favoriting Electric Cinderella  King Records  1984   
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Madonna 

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Flesh For Lulu  Coming Down   Favoriting Flesh For Lulu  Polydor  1984   
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Tom Peterson And Another Language  Lose Your Mind   Favoriting Tom Peterson And Another Language  Enigma Records  1984   
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The Twist  Smile In My Brain   Favoriting Repp & Bela Ha 1984  Stono  1984   
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Crawling With Tarts  Gentle Wind   Favoriting Tearoom  ASP  1984   
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Emily Faryna  Doomed to Fail   Favoriting I've Got A Steel Bar In My Head  Mo Da Mu  1984   
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The Cult  A Flower in the Desert   Favoriting Dreamtime  Beggars Banquet  1984   
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Lou Reed  Fly Into the Sun   Favoriting New Sensations  RCA Victor  1984   
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Dead Can Dance  East of Eden   Favoriting Dead Can Dance  4AD  1984   
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Skeletal Family  And I   Favoriting Burning Oil  Red Rhino Records  1984   
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Pat Benatar 

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Ania  All The Telephone   Favoriting Ma'king Love... 7"  The Big Ben Phonogram Company  1984   
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Lisa Lee  Goner   Favoriting I'm Taken By You / Goner 7"  Slippery Records  1984   
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Isolation Ward  Remember   Favoriting Point De Départ  Présence  1984   
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The Soft Boys  The Face of Death   Favoriting Wading Through A Ventilator EP  Delorean Record Company  1984   
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Christian Death  As Evening Falls   Favoriting A Catastrophe Ballet  L'Invitation Au Suicide  1984   
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This Mortal Coil  Another Day   Favoriting It'll End in Tears  4AD  1984  vocals: Elizabeth Fraser 
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The Legendary Pink Dots  Black Zone   Favoriting The Tower  In Phaze Records  1984   
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Classe X  Dancing With The Ghost   Favoriting Classe X  Ideal Records  1984   
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The Romantics 

Talking In Your Sleep (instrumental)   Favoriting

 

 

 

 

 

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The Sisters of Mercy  Train   Favoriting Body and Soul 7"  Merciful Release  1984   
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Jyl  Dance and Death   Favoriting Jyl  Minimal Wave  2020  from 1984 
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Modern English  Blue Waves   Favoriting Ricochet Days  4AD/Sire  1984   
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The Cure  Birdmad Girl   Favoriting The Top  Fiction Records  1984   
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The Wild Flowers  Things Have Changed   Favoriting The Joy Of It All  Reflex Records  1984   
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Cindytalk  Disintegrate   Favoriting Camouflage Heart  Midnight Music  1984   
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Gary Numan  The Hunter   Favoriting Berserker  Numa  1984   
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Nena  Hangin' On You   Favoriting Nena (international album)  Epic  1984   
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Cocteau Twins  Cicely   Favoriting Treasure  4AD  1984   
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Music behind DJ:
Mathew Wilder 

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The Fall  C R E E P   Favoriting The Wonderful And Frightening World Of... The Fall  Beggars Banquet  1984   
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Dekka Danse  I Can't Believe It   Favoriting Waltz in the Wilderness  CBS  1984   
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A Flock Of Seagulls  The More You Live, The More You Love   Favoriting The Story of a Young Heart  Jive  1984   
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Passionnel  The Yellow Boat   Favoriting The Apostle EP  Enigma  1984   
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Brigandage  London Bridges   Favoriting F.Y.M.  F. O. Reckords  1984   
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Clay Allison (Opal)  Grains of Sand   Favoriting Grains of Sand/Fell From the Sun  Enigma Records  1984   
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17 Pygmies  The Living   Favoriting Jedda by the Sea  Resistance Records  1984   
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Hey! Elastica  My Kinda Guy   Favoriting In On the Off Beat  Virgin  1984   
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Aztec Camera  Just Like The USA   Favoriting Knife  Sire  1984   
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The Police 

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Madame Edwarda  White-Darkness   Favoriting Hisuterikkuna Kōshaku Fujin (Hysterial Marchioness)  City Rocker Records  1984   
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UT  Sham Shack   Favoriting UT EP  Out Records  1984   
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AWOL  Happy Now   Favoriting AWOL EP  Purity Music  1984  featuring Richard Melville Hall (Moby) 
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Claudine Chirac  Alle Meine Entelein   Favoriting Alle Meine Entelein 7"  Bambi Productions  1984   
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R.E.M.  Harborcoat   Favoriting Reckoning  I.R.S. Records  1984   
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The Smiths  This Charming Man   Favoriting The Smiths  Rough Trade  1984   
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Music behind DJ:
Ray Parker Jr. 

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Listener comments!

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Handy Haversack:

Julie! Dark Ones! Winston!
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Julie:

hiya handy!
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Handy Haversack:

Where's Tori? Has a Dark Year of Soul gone by already? Or is it just that she had no releases in 1984?
Avatar 🦇 3:01pm
Julie:

↳ Handy Haversack @3:01
nope nothing in 84 YKTR is 88 and I forget when her Myra Ellen stuff is from but not then
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Julie @3:01
dreamyandseedy told me you two were able to get together -- that's great! I had such a nice time meeting her.
Avatar 🦇 3:02pm
Julie:

Yes! We had a nice time
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Yvang:

↳ Handy Haversack @3:01
Her band Y Kant Tori Read started in 1984 but the first release is in 1989.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Julie @3:02
Bugbear loved her. Made the dog very jealous.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Yvang:

Hi Julie and souls! Happy '84!
Avatar 3:04pm
Tony Coulter:

I'm not ready to emerge back into 2024 yet.
Avatar 🦇 3:04pm
Julie:

hiya Yvang! Hey Tony! Can't blame you!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Yvang:

↳ Tony Coulter @3:04
Fifty years is a long time machine trip.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Yvang:

I mean forty...
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Michael C St Lou:

Hiya Julie, Handy, Yvang, Tony Coulter and all participating members of the board yet to be seated. Ready to party like we're 12 again
Avatar 🦇 3:06pm
Julie:

HI Michael C!
  3:06pm
listener james from westwood:

Afternoon, Julie and all! Here for this special!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Yvang:

↳ Michael C St Lou @3:05
Hey Michael!
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Julie:

hiya James!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Bas NL:

Hi Julie! Hi all!
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Julie:

hiya Bas!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
egould:

Hi Julie! Hi everyone from the future! Welcome to 1984. I hope the sleeves on my blazer are rolled up well, and my tie is skinny enough.
Avatar 🦇 3:11pm
Julie:

hiya egould!
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Julie:

if you didn't roll up your sleeves you got cocaine on them
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Julie @3:11
"Does all this cocaine make my tie look fat?"
  3:15pm
fantastic planet25:

Hey Julie - any obscure Genesis planned for today? Hope so!
Avatar 🦇 3:16pm
Julie:

↳ fantastic planet25 @3:15
not today sorry!
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Sylvia:

Good evening/afternoon Julie and all
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Julie:

hey Sylvia!
  3:22pm
fantastic planet25:

↳ Julie @3:11
Cocaine? No! Pot? Yes! - sez Tommy Chong
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "New York Avec Toi" by "Téléphone"
Oh là là! They were the french Rolling Stones!
Avatar 3:24pm
Wild Neil||Peace All:

Fall 1984, started my Senior year of High School.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Hi, Julie!
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Julie:

hi Wild Neil!
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Bas NL:

↳ Wild Neil||Peace All @3:24
Same!
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

↳ Julie @3:24
Hey Julie! Hope all is well. My son starts boxing lessons Monday. I think they start at the very very beginning. Bag work. Sparring a bit very light taps. He is 14.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Michael C St Lou:

↳ egould @3:10
peak '84 = "Junior high", Bermuda shorts, hobie cat shirt, BMX bike 🤪
Avatar 🦇 3:27pm
Julie:

↳ Wild Neil||Peace All @3:27
it is great fun I wish I was still able to do it
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "What's A Girl To Do" by "Cristina"
Cristina!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
PaulRobeson1924:

Hi Hi Hi!
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love2laf:

Here late, but showered, and bathroom cleaned. Happy to be here listening to Julie and the birds, and to sit with all you all.
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Julie:

heya PR1924 Hi L2L!
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "What's A Girl To Do" by "Cristina"
That's a Jean Paul Goude Sleeve art. He did a similar neck elongation to Grace Jones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
PaulRobeson1924:

Heya Julie! Everybody!

Mr.Clay sent me
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Julie and day shift.
Avatar 🦇 3:32pm
Julie:

hiya Ken!
  3:46pm
Tony Coulter:

I'm adding stuff to my discogs wantlist as the show progresses -- just added that Masoch 12". Sounded fab!
Avatar 🦇 3:47pm
Julie:

↳ Tony Coulter @3:46
I was only able to hear some of yours so I imagine I'll be doing the same thing when I hear your archive!
Avatar 🦇 3:50pm
Julie:

↳ Tony Coulter @3:46
for $100 you can get their cassette :D
Avatar 3:51pm
Tony Coulter:

↳ Julie @3:50
Ha! I may just have to.
Avatar 🦇 3:55pm
Julie:

↳ Song: "Who Wears These Shoes?" by "Elton John"
I love how the record says "recorded by Renate (his wife)" on it.
  4:00pm
fantastic planet25:

↳ Julie @3:55
Was this a hit for Elton in 84?
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Julie:

↳ fantastic planet25 @4:00
Maybe? It was a single anyway and there's a video
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Tony Coulter:

↳ Song: "Fake" by "Animal Dance"
This Animal dance 7" is great! Never heard of it. Sounds very U.K., but I see they were a U.S. band.
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Julie:

↳ Tony Coulter @4:05
it's got that Bow wow wow/Adam & the ants quality
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luka:

hello dark 1s
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Julie:

hi luka!
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Asheville Jon:

i thought the theme was drum machines and saxophones. hmm
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Handy Haversack:

Warm weather in late October: good for fall softball. Bad for future of human race and many other species.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Matt from Springfield:

The "flip side" of typical 1984!

HI Julie and Dark Ones!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
Matt from Springfield:

↳ Handy Haversack @4:12
Not gnats though - I enjoyed getting back into the hiking spirit last weekend, but it was too warm for this season, AND was really annoying with gnats out everywhere. More jellyfish and gnats with warming climate? Uggh..
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
Handy Haversack:

The mosquitoes out back are fewer but not gone, that's for sure.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
CHUCK ROAST:

Julie ! It has been a minute. Yes, I do live. I just celebrated my 73rd on the 4th. My fellow Libra in the avatar, Putt-Putt had her third on the 17th. So great to hear you again. Enjoying 1984 almost as much as I did the first time. Oh, to be 33 !
Avatar 🦇 4:20pm
Julie:

hi asheville jon! Hi Matt!
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Julie:

Hi Chuck Roast!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Asheville Jon:

hey julie
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Bas NL:

↳ Song: "Smile In My Brain" by "The Twist"
Yeah, on cassette!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ CHUCK ROAST @4:18
Glad to see you again, CHUCK ROAST!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Smile In My Brain" by "The Twist"
Indie psych rock mixtape? Taking a turn back to Indian sound - Sheila Chandra and Monsoon had said that Indian instruments had fallen out of favor by the early 80s, and took some time to bring back the trend.
Avatar 4:25pm
Tony Coulter:

Crawling with Tarts!! YAY!!
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Tony Coulter:

↳ Tony Coulter @4:25
A friend issued this tape on LP last year.
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Julie:

↳ Tony Coulter @4:27
ooh
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Tony Coulter:

Re-issued, I mean: www.discogs.com...
  4:29pm
hunterfelt:

Depressingly I am getting ready to work so I haven't been able to tune in. I thought I was an expert in 80's music, but wow this is a LOT of acts that are completely new to me, can't wait to dig in once I'm done Working In A Coalmine.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
Yvang:

↳ Song: "Gentle Wind" by "Crawling With Tarts"
Sounds great.
Avatar 🦇 4:29pm
Julie:

hiya hunter felt! Don't breathe too deep at the mine
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:30pm
Bas NL:

Love these cassette releases!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
Matt from Springfield:

↳ hunterfelt @4:29
Best of luck going down, down, down!
(Imagine the Devo version, it's more upbeat!)
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egould:

↳ Song: "A Flower in the Desert" by "The Cult"
Here we are. Nice one, Julie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "A Flower in the Desert" by "The Cult"
The Cult, just barely away from their days as "The Southern Death Cult".
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egould:

↳ Matt from Springfield @4:34
Shortly before their days as "British Guns n Roses".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
Matt from Springfield:

↳ egould @4:35
Ha, I was unaware they had taken that niche in Britain!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Handy Haversack:

Sweet Lou!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Fly Into the Sun" by "Lou Reed"
As I recall, that joystick was on display at the exhibit at the Performing Arts Library a couple years back.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
Handy Haversack:

DCD alert!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Bas NL:

This takes me back in time in a good way. ;)
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Bas NL:

Bird alert!
  4:48pm
listener james from westwood:

Utter treat so far!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Bas NL @4:47
Operatic birds today!
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Dan S:

Wow! At least one of the birdies is going to town! Hi, Julie. I'm just joining now.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
egould:

That bird is happy to be heard. Both birds really.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
mndave:

Delightful set for this '84 baby, Julie!
Avatar 🦇 4:52pm
Julie:

hi Dan! Hi mndave!
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Julie:

↳ mndave @4:51
oh yay someone born in 84!
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egould:

1984 I was in 9th Grade. My brother came home from college that summer armed with all of the good music. REM, dB's, Husker Du, Meat Puppets. Changed my life.
Avatar 🦇 Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Handy Haversack:

I was ten. A little early for me. But I was into the radio. Hadn't found the college stations yet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Another Day" by "This Mortal Coil"
Roy Harper's classic sad tale. Sung by Liz Fraser here, notably performed as a duet by Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel!
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Julie:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:11
yep Kate & Peter was the first version I heard
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Bas NL:

↳ Song: "Black Zone" by "The Legendary Pink Dots"
t'LPD!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Julie @5:11
And as I've pointed out, it's interesting that there are 3 notable songs titled "Another Day" from the '70s: Roy Harper's composition, Paul McCartney's deceptively upbeat single, and The Rutles' take on "Martha My Dear", also titled "Another Day".
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

I first heard WMFU in my car radio, my friend dialed it in near a hay field in rural NW NJ. It was 1984.
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Dancing With The Ghost" by "Classe X"
I like this - and to my surprise, PRE-Starred! From this show just over 10 years ago!
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Julie:

↳ Wild Neil||Peace All @5:16
that's wonderful! I would love to hear shows from then
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

This show is a total time capsule!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Wild Neil||Peace All @5:16
Hey Wild Neil!
Were you usually in range of the transmitter back in those days, or did you have to arrange the antenna in tricky ways to get decent reception? I know those in Manhattan and Brooklyn had trouble receiving FMU with its lower wattage.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:18
It was a total SHIT SHOW trying to tune in. When I lived in my Grandmothers house in River Edge I could tune it in in certain rooms. Bergen county. But in WARREN COUNTY near NEWTON? GOOD LUCK!!! VERY SPOTTY. Thank God for the internet.
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Wild Neil||Peace All @5:20
And thank God for our dot-org! Since '97 I believe, freeing freeform from the confines of analog signals!
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Julie:

it really WAS hard to get in the city. we had an external antenna for the radio for years
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

I think King Crimson put out BEAT in 1984? NO but Three of a Perfect Pair came out in 1984!!
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Julie:

I'm not sure I've heard any 80s king crimson will have to check it out
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Handy Haversack:

Still pretty dicey in my part of Brooklyn. 91.1 has been coming in better than usual the past week or so in the front room, which is great. Can't get 91.9 inside here, though it usually comes in in the car.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

↳ Julie @5:25
Julie you must run, not walk, and listen to Discipline, it is their BEST 80's album. It introduced me to King Crimson. There is nothing like it, yet it is VERY 80's. PROMISE YOURSELF to listen to it, there is a GAP in your King Crimson portfolio.
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woj:

↳ Song: "The Face of Death" by "The Soft Boys"
iirc, that delorean release was unauthorized. all the songs on it were recorded in '76-77, i think. or at least around then for the first soft boys album. can't remember now if these were outtakes or alternate takes though...
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Julie:

ohhh yes I DO Have that one..I forgot
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pp:

Jyl & Jul
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Hubig Pie:

I remember seeing King Crimson's Elephant Talk on the MTV back in the 80's I had just joined the Coast Guard in 1984 and I listened to whatever MTV told me to.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Hubig Pie @5:28
Matt Pinfield demanded serious attention
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Julie:

↳ woj @5:27
it's for sale on discogs which usually means it's legit
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "Blue Waves" by "Modern English"
I won this LP thanks to a radio show. It was in 84. A favorite.
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pp:

too close to Melt With You
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Yvang @5:30
Yay! It paid to be the 84th caller for you!
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Julie:

hi sydniuß!
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Julie:

↳ pp @5:30
it is very close. It's like they thought, let's do a song that sounds a lot like our hit
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Dan S:

I recall that in 1984 a movie version on the novel "1984" was released with a soundtrack by the Eurythmics. Anything from that soundtrack worth playing, Julie?
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egould:

↳ Julie @5:31
Yeah. I was about to leave a snarky comment, and then I looked at the playlist and saw Modern English. I guess you can't really rip off your own sound, can you?
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Andres:

↳ Song: "Blue Waves" by "Modern English"
Hi, Julie. We were wondering why this sounded so familiar. Never picked up this album. Should’ve.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

From what I saw Discogs will SHOW bootlegs but not permit the SELLING of bootlegs. Oh sorry, I meant *cough cough* IMPORTS!***cough cough***
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Birdmad Girl" by "The Cure"
Picked this up on Record Store Day.
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Julie:

↳ Andres @5:32
hi Andres! Yes not every song sounds like a remake of melt like you. I guess maybe that's why it clicked with me
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Yvang:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:30
I had to send a postcard, the postcard had to be picked up. Did phones existed in 1984?
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Julie:

↳ Dan S @5:32
I didn't look at soundtracks sorry. The movie is good though.
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Dan S:

↳ Yvang @5:33
They most certainly did. I'm still using the same phone. :-)
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egould:

↳ Yvang @5:33
They existed on TV, but most people couldn't afford one. If you needed to talk to someone across town, you just stood in the street and hollered in their general direction.
It was exhausting.
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Andres:

↳ Dan S @5:32
Sex Crime was the hit. Great poppy fun.
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∫ydniuß:

we had a complex tin can system
G, no GTE
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Yvang:

↳ Dan S @5:32
Apparently they commissioned the soundtrack but did not use it. There is at least two good tracks on it.
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Yvang @5:33
From what I've seen in media of the time?? I believe they had a sort of metal wind-up voice telegraphy machine that people used, and an 'operator' named 'Ernestine' who would listen in on you. But I don't know if that's considered a "phone", since you can't ask it to look stuff up, and have Zuck listen in to you...
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Dan S:

↳ Andres @5:36
Catchy title.
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Dan S:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:37
One ringy-dingy.
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ ∫ydniuß @5:36
Of course, that must be what the 'dial' was for, to change strings for your tin can with the recipient's can.
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Dan S:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:37
You can look stuff up on your phone? Do people know about this?
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Yvang:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:37
Fascinating. My parents had a strange machine at home. I used it to call the Talking Clock.
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woj:

↳ Julie @5:29
huh. don't think robyn or the band had anything to do with its release so maybe that is what i am thinking of. in any case, checked and it's the earliest single plus some out/alternate takes...
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Yvang @5:39
I've heard of those - did theirs look like the Panasonic one on the top of this page?
en.wikipedia.org...
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Julie:

↳ woj @5:40
should've gone with Trains
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Bas NL:

Numan!
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Yvang:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:41
Not at all but now I want one like this!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "The Hunter" by "Gary Numan"
Hello ... NUMAN.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Bas NL @5:44
Noonan!
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Hubig Pie:

↳ ∫ydniuß @5:45
Do you stand for goodness or badness, Danny?
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Hangin' On You" by "Nena"
NENA!! Gabrielle Kerner, a bright star in my personal '83/'84 hit collection.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Hubig Pie @5:47
Looks good on you, though
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:49
am a fan of both kerners and kemers
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Cicely" by "Cocteau Twins"
And of course a *proper* cuppa CTs for '84! The multi-layered sound of the Treasure album.
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egould:

↳ ∫ydniuß @5:49
Hahaha! One of my favorite movies.
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Midge:

Hi Julie and all! I’ve been quietly listening but will def have to blast the archive
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ ∫ydniuß @5:53
How about kernels and kemels?
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egould:

You know, Culture Club is not my favorite 80's band. But, they are waaaayyyy better than alot of crap from the mid-80's.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ egould @5:56
And their records seem easy to find.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Matt from Springfield @5:55
mind blown what about them 🤯
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egould:

I've submitted my report, and I'm done for the next couple of days. Think it's time for a vodka. Heading down San Bernardino way tomorrow.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ egould @6:00
skoal!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ egould @6:00
Cheers, egould! Holding off till after my softball game, which I'll be leaving for in about ten minutes.

Julie said we're cool!
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egould:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:01
Have fun at softball. Spikes up!
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Yvang:

Love the Bat!
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Matt from Springfield:

Nena interview on Dark Night, Oct 26 2016!:
wfmu.org...
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Roberto:

↳ Song: "C R E E P" by "The Fall"
This was on a Mary Wing CD premium years ago.
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ ∫ydniuß @5:57
'Kernels' are grains of corn, and 'Kemels'?
I think that's like a Turkish "attaboy!" - except there they call it "Atatürk!"
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Song: "C R E E P" by "The Fall"
Mark E. is almost singing here and not just shouting.
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Julie:

isn't kernel a computer thing also?
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Andres:

↳ Song: "C R E E P" by "The Fall"
Did not grok this as The Fall. Crazy.
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Yvang:

↳ Andres @6:05
There's the Brix E Smith touch there.
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Roberto:

↳ Roberto @6:03
There's a bizarre spoken intro that goes something like "they call you Hitler and kick you around like homogenized milk"
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Julie:

↳ Roberto @6:07
yep that's what they said
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Julie @6:05
Yes, the core of an OS, apparently in the sense of its "nucleus".
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Roberto:

↳ Julie @6:08
Words of wisdom!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "The More You Live, The More You Love" by "A Flock...
Nice, FoS *catalogue* track!
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Handy Haversack:

OK, gotta get going for reals. Thanks, Julie!

Later on, Dark Ones!
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Julie:

see ya Handy!
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northguineahills:

**** oh hai!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ northguineahills @6:13
HAI! NGH!
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Julie:

hiya NGH!
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northguineahills:

↳ Matt from Springfield @6:13
yoserinos!
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northguineahills:

i was just having a 3rd grade moment, can't believe i missed tony and the rest of julie's show!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "London Bridges" by "Brigandage"
new to me, and digdug!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Grains of Sand" by "Clay Allison (Opal)"
Oooh! This is nice, '60s psych feel! Side project of Opal?
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Grains of Sand" by "Clay Allison (Opal)"
(slso new to me)
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Julie:

↳ Matt from Springfield @6:19
before they were Opal they were Clay Allison
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Song: "Grains of Sand" by "Clay Allison (Opal)"
This is nice. It kinda reminds me of Indian Summer by The Doors, which is about the only Doors song I like.
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Julie:

hiya Hubig!
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Andres:

↳ Song: "The Living" by "17 Pygmies"
This is a beaut.
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "The Living" by "17 Pygmies"
17 of them? Touring must have been difficult. :)
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Mxter Baba:

Greetings, Ghoulie! And mwah ha haaaa, Dark Nighters!!!!!
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Julie:

hi Mxter Baba!
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common:

hey!
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Tony Coulter:

↳ Dan S @6:26
They were pygmies, tho.
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "My Kinda Guy" by "Hey! Elastica"
Fun beat and vocals!

Hi Mxter Baba, common and in-coming Bats!
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Julie:

Hi common!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "My Kinda Guy" by "Hey! Elastica"
not to be confused w/......
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BuckyKatt:

Hello, Julie and fellow time-travelers. Been enjoying this return to 1984! Especially since I haven't heard (or even heard *of*) most of the artists here. Which is why I listen, of course. Rock on, all
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Julie:

hi BuckyKatt!
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HesperusWrecked:

↳ Song: "Grains of Sand" by "Clay Allison (Opal)"
Have been meaning to pledge and the Clay Allison was the push I needed.
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Julie:

↳ HesperusWrecked @6:29
hi HesperusWrecked, yay!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ BuckyKatt @6:28
I'm loving this flashback too! And the "new" old groups, to me. The "alternative-er" side of alternative.
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BuckyKatt:

↳ Matt from Springfield @6:30
Yeah, the songs & groups aren't familiar, but the hairstyles in the band photos are! As one TV network used to say when it aired reruns, "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you!"
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Andres:

↳ northguineahills @6:28
Hey! We were here first. Sort of.
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BuckyKatt:

↳ Julie @6:29
Julie, I met a new petsitting client last week with a parrot. A pretty well-behaved bird, except it ate the printout of care instructions the client gave me. They do love nibbling!
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northguineahills:

↳ Andres @6:35
I see what you did there!
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Julie:

↳ BuckyKatt @6:38
indeed they do!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Happy Now" by "AWOL"
Moby's early project! Did you ever hear them perform this live?
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Julie:

↳ Matt from Springfield @6:47
yes!
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Julie:

Moby (yes he was Moby back then) lived one town over from me. I saw AWOL at an all-day punk fest
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Julie @6:48
Sweet! Fascinating early period for his material!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "Alle Meine Entelein" by "Claudine Chirac"
Couldn't tell what the meaning was, but Claudine sang about "all my ducklings"!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Harborcoat" by "R.E.M."
REM!!!
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northguineahills:

↳ Julie @6:48
i've only saw him once when he came to the club I was djing at (i was avant garde/electronica noise). it was his bday and he and his friends played cards. he was nice and cordial. this would have been 2005.
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common:

all good stuff!
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Julie:

thanks for listening everyone! back next week with a live set from Carrellee
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "This Charming Man" by "The Smiths"
awesome thanks, julie! enjoyed it!
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Matt from Springfield:

↳ Song: "This Charming Man" by "The Smiths"
Ending on a "hit"! Not sure how it charted at the time, but in the long run this song has become an enduring hit, a signature of The Smiths.
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egould:

Thanks Julie!
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Tony Coulter:

Great show, Julie!!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Ghostbusters (instrumental)" by "Ray Parker Jr."
ray parker jr! (saw the movie in the theaters!)
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Matt from Springfield:

Awesome '84 time travel show! THANKS Julie!

Have a good one, Dark Knights!
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listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Julie!
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Yvang:

Thanks Julie and Tony for your digging and exploration of 1984!
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P-90:

Thanks, Julie!
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Dan S:

Thanks for the show, Julie! You made it seem like 1984 was only yesterday.
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Julie:

GHOSTBUSTERS
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Mxter Baba:

thanks, Ghoulie!!!!!
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Bas NL:

Thanks Julie!
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