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#0077 – More Songs from the Closet

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For all of you who still listen to the “Dream A Little Dream” soundtrack or can’t stop singing Billy Ocean tunes to yourself — this is that kind of mix.

#0053 – File under: This is the Way the World Ends

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (118.5MB)Subscribe: RSS “Not with a whisper, but with a bang.” Heavily inspired by the post-punk sounds included in the oeuvre of director Richard Kelley in movies such as Donnie Darko and Southland Tales, this mix goes wonderfully dark without being frightening. This is a playlist I like to … Read more

#0025 – File under: Songs I Keep in the Closet

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (125.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThese are the songs I’ve been locking away so society won’t judge me, but I can’t deny my love for them any longer.  The shame is eating away at me like a cancer, and it has to breathe free.  I give you Hall and Oates, Wang Chung, … Read more

#0023 – Instrumental Magic

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (134.4MB)Subscribe: RSSKevin writes: Instrumental Magic is named after one of those 1970s LP TV offers. I don’t own it but remember the commercials. This installment is a glorious trek through a series of instrumentals from Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra, the Walter Murphy Band, The Upsetters, Afrika … Read more

#0004 – File under: New Wave, Movies

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We’re moving and jamming out to songs that even the kid can listen to, so put on your time travel helmets as we revisit John Hughes movies and a few other 80’s New Wave/Pop hits. Artists this week include The March Violetes, Oingo Boingo, Split Enz, The Knack, The Smiths, Gary Numan, The Cars, Joy Division, The Fixx, Naked Eyes, Wang Chung, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Murphy, Duran Duran, Yaz, Depeche Mode and The English Beat. Totally, dudes.

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